For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
announcement:
service related message sent to a user that can be of any type of media e.g. a voice message or a video-clip
communication:
transfer of information between two or more users, entities, processes or nodes according to some agreed conventions
early media:
media sent before a communication is established
in-band announcement:
announcement sent by the network using the bearer established for a communication
Originating Application Server (O-AS):
controlling application server responsible for the services provided to the originating user
Terminating Application Server (T-AS):
controlling application server responsible for the services provided to the terminating user
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
3pcc
3rd party call control
ACR
Automatic Call Rejection
AS
Application Server
B2BUA
Back-to-Back User Agent
IFC
Initial Filter Criteria
IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
MGCF
Media Gateway Control Function
MGW
Media GateWay
MRFC
Media Resource Function Controller
MRFP
Media Resource Function Processors
NDUB
Network Determined User Busy
O-AS
Originating Application Server
P-CSCF
Proxy Call Session Control Function
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
S-CSCF
Serving Call Session Control Function
SDP
Session Description Protocol
SIP
Session Initiation Protocol
T-AS
Terminating Application Server
T-MGF
Trunking Media Gateway Function
UDUB
User Determined User Busy
UE
User Equipment
URL
Uniform Resource Locator