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ITU International Telecommunications Union
kbit/s kilobits per second. Thousands of bits per second.
LAN Local Area Network
Latency The amount of time it takes for a discrete event to occur.
M1-ITG Meridian 1 - Internet Telephony Gateway
Mbit/s Megabits per second. Millions of bits per second.
Modem Device that converts serial data from a transmitting terminal to an
analog device for transmission over a telephone channel. Another
modem converts the signal to serial digital data for the receiving
terminal.
MOS Mean Opinion Score
MSC Media Services Card
Noise Random electrical signals, generated by circuit components or by
natural interruptions, that damage communications.
OA&M Operations, Administration and Maintenance
Packet Group of bits transmitted as a complete package on a packet switched
network.
Packet switched
network
A telecommunications network based on packet switching technology.
A link is busy for the duration of the packets.
PEC Processing Expansion Card
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS Quality of Service
RTP Real Time Protocol
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Protocol for routing
and reliable message delivery.
Terminal Device capable of sending or receiving data over a data
communications channel.
Throughput Indicator of data handling ability. Measures data processed as output by
a computer, communications device, link, or system.
Topology Logical or physical arrangement of nodes or stations.
Voice Compression Method of reducing bandwidth by reducing the number of bits required
to transmit voice.
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol.
WAN Wide Area Network
WRED Weighted Random Early Detection
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