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ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
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API
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Application Programming Interface
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CTS
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Compatibility Test Suite
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HTML
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Hyper Text Mark-up Language
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IETF
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Internet Engineering Task Force
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IN
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Intelligent Network
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ITU
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International Telecommunications Union
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IP
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Internet Protocol
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JAIN
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Java API for Integrated Networks
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JTAPI
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Java Telephony Application Programming Interface
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MG
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Media Gateway
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MGC
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Media Gateway Controller
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MGCP
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Media Gateway Control Protocol
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P&M
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Provisioning and Management
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QMS
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Quality Management System
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RI
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Reference Implementation
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SS
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Softswitch
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SS7
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Signaling System 7
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SDP
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Session Description Protocol
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SIP
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Session Initiation Protocol
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol
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UAC
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User Agent Client
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UAS
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Use Agent Server
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UDP
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User Datagram Protocol
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Common
Interface:
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An
Interface that defines a common fully functional set of methods from a
specified group of protocol variants.
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Interpretation
Guru:
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The
expert that handles the maintenance of the specification.
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Listener
Interface:
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The
Listener Interface is the Java Listener interface specified in the JAIN
SIP API.
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Peer:
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A
particular platform specific implementation of a Java interface or API.
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Provider
Peer:
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The
Provider Peer is the stack vendor specific implementation of the Provider
Interface.
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Provider
Interface:
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The
Provider Interface is the Java Provider interface specified in the JAIN
SIP API.
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Shall:
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Within
the Requirements Chapter 3, if the wording of a specific requirement includes
‘shall’ then the incorporation of this requirement in the JAIN SIP specification
is mandatory.
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Should:
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Within
the Requirements Chapter 3, if the wording of a specific requirement includes
‘should’ then the incorporation of this requirement in the JAIN SIP specification
is strongly recommended but is not mandatory.
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Specification
Lead:
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The
expert responsible for writing the specification with input from the other
experts, and hence responsible for developing consensus within the group.
This person shall possess strong diplomatic and writing skills as well
as technical expertise.
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SIP
User:
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Any
User of the Session Initiation Protocol.
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User
Agent Client (UAC), calling User Agent:
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A
user agent client is a client application that initiates the SIP request.
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User
Agent Server (UAS), called User Agent:
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A
user agent server is a server application that contacts the user when a
SIP request is received and that returns a response on behalf of the user.
The response accepts, rejects or redirects the request.
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User
Agent (UA):
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An
application which contains both a User Agent Client and User Agent Server.
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