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.
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AASHTO
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American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
ITE
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Institute of Transportation Engineers
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ADUS
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Archived Data User Service |
ITS
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Intelligent Transportation Systems
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ASN
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Abstract Syntax Notation
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JPO
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Joint Program Office
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ASN.1
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Abstract Syntax Notation One
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LAN
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Local Area Network
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ATM
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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LLC
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Logical Link Control
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ATIS
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Advanced Traveler Information System
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MAC
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Medium Access Control
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BER
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Basic Encoding Rules
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MS/ETMCC
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Message Sets for External TMC Communications
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C2C
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Center-to-Center
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NEMA
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National Electrical Manufacturers Association
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CORBA
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Common Object Request Broker Architecture
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NTCIP
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National Transportation Communications for ITS Protocol
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DATEX
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Data Exchange
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OER
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Octet Encoding Rules
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DMS
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Dynamic Message Sign
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OSI
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Open Systems Interconnect
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DSRC
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Dedicated Short Range Communications
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PPP
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Point-to-Point Protocol
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EMC
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Emergency Management Center
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SAE
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Society of Automotive Engineers
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ESS
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Environmental Sensor Station
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SDO
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Standards Development Organization
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ETMCC
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External Traffic Management Center Communications
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SOAP
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Simple Object Access Protocol
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FHWA
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Federal Highway Administration
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SONET
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Synchronous Optical Network
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FMCSA
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
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TCIP
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Transit Communications Interface Profiles
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FTA
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Federal Transit Administration
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol
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FTP
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File Transfer Protocol
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TMC
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Traffic (Transportation) Management Center
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HTTP
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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TMDD
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Traffic Management Data Dictionary
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HTTPS
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Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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U.S. DOT
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United States Department of Transportation
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IEEE
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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UDP
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User Datagram Protocol
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IM
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Incident Management
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WSDL
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Web Service Description Language
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IP
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Internet Protocol
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WWW
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World Wide Web
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ISO
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International Organization for Standardization
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XML
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eXtensible Markup Language
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