CICD - Abbreviations Flashcards
PSTN
The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the aggregate of the world’s circuit-switched telephone networks that are operated by national, regional, or local telephony operators, providing infrastructure and services for public telecommunication.
DTMF
Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) is an in-band telecommunication signaling system using the voice-frequency band over telephone lines between telephone equipment and other communications devices and switching centers.
ISDN
Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communication standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the traditional circuits of the public switched telephone network. The key feature of ISDN is that it integrates speech and data on the same line
PRI
A PRI (Primary Rate ISDN) is simply an E1 or T1 with ISDN on top of it. ISDN gives fast, reliable call setup and hangup detection, and detailed information about the call. ISDN uses one channel (called the D channel) for signalling call information. On E1, this is one of the 2 signalling channels, leaving 30 channels for voice (called B channels). On T1, there aren’t any spare signalling channels, so one of the voice channels is used, leaving 23 B channels for voice.
PBX
A private branch exchange (PBX) is a telephone exchange or switching system that serves a private organization and performs concentration of central office lines or trunks and provides intercommunication between a large number of telephone stations in the organization.The central office lines provide connections to the public switched telephone network and the concentration aspect of a PBX permits the shared use of these lines between all stations in the organization.
TDM
Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is a method of transmitting and receiving independent signals over a common signal path by means of synchronized switches at each end of the transmission line so that each signal appears on the line only a fraction of time in an alternating pattern. It is used when the data rate of the transmission medium exceeds that of signal to be transmitted.
CAS
Channel Associated Signaling
AKA, ROBBED BIT Signaling
Steals bits from user data for signaling
CCS
Commun Channel Signaling
Dedicate a single channel for signaling
RTP (based on what?)
Real-time Transport Protocol, UDP based layer 4 protocol
RTCP (controls on what?)
Real-time Transport Control Protocol
Adds packetcount, delay, loss, jitter
FXS
Foreign Exchange Station - Analog Extensions
Provides dial tone !!
Ex: analog phones, modem, fax, Legacy…
FXO
Foreign Exchange Office - Analog Trunks
Receives dial tone !!
Interface to PSTN = receives dial tone
E&M
Ear and Mouth (Earth and Magneto)
Trunk between VOICE router and PBX systems
SIP
The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) is a communications protocol for signaling and controlling multimedia communication sessions.
The most common applications of SIP are in Internet telephony for voice and video calls, as well as instant messaging, over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.It is a text-based protocol, incorporating many elements of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
For the transmission of media streams (voice, video) SIP typically employs the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) or Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP). For secure transmissions of SIP messages, the protocol may be encrypted with Transport Layer Security (TLS).
SCCP
The Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) is a proprietary network terminal control protocol originally developed by Selsius Systems, which was acquired by Cisco Systems in 1998.SCCP is a lightweight IP-based protocol for session signaling with Cisco Unified Communications Manager, formerly named CallManager.CallManager acts as a signaling proxy for call events initiated over other common protocols such as H.323, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), ISDN and/or MGCP.
CLI
Command Line Interface
CCP
Cisco Configuration Professional
CUCME
Cisco Unified Communication Manager Express
CUE
Cisco Unity Express
CUCM
Cisco Unified Communication Manager
CUC
Cisco Unity Connection
UCCX
Unified Contact Center Express
CME
Call Manager Express
TMS
Telepresence Management Suite
IMP
Instant Messaging and Presence
VCS
Video Communication Server
ICCS
The Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling (ICCS) between Unified CM servers consists of many traffic types. The ICCS traffic types are classified as either priority or best-effort. Priority ICCS traffic is marked with IP Precedence 3 (DSCP 24 or PHB CS3). Best-effort ICCS traffic is marked with IP Precedence 0 (DSCP 0 or PHB BE).
ICCS or Intra-Cluster Communication Signaling takes place over TCP Port 8002 and 8004 and what’s taking place here is the publisher and the subscribers are keeping the database in sync.
MCU
A Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) is a device commonly used to bridge videoconferencing connections. The MCU is an endpoint on the LAN that provides the capability for three or more terminals and gateways to participate in a multipoint conference.
MGCP
The Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP) is a signaling and call control communications protocol used in voice over IP (VoIP) telecommunication systems. It implements the media gateway control protocol architecture for controlling media gateways on Internet Protocol (IP) networks connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
The protocol is a successor to the Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP)