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Voice and Fax over Internet Protocol (V/FoIP)

Glossary

ADPCM
adaptive pulse-code modulation

ANSI
American National Standards Institute

ATM
asynchronous transfer mode

BRI
basic rate interface

CED
CallED station IDentification

CELP
code excited linear prediction

CFR
confirmation to receive

CIR
committed information range

CNG
calling tone

CRC
cyclic redundancy check

CRP
command repeat

CSI
called subscriber information

DCN
disconnect message

DCS
digital command signal

DIS
digital identification signal

DLCI
data-link connection identifier

DSP
digital signal processor

DTMF
dual-tone multifrequency

E&M
ear & mouth, earth, and magneto

EOP
end of procedures

FIFO
first in, first out

FIU
facsimile interface unit

FM
fax modem unit

FND
fax network driver unit

FoIP
fax over Internet protocol

FP
fax protocol unit

FXO
foreign exchange office

FXS
foreign exchange station

HDLC
high-level data link control

IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force

IP
internet protocol

ISDN
integrated services digital network

ITU
International Telecommunications Union

IWF
interworking funtion

LMI
local management interface

MCF
message confirmation

MIB
management information base

MPS
multipage signal

NSF
nonstandard facilities

PBX
Private branch exchange

PCM
pulse code modulation

POTS
plain old telephone service

PRI
primary rate interface

PSTN
public switched telephone network

PVC
permanent virtual circuit

QoS
quality of service

RTCP
real-time conferencing protocol

RTP
real-time protocol

SVC
switched virtual circuit

TCF
training check field

TCP
Transmission Control Protocol

UDP
user datagram protocol

UNI
user network interface

V/FoIP
voice and fax over Internet protocol

VoFR
voice over frame relay

VoIP
voice over Internet protocol

VToA
voice telephony over ATM

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