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## SRC-Related Abbreviations

The following table includes the abbreviations used throughout the SRC documentation.

Abbreviation | Description
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3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project
AAA | authentication, authorization, and accounting
AATV | authentication/authorization transfer vector
ACI | access control information
ADSL | asymmetric digital subscriber line
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard
AH | authentication header
API | application programming interface
A-RACF | access-resource and admission control function
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASP | application service provider Adaptive Services PIC
ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVP | attribute value pair
BCID | billing correlation identifier
BEEP | Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol
BGF | border gateway function
BNF | Backus-Naur Format
BoD | bandwidth on demand
BOOTP | A bootstrap protocol
B-RAS | Broadband Remote Access Server
CA | certificate authority
CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIDR | classless interdomain routing
CIM | Common Information Model
CLEC | competitive local exchange carrier
CLI | command-line interface
CMTS | cable modem termination system
COPS | Common Open Policy Service
COPS-PR | COPS usage for policy provisioning
CORBA | Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COS | Common Object Services
CoS | class of service
CSR | certificate signing request
DA | destination address
DCE | Distributed Computing Equipment
DCU | destination class usage
DES | directory eventing system
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DISP | Directory Information Shadowing Protocol
DIT | directory information tree
DMTF | Distributed Management Task Force
DN | distinguished name
DNS | Domain Name System
DOCSIS | Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications
DSCP | Differentiated Services (DiffServ) code point
DSL | digital subscriber line
DSLAM | digital subscriber line access multiplexer
DSML | Directory Services Markup Language
DSP | Directory Service Protocol
DTD | document type definition
EAR | enterprise archive (file format)
EGP | exterior gateway protocol
EJB | Enterprise JavaBean
ESP | Encapsulating Security Payload
ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FEID | financial entity identifier
FMC | fixed mobile convergence
FSM | finite state machine
FTP | File Transfer Protocol
GAL | Gateway Application Logic
GIF | graphic interchange format
GMT | Greenwich Mean Time
GRE | generic routing encapsulation
GUI | graphical user interface
HFC | hybrid fiber coaxial
HTML | HyperText Markup Language
HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTPS | Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol
ID | identification (identifying; identifier)
IDE | integrated development environment
IDL | interface definition language
IDP | Intrusion Detection and Prevention
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force
IGMP | Internet Group Management Protocol
IIOP | Internet Inter-ORB Protocol
ILEC | incumbent local exchange carrier
IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol
IMS | IP multimedia subsystem
IOR | interoperable object reference
IP | Internet Protocol
IPCP | Internet Protocol Control Protocol
IPSCS | IP Service Control System (product name from Ellacoya Networks)
ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO | International Organization for Standardization
ISP | Internet service provider
IT | information technology
J2EE | Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
J2SE | Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition
JAR | Java archive (file format)
JKS | Java Keystores
JMS | Java Message Service
JMX | Java Management Extension
JNDI | Java Naming and Directory Interface
JRE | Java Runtime Environment
JSP | JavaServer Pages
JVM | Java Virtual Machine
KB | kilobyte(s)
L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
LAN | local area network
LAS | local authorization service
LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAPS | LDAP over SSL
LDIF | LDAP Data Interchange Format
LNS | L2TP network server
LSA | link-state advertisement
MAC | Media Access Control
Mb | megabit(s)
MB | megabyte(s)
MBeans | manageable JavaBeans
MD5 | Message Digest 5
MI | management information
MIB | Management Information Base
MPLS | Multiprotocol Label Switching
MSO | multiple service operator
MTU | maximum transmission unit
mutex | mutually exclusive
NAT | Network Address Translation
NBNS | NetBIOS Name Server
NGN | next-generation network
NIC | network information collector
NRTPS | non-real-time polling service
OID | object identification
ORB | object request broker
OS | operating system
OSM | object state manager
OSMW | object state manager for the Web
OSPF | Open shortest Path First
OSS | operations support system
PCIM | Policy Core Information Model
PCMM | PacketCable Multimedia Specification
PDF | portable document file
PDP | policy decision point
PEP | policy enforcement point
PFS | Perfect Forward Secrecy
PIB | Policy Information Base
PIM | Protocol Independent Multicast
PKCS | Public Key Cryptology Standard
PLP | packet loss priority
POP | point of presence
PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol
PPPoE | Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PTA | PPP Terminated Aggregation
QoS | quality of service
QTP | QoS-tracking plug-in
RACS | resource and admission control subsystem
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
RAS | Remote Access Server
RCEF | resource control enforcement function
RDBMS | relational database management system
RDN | relative distinguished name
RED | random early detection
RF | radio frequency
RKS | record-keeping server
RPC | remote procedure call
RSpec | service request specification
RSVP | Resource Reservation Protocol
RTPS | real-time polling service
RTSP | Real Time Streaming Protocol
SA | source address
SAC | service activation context
SAE | service activation engine
SCEP | Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
SCU | source class usage
SDK | Software Development Kit
SDX | Service Deployment System (used only to refer to releases earlier than the new SRC 1.0)
SHA | Secure Hash Algorithm
SID | Oracle System Identifier
SIP | Session Initiation Protocol
SLE | service logic engine
SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol
SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocol
SPDF | service policy decision function
SPI | security parameter index service provider interface
SRC | Session and Resource Control (formerly SDX—Service Deployment System)
SRC ACP | SRC Admission Control Plug-In
SRC CLI | SRC command-line interface
SRC PE | SRC Policy Engine
SRC-SG | SRC SOAP Gateway
SRC TMP | SRC Threat Mitigation Portal
SRC VTA | SRC Volume Tracking Application
SSL | Secure Sockets Layer
SSM | service and subscriber management
SSP | Service Selection Portal
TCP | Transmission Control Protocol
TFTP | Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TISPAN | Telecommunications and Internet Converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks
TLS | Transport Layer Security
ToS | type of service
TSpec | traffic specification
TTL | time to live time-to-live
UDP | User Datagram Protocol
UGS | unsolicited grant service
UGS-AD | unsolicited grant service with activity detection
UML | Unified Modeling Language
URI | Uniform Resource Indicator
URL | Uniform Resource Locator
UTF-8 | Unicode Transformation Format-8
UUID | universal unique identifier
VACM | view-based access control model
VLAN | virtual local area network
VoIP | voice over Internet Protocol
VPN | virtual private network
VR | virtual router
VSA | vendor-specific attribute (RADIUS)
WAR | Web archive (file format)
WDSL | Web Services Description Language
Wi-Fi | wireless fidelity
WINS | Windows Internet Name Service (Microsoft)
XDR | External Data Representation Standard
XML | Extensible Markup Language
XSLT | Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformation

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