Acronyms and Abbreviations

The acronyms and abbreviations used in this document are as follows.

AAL		adaptation layer
ACC		audio codec capabilities
ACELP		algebraic codebook excitation linear prediction
ACR		absolute category rating
ADPCM		adaptive differential code modulation
AL		adaption layer
ANSI		American National Standards Institute
ASCII		American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATIS		Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
ATM		asynchronous transfer mode
AVO		audiovisual object
BAS		bit rate allocation signal
B-ISDN		broadband ISDN
BOF		Birds of a Feather
bps		bits per second
BRI		basic rate interface
BSAC		bit-sliced arithmetic coding
C&		I control and indication
CATS		Consortium for Audiographics Teleconferencing Standards
CCITT		International Telephone and Telegraph Consultative Committee
CCR		comparison category rating
CD		compact disc
CELP		codebook excited linear prediction
CIC		control and indication capabilities
CIF		common intermediate format
CODEC		coder-decoder
COMSEC		communications security crypto cryptographic
CPE		customer premises equipment
CS		convergence sublayer
CSU		channel service unit
CTS		clear to send
DAI		delivery multimedia integration framework application interface
DAT		digital audio tape
dBm		decibel referred to 1 milliwatt
DCE		data communication equipment
DCT		discrete cosine transform
DES		Data Encryption Standard
DFT		discrete Fourier transform
DHCP		dynamic host control protocol
DIS		Draft International Standard
DMIF		delivery multimedia integration framework
DPCM		differential pulse code modulation
DSI		digital speech interpolation
DSM-CC		digital storage...

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