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RFC
Request for Comment. A document that describes an aspect of an internet technology.
An RFC may be a proposed, draft or full internet standard.
RTP
Real-time Transport Protocol. A protocol for delivering the media portion of a data
transmission over an IP network. SRTP is another media protocol.
Signaling
In a VoIP phone call, the information in a call that deals with establishing and
controling the connection, and managing the network. The non-signaling portion of
the call is the Media.
SIMPLE protocol
Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging
Extensions. The instant messaging (IM) protocol followed by eyeBeam. It
encapsulate the rules for exchanging instant messages.
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol. The signaling protocol followed by eyeBeam for handling
phone calls.
SIP account
An account that provides the user the ability to make VoIP phone calls. The account
encapsulates the rules and functions the user can access.
SIP address
The address used to connect to a SIP endpoint. In other words, the “phone number”
used in a VoIP phone call. For example, sip:[email protected].
SRTP
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol. A protocol for delivering the media portion of a
data transmission over an IP network. SRTP is a secure protocol, which means tht the
media is encrypted. RTP is another media protocol.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP
network. Other transport protocols are TLS and UDP.
TLS
Transport Layer Security. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP network.
TLS is a secure transport protocol, which means that all the data being transmitted
(signaling and media) is encrypted. Other transport protocols are TCP and UDP.
UDP
User Datagram Protocol. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP network.
Other transport protocols are TCP and TLS.
URI
Uniform Resource Identifier. A name or address that identifies a location on the world
wide web. A SIP address is a type of URI.
URL
Uniform Resource Locator. A URI that both identifies a name or address and indicates
how to locate it.
USB device
Universal Serial Bus device. A device that follows a specific communications
standard. A headset may be a “USB type” of headset.
VAD
Voice Activity Detection. A technology that detects if audio is a human voice or
background noise. eyeBeam includes a feature (Preserve bandwidth on the Network
pane of the Options window) that controls whether audio is transmitted when VAD
determines that noone is actually speaking.
vCard
An electronic business card that is often attached to an email. It often appears as a
“signature” block that identifies the person, their title, and their business.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol. A variation of IP used for sending voice data over the
internet, in other words, used for making phone calls over the internet.
VoIP service provider
A business that provides a VoIP service, allowing a user to connect to the internet in
order to make VoIP phone calls using eyeBeam. The VoIP service provider sets up a
SIP account for the user.
WAV
Or WAVE. A file format standard for storing audio on PCs.
