glossary.tex

\newacronym[plural={Application Programming Interfaces},shortplural={APIs}]{api}{API}{Application Programming Interface}
\newacronym{alm}{ALM}{Application Layer Multicast}
\newacronym{b2b}{B2B}{Business–to–Business}
\newacronym{bdi}{BDI}{Belief–Desire–Intention}
\newacronym{batman}{BATMAN}{Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networking}
\newacronym{cbr}{CBR}{Constant Bitrate}
\newacronym{cli}{CLI}{Command–Line Interface}
\newacronym[plural={Content Delivery Networks},shortplural={CDNs}]{cdn}{CDN}{Content Delivery Network}
\newacronym{cernet}{CERNET}{China Education and Research Network}
\newacronym{ccn}{CCN}{Content–Centric Networking}
\newacronym{dag}{DAG}{Directed Acyclic Graph}
\newacronym[plural={Strongly Connected Components},shortplural={SCCs}]{scc}{SCC}{Strongly Connected Component}
\newacronym[plural={vlogs},shortplural={vlogs}]{vlog}{vlog}{Video Blog}
\newacronym{csv}{CSV}{Comma Separated Values}
\newacronym{dash}{DASH}{Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP}
\newacronym{dhcp}{DHCP}{Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol}
\newacronym{dht}{DHT}{Distributed Hash Table}
\newacronym{dns}{DNS}{Domain Name System}
\newacronym{drm}{DRM}{Digital Rights Management}
\newacronym{dtls}{DTLS}{Datagram Transport Layer Security}
\newacronym{eq}{EQ}{Echo Link Quality}
\newacronym{gvbr}{GVBR}{Greedy Variable Bitrate}
\newacronym{hlpsp}{HLPSP}{Hybrid Live P2P Streaming Protocol}
\newacronym{hls}{HLS}{HTTP Live Streaming}
\newacronym{pubsub}{pub/sub}{Publish-Subscribe}
\newacronym{html}{HTML}{Hypertext Markup Language}
\newacronym{http}{HTTP}{Hypertext Transfer Protocol}
\newacronym{icn}{ICN}{Information–Centric Networking}
\newacronym{ice}{ICE}{Interactive Connectivity Establishment}
\newacronym{iam}{IAM}{Identity and Access Management}
\newacronym{ietf}{IETF}{Internet Engineering Task Force}
\newacronym{ipfs}{IPFS}{InterPlanetary File System}
\newacronym{ip}{IP}{Internet Protocol}
\newacronym{isp}{ISP}{Internet Service Provider}
\newacronym{ixp}{IXP}{Internet Exchange Point}
\newacronym{isdn}{ISDN}{Integrated Services Digital Network}
\newacronym{isup}{ISUP}{\gls{isdn} User Part}
\newacronym{js}{JS}{JavaScript}
\newacronym{uuid}{UUID}{Universally Unique Identifier}
\newacronym{mpegdash}{MPEG–DASH}{Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP}
\newacronym[plural={Multi Point Relays},shortplural={MPRs}]{mpr}{MPR}{Multi Point Relay}
\newacronym[plural={Mobile Network Operators},shortplural={MNOs}]{mno}{MNO}{Mobile Network Operator}
\newacronym{mse}{MSE}{Media Source Extensions}
\newacronym{mas}{MAS}{Multi–Agent System}
\newacronym{nat}{NAT}{Network Address Translation}
\newacronym{ndn}{NDN}{Named Data Networking}
\newacronym{lan}{LAN}{Local Area Network}
\newacronym{olsr}{OLSR}{Optimized Link State Routing}
\newacronym[plural={Originator Messages},shortplural={OGMs}]{ogm}{OGM}{Originator Message}
\newacronym{osi}{OSI}{Open Systems Interconnection}
\newacronym{os}{OS}{Operating System}
\newacronym{p2p}{P2P}{Peer–to–Peer}
\newacronym{qos}{QoS}{Quality of Service}
\newacronym{qoe}{QoE}{Quality of Experience}
\newacronym{rq}{RQ}{Receive Link Quality}
\newacronym{rtcp}{RTCP}{Real–Time Control Protocol}
\newacronym{rtp}{RTP}{Real–Time Transport Protocol}
\newacronym{rtmp}{RTMP}{Real–Time Messaging Protocol}
\newacronym[plural={Software Development Kits},shortplural={SDKs}]{sdk}{SDK}{Software Development Kit}
\newacronym{smtp}{SMTP}{Simple Mail Transfer Protocol}
\newacronym{srtcp}{SRTCP}{Secure Real–time Control Transport Protocol}
\newacronym{srtp}{SRTP}{Secure Real–time Transport Protocol}
\newacronym{sdp}{SDP}{Session Description Protocol}
\newacronym{sctp}{SCTP}{Stream Control Transport Protocol}
\newacronym{sip}{SIP}{Session Initiation Protocol}
\newacronym{stun}{STUN}{Session Traversal Utilities for NAT}
\newacronym{tcp}{TCP}{Transmission Control Protocol}
\newacronym{tc}{TC}{Topology Control}
\newacronym{tq}{TQ}{Transmit Link Quality}
\newacronym{ttl}{TTL}{Time To Live}
\newacronym{turn}{TURN}{Traversal Using Relays around NAT}
\newacronym{udp}{UDP}{User Datagram Protocol}
\newacronym{url}{URL}{Uniform Resource Identifier}
\newacronym{ui}{UI}{User Interface}
\newacronym{vbr}{VBR}{Variable Bitrate}
\newacronym{vod}{VOD}{Video–on–Demand}
\newacronym{vpn}{VPN}{Virtual Private Network}
\newacronym{voip}{VoIP}{Voice over Internet Protocol}
\newacronym{w3c}{W3C}{World Wide Web Consortium}
\newacronym[plural={WebSockets}]{ws}{WS}{WebSocket}
\newacronym{webrtc}{WebRTC}{Web Real–Time Communication}
\newacronym{xor}{XOR}{Exclusive Or}

\newglossaryentry{router}{
  name=router,
  plural=routers,
  description={
  A role that stays connected to the signal at all times
  to on–board newbies and tracks peer presence in its cluster}
}
\newcommand{\routerRole}{\gls{router}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{signal}{
  name=signal,
  plural=signals,
  description={A role that can accept newbie introductions, promote routers and broker connections}
}
\newcommand{\signalRole}{\gls{signal}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{peer}{
  name=peer,
  plural=peers,
  description={TBD}
}
\newcommand{\peerRole}{\gls{peer}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{signal-server}{
  name={signal server},
  plural={signal servers},
  description={Also referred to as rendezvous or entry point. A server node dedicated to the signal role that is reachable under a public IP or domain}
}
\newcommand{\signalServer}{\gls{signal-server}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{newbie}{
  name=newbie,
  plural=newbies,
  description={TBD}
}
\newcommand{\newbieRole}{\gls{newbie}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{rejection}{
  name=rejection,
  plural=rejections,
  description={TBD}
}
\newcommand{\rejection}{\gls{rejection}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{introduction}{
  name=introduction,
  plural=introductions,
  description={Send by the peer when it is contacting the Signal peer for the first time. \vref{itm:mit-msg-introduction} }
}
\newcommand{\introduction}{\gls{introduction}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{role-update}{
  name={role update},
  plural={role updates},
  description={RoleUpdate are used to promote peers to new roles. \vref{itm:mit-msg-RoleUpdate}}
}
\newcommand{\roleUpdate}{\gls{role-update}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{peer-update}{
  name={peer update},
  plural={peer updates},
  description={PeerUpdate is used to tell other peers about known direct peers so they can add them to their RemotePeer table \vref{itm:mit-msg-PeerUpdate}}
}
\newcommand{\peerUpdate}{\gls{peer-update}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{connection-negotiation}{
  name={connection negotiation},
  plural={connection negotiations},
  description={ConnectionNegotiations are used for the establishment of a WebRTC connection \vref{itm:mit-msg-ConnectionNegotiation}}
}
\newcommand{\connectionNegotiation}{\gls{connection-negotiation}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{router-alive}{
  name={router alive},
  plural={router alives},
  description={Router alive messages are dispatched by a peer with the role \routerRole to let other peers know about its existence \vref{itm:mit-msg-RouterAlive}}
}
\newcommand{\routerAlive}{\gls{router-alive}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{unknown-peer}{
  name={unknown peer},
  plural={unknown peers},
  description={A unknown peer message is send when a direct connected peer is removed from the peer table. Receivers can update their RemotePeer table accordingly. \vref{itm:mit-msg-RouterAlive}}
}
\newcommand{\unknownPeer}{\gls{unknown-peer}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{ping-pong}{
  name={ping/pong},
  plural={ping/pongs},
  description={Ping/Pong messages are used to measure the transmission quality. \vref{itm:mit-msg-PingPong}}
}
\newcommand{\pingPong}{\gls{ping-pong}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{channel-announcement}{
  name={channel announcement},
  plural={channel announcements},
  description={A channel announcement is send by a client who can provide a stream for a Channel}
}
\newcommand{\channelAnnouncement}{\gls{channel-announcement}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{peer-table}{
  name={peer table},
  plural={peer tables},
  description={The table of peer, connection and routing information maintained by every peer in the network}
}
\newcommand{\peerTable}{\gls{peer-table}\xspace}

\newglossaryentry{mitosis}{
  name={Mitosis},
  description={Phase of the biological cell division, but used as a reference to the streaming mesh software library developed for this thesis}
}