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DLNA - Digital Living Network Alliance

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DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) is an industry standard that allows to access your digital content through DLNA Certified^® devices.

For example, you can watch a movie that's currently stored on your DLNA NAS. Using your DLNA smartphone as a remote, simply locate your NAS drive, select the movie, then stream it to your DLNA TV.

UPnP - Universal Plug and Play

Telecommunications

UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) technology enables music and other digital entertainment content to be accessible from various devices in the home without regard for where the media is stored. Using UPnP devices the whole family can share in the fun together whether it's:

Playing Internet-based computer games
Viewing your best family photos via the TV
Watching home videos
Listening to favorite tunes throughout the house

UPnP Forum, formed in 1999, is an industry initiative that definse and publishes UPnP device control protocols to allow devices to connect seamlessly and to simplify network implementation in the home and corporate environments.

SAR - Segmentation And Reassembly

Telecommunications

The Segmentation And Reassembly (SAR) sublayer of AAL layer packs the information from the CS into cells and unpacks the information at the destination.

AAL - ATM Adaptation Layer

Telecommunications

The ATM adaptive layer (AAL) provides the interface from the user to the ATM system.

URI - Uniform Resource Identifier

Telecommunications

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string of characters used to identify a name or a resource on the Internet.

XMPP - Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol

Telecommunications

The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is an open technology for real-time communication, which powers a wide range of applications including instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, collaboration, lightweight middleware, content syndication, and generalized routing of XML data.

CS - Convergence Sublayer

Telecommunications

The Convergence Sublayer (CS) is the AAL sublayer, that provides the functions needed to support specific applications, such as handling the cell delay variation and keeping a track of the clock.

UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

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The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a 3G broadband, packet-based transmission standard for digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It offers a set of services to mobile phone and computer users