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Terminology

  • ABR: Average Bitrate automatically adjusts the bitrate over time so you can meet your target and maintain video quality based on available storage. See Rate control.
  • ACAP: AXIS Camera Application Platform.
  • ACS: Axis Camera Station, see Video Management Software.
  • ADA: Axis Device Assistant. Web interface in Axis products.
  • AEAD: Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data. An encryption mode that provides both confidentiality and integrity protection in a single operation. AES-GCM is an AEAD algorithm.
  • AES: Advanced Encryption Standard.
  • AV1: A video compression standard, also known as AOMedia Video 1. See AV1.
  • CGI: Common Gateway Interface. A technology that enables web servers to execute an external program to process web requests.
  • FPS: Frames per second.
  • FTP: File Transfer Protocol.
  • GOP: Group of Pictures. In video coding, specifies the order in which intra- and inter-frames are arranged.
  • H.264: A video compression standard, also known as Advanced Video Coding or MPEG-4 Part 10. See RTP Payload Format for H.264 Video.
  • H.265: A video compression standard, also known as High Efficiency Video Coding or MPEG-H Part 2. See RTP Payload Format for High Efficiency Video Coding.
  • HTTP: Hyper-Text Transport Protocol.
  • ICM: Integer Counter Mode. A block cipher mode used in AES-CTR encryption.
  • MBR: Maximum Bitrate lets you set a target bitrate to handle bitrate limitations in your system. See Rate control.
  • MIKEY: Multimedia Internet KEYing. A key management protocol used to exchange SRTP master keys. See RFC 3830.
  • MJPEG: Motion JPEG. A video compression format where each frame is a separate JPEG image.
  • MKI: Master Key Index. A field in SRTP packets used to identify which master key is currently active, enabling in-session re-keying.
  • NAL: Network Abstraction Layer. In H.264 and H.265, the encoded video data is organized into NAL units.
  • PPS: Picture Parameter Set. An H.264/H.265 NAL unit with general video parameters.
  • RFC: Request For Comment. A publication from the IETF that describes internet standards and protocols.
  • ROC: Roll-Over Counter. A 32-bit counter that tracks how many times the RTP sequence number has wrapped around. Part of the SRTP cryptographic context.
  • RR: Receiver Report. An RTCP packet sent by receivers to report reception statistics.
  • RTCP: Real-Time Control Protocol. Sends control messages about the RTP stream.
  • RTP: Real-Time Protocol. Transmits real-time data streams such as audio and video.
  • RTSP: Real Time Streaming Protocol. See RFC 2326: Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
  • RTSPS: RTSP over TLS. The secure version of RTSP, where TLS encrypts all RTSP signaling. Default port 322.
  • SCP: Secure Copy.
  • SDP: Session Description Protocol. Describes media streams when RTSP receives a DESCRIBE request.
  • SDES: Session Description Protocol Security Descriptions. An SDP-based key exchange mechanism used to provide SRTP keys inline in the SDP offer/answer.
  • SPS: Sequence Parameter Set. An H.264/H.265 NAL unit with general video parameters.
  • SRTP: Secure Real-time Transport Protocol. An RTP profile providing encryption, authentication, and replay protection for media streams. See RFC 3711 and RFC 7714.
  • SSRC: Synchronization Source. A 32-bit identifier that identifies the source of an RTP stream. Used in the SRTP cryptographic context to bind keys to a particular stream.
  • TCP: Transport Control Protocol.
  • TLS: Transport Layer Security.
  • UDP: User Datagram Protocol.
  • URL: Uniform Resource Locator. See RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax.
  • UTF-8: Unicode Transformation Format. See RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646.
  • VBR: Variable Bitrate allows the bandwidth consumption to vary depending on the level of activity in the scene. See Rate control.
  • VMS: Video Management Software that collects, records, and displays video from security cameras.
  • VPS: Video Parameter Set. An H.265 NAL unit with general video parameters.