back end 303 (API) 79, 291 background class 162, 164, 165, 229 application service provider (ASP) 29, balance 136, 166, 351, 465, 469 100, 115 baseline cost 136, 137, 439, 464 application support services 292, 293, bastion host 303, 304 bearer signalling 336, 337, 341, 396 AR 152, 173 behaviour aggregates (BA) 344 ARPU 19, 105, 130, 154, 352, 354, BER 160, 161, 205, 235 best effort 256, 281, 348, 386 466, 467, 471 BGCF 388, 399, 400 115, 129 53, 94, 343, 344 assured forwarding (AF) 346 BICC (bearer independent call control) 94, 97, 268, 274, 281, 336, 387, 1, 13, 56, 57, 60, 76, 77, 83, 91, 394, 396, 397, 406, 480 95, 117, 129, 141, 160, 177, 179, BICC CS1 (bearer independent call 183, 197, 215, 231, 232, 237, control - capability set 239, 240, 245, 254, 255, 267, BICC CS2, 480 268, 271, 273-275, 280, 303, BICC IP Bearer Control Protocol 304, 317, 320, 322-327, 331, (IPBCP) 385, 397 332, 334, 335, 337, 338, B-ICI 267, 268, 341, 342 340-342, 347, 349, 354, 355, billing 17, 53, 70, 71, 103, 118, 120, 360, 361, 363, 376, 386, 395, 121, 123, 132, 227, 228, 256, 396, 404, 453, 474-476, 478, 272, 292, 293, 297, 327, 385, 480, 482-488, 490, 492 388-390, 399, 426, 430, 440, ATM adaptation 239, 328 442, 444, 446-451, 458, 460 augmented reality (AR) 152, 173 billing mediation 442, 447, 449 augmented/virtual reality applications bit error rate (BER) 50, 159, 177, bluetooth 39, 261, 306, 308, 311, 313, authentication 186, 187, 190-192, 315, 322, 353, 382-384 196, 199, 202-204, 207, 209, border gateway routing protocol (BGP) 212, 214, 217-219, 272, 277, 278, 280, 293, 296, 301, 307, break-out point 362, 419 Index broadband 14, 61, 65, 131, 143, 152, code division multiple access (CDMA) 166, 173, 183, 188, 322, 328, 335, 339, 340, 353, 354, 360, comfort noise 227 375, 381, 396, 476 common business language, CBL 296 broadband access server 327, 360 communicator 21, 28, 29, 157, 173, 307, 311 Buddy locator 262 composite capabilities/preferences profiles 243 434, 436 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 165, 214, 301 cable modem 33