Acronyms
The following table provides information about the acronyms and the terminology used in the document:
Table - Acronyms
| Acronym | Description |
|---|---|
| AGW | Application Gateway |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ATGW | Access Transfer Gateway |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| BITS | Building Integrated Timing System |
| BITS | Bits per Second or Bytes per Second |
| CAMEL | Customized Applications for Mobile networks Enhanced Logic |
| CCS7 | Common Channel Signaling System |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access |
| CGPA | Calling Party Address |
| CIC | Circuit Identiification Code |
| CLASS | Custom Local Area Signaling Service or Custom Local Area Subscribing Service |
| CWMIN | Congestion Window Minimum |
| DPC | Destination Point Code |
| E5-ENET | EPM-based Ethernet Card |
| FISU | Fill In Signal Unit |
| FSU | Final Signal Unit |
| HLR | Home Locator Register |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
| IMF | Internet Message Feeder |
| IMT | Inter-Module-Transport |
| IP | Intelligent Peripheral or Internet Protocol |
| ISUP | ISDN User Part |
| ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
| LSSU | Link Status Signaling Unit |
| M2PA | MTP2 User Peer-to-Peer Adaptation |
| M3UA | MTP3 User Adaptation |
| MGC | Media Gateway Controller |
| MSC | Mobile Switching Center |
| MSU | Message Signal Units |
| MTP | Message Transfer Part |
| MTP3 | Message Transfer Part, Level 3 |
| NGN | Next Generation Network |
| NI | Network Indicator |
| OPC | Origination Point Code |
| PIC | Performance Intelligence Center |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RFC | Request For Comment |
| RTT | Round Trip Time |
| SCP | Service Control Point |
| SCCP | Signaling Connection Control Part |
| SCTP | Stream Control Transmission Protocol |
| SEP | Signaling End Point |
| SG | Signaling Gateway |
| SI | Service Indicator |
| SIF | Signaling Information Field |
| SIGTRAN | Signaling Transport |
| SLIC | Service and Link Interface Card |
| SLS | Signaling Link Selection |
| SMSC | Short Message Service Center |
| SSN | SS7 Subsystem Number |
| SSoIP | SS7-over-IP |
| SSP | Service Switching Point |
| STP | Signal Transfer Point |
| TALI | Transport Adaption Layer Interface |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TDM | Time Division Multiplexed |
| TPS | Transaction Units per Second |
| TU | Transaction Unit |