Center-to-Field (C2F) Communications Profiles

Published: August 2007

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations used in this advisory are listed here. A more extensive list of ITS Standards related acronyms and abbreviations is available on the ITS Standards Program Acronyms page.

AASHTO	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials	OER	Octet Encoding Rules
ATM	Asynchronous Transfer Mode	OSI	Open Systems Interconnection
BER	Basic Encoding Rules	PMPP	Point-to-Multi-Point Protocol
C2C	Center-to-Center	PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
C2F	Center-to-Field	RWIS	Road Weather Information System
CCTV	Closed Circuit Television	SFMP	Simple Fixed Message Protocol
DMS	Dynamic Message Sign	SMI	Structure and Identification of Management Information
EIA	Electronics Industry Alliance	SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
ESS	Environmental Sensor Station	SONET	Synchronous Optical Network
FDOT	Florida Department of Transportation	STMF	Simple Transportation Management Framework
FSK	Frequency Shift Keying	STMP	Simple Transportation Management Protocol
FTP	File Transfer Protocol	T2	Transportation Transport Protocol
ICMS	Integrated Corridor Management Systems	TCIP	Transit Communications Interface Profiles
IETF	Internet Engineering Task Force	TCP	Transmission Control Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol	TFTP	Trivial File Transfer Protocol
ISO	International Organization for Standardization	TIA	Telecommunication Industry Association
ITE	Institute of Transportation Engineers	TMC	Traffic Management Center
ITS	Intelligent Transportation Systems	TMP	Transportation Management Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network	TSS	Transportation Sensor Systems
MIB	Management Information Base	TTP	See T2
MnDOT	Minnesota Department of Transportation	U.S. DOT	U.S. Department of Transportation
NEMA	National Electrical Manufacturers Association	UDP	User Datagram Protocol
NTCIP	National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol

The ITS Standards Advisory Series

Other advisories available at http://www.standards.its.dot.gov/advisories.asp:

Name Date DMS January 2003 ESS March 2003 DSRC April 2003 ADUS October 2003 IM August 2004 C2C Profiles June 2006

We would like to hear from you. Please send your comments on how we can make this Advisory more useful to you. contact Steve Sill, ITS Architecture and Standards Program Manager, at 202-366-1603, or steve.sill@fhwa.dot.gov.

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