1.3 Definitions, Acronyms and Abbreviations

This section defines the terms needed to properly interpret this document:

DDD (Detailed Design Document):

The document leading on from the SADD that provides a detailed design of all the modules in the project.

FCM (Flow Control Module):

The Flow Control Module of this project involving additions to the Linux kernel through the use of kernel modules.

Low Bandwidth Link:

A link between two networks with a lower bandwidth across it than between any two hosts in either of the networks it connects; the link is thus a bottleneck, limiting data transfer speed between two networks.

Link:

A network communications channel consisting of a transmission path and all related devices between a sender and a receiver.

Receiver:

A computer that wishes to receive data from hosts across a low bandwidth network link.

SADD (Software Architecture Design Document):

The document specifying the high level design and modular breakdown of this project.

SAM (Statistical Analysis Module):

The title of the statistics and analysis package accompanying FCM.

SRS (Software Requirements Specification):

This document.

Stream:

A series of packets between two hosts, with the same destination and source ports.

RAMI (Rate Adjustment by Managing Inflows):

The title of the project comprising of FCM and SAM.

Due to the technical nature of RAMI, the full list of terms (both project-specific and non project-specific) is large, and has been included in the Glossary (section 10).