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List of all the existing network protocols:

AAL - ATM Adaptation Layer

AAL0 - ATM Adaptation Layer Type 0 refers to raw ATM cells.

AAL1 - ATM Adaptation Layer Type 1 supports constant bit rate, time-dependent traffic such as voice and video.

AAL2 - ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2 reserved for variable bit ratevideo transfer.

AAL3/4 - ATM Adaptation Layer Type 3/4 supports variable bit rate,delay-tolerant data traffic requiring some sequencing and/or errordetection support.

AAL5 - ATM Adaptation Layer Type 5 supports variable bit rate, delay-tolerant connection-oriented data traffic requiring minimal sequencingor error detection support.

AARP - AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol

ADSP - AppleTalk Data Stream Protocol

AEP - AppleTalk Echo Protocol

AFP - AppleTalk Filing Protocol

ARP/RARP - Address Resolution Protocol / Reverse Address ResolutionProtocol

ASP - AppleTalk Session Protocol

ATCP - AppleTalk Control Protocol

ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATP - AppleTalk Transaction Protocol

BACP - Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol (PPP suite)

BAP - Bandwidth Allocation Protocol (PPP suite)

BCAST - Broadcast Protocol (Novell protocols)

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BCC - Broadcast Call Control

BCP - Bridging Control Protocol (PPP suite)

BGP-4 - Border Gateway Protocol (TCP/IP)

B-ICI - BISDN Inter Carrier Interface (ATM PNNI Signalling)

BMP (Burst) - Burst Mode Protocol (Novell protocols)

BPDU - Bridge Protocol Data Unit

BRE - Bridge Relay Encapsulation, proprietary Ascom Timeplex protocolthat extends bridging across WAN links by means of encapsulation(Frame Relay).

BVCP - PPP Banyan VINES Control Protocol (PPP suite)

CCITT - International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee(after the French)

CCP - Compression Control Protocol (PPP suite)

CHAP - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (PPP suite)

CIF - Cells in Frames (ATM over LAN)

COPS - Common Open Policy Service

CTERM - Command Terminal (DECnet)

DAP - Data Access Protocol (DECnet)

DCAP - Data Link Switching Client Access Protocol

DCP - Data Compression Protocol over Frame Relay

DCPCP - DCP Control Protocol

DDP - Datagram Delivery Protocol (AppleTalk)

DECnet - Digital Equipment Corporation protocols developed tocommunicate between DEC minicomputers.

DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (TCP/IP)

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DIAG - Diagnostic Responder protocol (Novell)

DLSw - Data Link Switching (IBM SNA)

DNCP - PPP DECnet Phase IV Control Protocol (PPP suite)

DNS - Domain Name Server protocol (TCP/IP)

DSMCC - Digital Storage Media Command and Control (Audio Visualover ATM)

DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting

ECP - Encryption Control Protocol (PPP suite)

ES-IS - End system to Intermediate System protocol (ISO protocols)

Ethernet - LAN protocol synonymous with IEEE 802.3 standard

FANAP - Flow Attribute Notification Protocol

FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface, standardized by ANSI

FTP - File Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)

FUNI - Frame-based UNI (User Network Interface)

GCC - Group Call Control

GMM - GPRS Mobility Management

GSM - GPRS Session Management

GSMP - General Switch Management Protocol (IP Switching)

GTP - GPRS Tunelling Protocol

HDLC - High Level Data Link Control protocol developed by ISO, based

on pioneering work by IBM on SDLC.

HPR-APPN - High Performance Routing Advanced Peer to Peer Network,IBM network architecture for dynamic routing across arbitrary networktopologies.

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol (TCP/IP)

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ICMP - Internet Control Message Protocol (TCP/IP)

ICMPv6 - revision of ICMP (TCP/IP)

ICP - Internet Control Protocol (Banyan)

IDP - Internet Datagram Protocol (XNS)

IFMP Ipsilon Flow Management Protocol (IP Switching)

IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol (TCP/IP)

IGRP - Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (TCP/IP)

IISP - Interim Interswitch Signalling Protocol (ATM Signalling)

ILMI - Interim Local Management Interface, bi-direction exchange of 

management information between UMEs.

IP - Internet Protocol, routing layer datagram service of the TCP/IP suite.

IPC - InterProcess Communications protocol, datagram and reliablemessage delivery service for Banyan.

IPCP - IP Control Protocol, responsible for configuring the IP parameterson both ends of the PPP link.

IPHC - IP Header Compression

IPv6 - revised version of IP (TCP/IP)

IPv6CP - IPv6 PPP Control Protocol, responsible for configuring, enablingand disabling the IPv6 protocol modules on both ends of a PPP link.

IPX - Internetwork Packet Exchange, Novell's implementation of theXerox Internet Datagram Protocol (IDP).

IPXCP - IPX PPP Control Protocol, choose and configure the IPX network-layer protocol over PPP.

ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network, all digital communicationsline that allows for transmission of voice, data, video and graphics, atvery high speeds, over standard communication lines.

IS-IS (ISO 10589) - Intermediate System to Intermediate System,exchage of configuration and routing information to facilitate the

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operation of the routing and relaying functions of the network layer(ISO).

ISO - International Standards Organization protocols defined by IEEE;

complete seven-layer protocol conforming to the OSI networking model.

ISO-IP - ISO Internetworking Protocol, includes built-in error signalling toaid in routing management.

ISO-SP - ISO Session Protocol, specifies procedures for a single protocolfor the transfer of data and control information from one session entityto a peer session entity.

ISO-TP (ISO 8073) - ISO Transport Protocol

ISUP - ISDN User Part of SS7, defines protocol and procedures used toseup, manage and release trunk circuits that carry voice and data callsover the public switched telephone network.

ITU Q.2931 Signalling - International Telecommunications Unionsignalling standard for ATM to support Switched Virtual Connections. This is the signalling standard for ISDN.

L2F - Layer 2 Forwarding protocol, permits the tunneling of the linklayer of higher layer protocols (PPP suite).

L2TP - Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, used for integrating multi-protocoldial-up services into existing ISP POP.

LAPB - Link Access Protocol, Balanced, derived from HDLC and used tocarry X.25 packets.

LAPD - Link Access Protocol, Channel D, layer 2 protocol defined in

CCITT.

LAPF - Link Access Procedure F (Frame Relay), modified LAPD standardfor Frame Relay.

LAT - Local Area Transport protocol, designed to handle multiplexedterminal traffic to/from timesharing hosts (DECnet).

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LAVC - Local Area VAX Cluster protocol, communications between DECVAX computers in a cluster (DECnet).

LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDP - Label Distribution Protocol

LCP - Link Control Protocol, establishes, configures and tests the datalink connection (PPP suite).

LLC - Logical Link Control protocol (IEEE 802.2), provides a linkmechanism for upper layer protocols.

LQR - Link Quality Report, specifies the mechanism for link qualitymonitoring with PPP.

M2UA - used for backhauling of SS7 MTP2-User signalling messagesover IP using Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

M3UA - supports transport of SS7 MTP3-User sugnalling over IP usingStream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)

MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET / SDH

MARS - Multicast Address Resolution Server (TCP/IP)

Megaco - Media Gateway Control

MLP - Multilink Procedure, added upper sublayer of the LAPB, operatingbetween the packet layer and a multiplicity of single data link protocolfunctions (SLPs) in the data link layer (X.25).

MOP - Maintenance Operation Protocol, utility services such asuploading and downloading system software, remote testing andproblem diagnosis (DECnet).

MOUNT - protocol used to initiate client access to a server supportingNFS.

MPEG - Motion Picture Experts Group, ISO standards group dealing withvideo and audio compression.

MPLS - Multi Protocol Label Switching, set of procedures foraugmenting network layer packets with "label stacks", thereby turningthem into labeled packets.

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MPOA - Multi Protocol Over ATM, deals with efficient transfer of inner-subnet unicast data in a LAN emulation environment.

MPPC - Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression Protocol

MTP-2 - Message Transfer Part, Level 2, signalling link which togetherwith MTP-3 provides reliable transfer of signalling messages betweentwo directly connected signalling points (SS7).

MTP-3 - Message Transfer Part, Level 3, connects Q.SAAL to the users(SS7 suite).

NBFCP - PPP NetBIOS Frames Control Protocol, network control protocolresponsible for establishing and configuring the NBF protocol over PPP.

NBP - AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol, manages the use of names on

AppleTalk networks.

NBMA - Non-Broadcast, Multi-Access.

NCP - Novell NetWare Core Protocol, manages access to the primaryNetWare server resources.

NDS - NetWare Directory Services (Novell), globally distributed networkdatabase that replaces the bindery used in previous versions of NetWare.

NetRPC - NetRemote Procedure Call, used to access VINES applicationssuch as StreetTalk and VINES Mail (Banyan).

NFS - Sun Network File System, file sharing application for the Sunprotocol suite.

NHDR - Network Layer Header, begins the frame used by RTP nodes.

NHRP - NBMA Next Hop Resolution Protocol.

NSP - Network Services Protocol, provides reliable virtual connection

services with flow control to the network layer Routing Protocol(DECnet).

NTP - Network Time Protocol, time synchronization system forcomputer clocks through the Internet network (TCP/IP).

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OSINLCP - OSI Network Layer Control Protocol, responsible forconfiguring, enabling and disabling the OSI protocol modules on bothends of the PPP link.

OSPF - Open Shortest Path First, link-state routing protocol used for

routing IP (TCP/IP).

PAP - Printer Access Protocol, manages the virtual connection toprinters and other servers (AppleTalk).

PAP - Password Authentication Protocol, provides a simple method forthe peer to establish its identity using a 2-way handshake (PPP suite).

PEP - Packet Exchange Protocol, provides a semi-reliable packetdelivery service that orients towards single-packet exchanges (XNS).

PIM - Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)

PMAP - Port Mapper protocol, manages the allocation of transport layerports to network server applications (Sun).

PNNI - Private Network-to-Network Interface, hierarchial, dynamic link-state routing protocol (ATM).

POP3 - Post Office Protocol version 3, permits workstations todynamically access a maildrop on a server host (TCP/IP).

PP - ISO Presentation Protocol, performs context negotiation andmanagement between open systems.

PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol, designed for simple links which transportpackets between two peers.

PPP Multilink - Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol, permits a system toindicate to its peer that it is capable of combining multiple physicallinks into a "bundle".

PPP-BPDU - PPP Bridge Protocol Data Unit, used to connect remote

bridges.

PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, allows PPP to be channeledthrough an IP network (PPP).

QLLC - Qualified Logical Link Control protocol, transfers IBM SNA dataover an X.25 network.

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RANAP - Radio Access Network Application Part is the Radio NetwokLayer signalling protocol for the Iu interface.

RIP - Routing Information Protocol, maintains a database of networkhosts and exchange information about the topology of the network

(XNS).

RIP2 - Routing Information Protocol, used by Berkeley 4BSD UNIXsystems to exchange routing information. RIP2 derives from the Xeroxprotocol of the same name (TCP/IP).

RIPX - Routing Information Protocol, used to collect, maintain andexchange correct routing information among gateways within theInternet (Novell).

RFC - Request for Comments, a series of notes about the Internet,

started in 1969 (when the Internet was the ARPANET). The notesdiscuss many aspects of computing and computer communicationfocusing in networking protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts,but also including meeting notes, opinion, and sometimes humor. Thespecification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined bythe Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and its steering group (theIESG), are published as RFCs. Many of the TCP/IP protocols and PPPprotocols are defined by rfc's.

RLOGIN - Remote Login, allows UNIX users of one machine to connectto other UNIX systems across the Internet and interact as if their

terminals are directly connected to the machines (TCP/IP).

RLP - Radio Link Protocol

RM Cells - Rate Management cells (ATM cells).

RND - name of a company which uses a proprietary protocol header(RND) to transfer LAN protocols via WAN.

RP - Routing Protocol, distributes routing information among DECnethosts.

RPC - Remote Procedure Call protocol, activates a function on a remotestation and retrieves the result (Sun).

RSVP - Resource ReSerVation setup Protocol, designed for anintegrated services Internet (TCP/IP).

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RTMP - Routing Table Maintenance Protocol, manages routinginformation for AppleTalk networks.

RTP - Routing Update Protocol, used to distribute network topology(Banyan).

RUDP - Reliable UDP

RVP - Remote Voice Protocol

SAP - Novell's Service Advertising Protocol, provides information aboutwhat servers are available on the network.

SCCP - Signalling Connection Control Part, offers enhancements to MTPlevel 3 to provide connectionless and connection-oriented networkservices, as well as to address translation capabilities (SS7).

SCP - Session Control Protocol, manages logical links for DECnetconnections.

SCSP - is a routine protocol in the TCP/IP family.

SCTP - Stream Control Transmission Protocol

SDP - Session Description Protocol

SDCP - PPP Serial Data Control Protocol, responsible for configuring,

enabling and disabling the SDTP modules on both ends of the point-to-point link.

SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control protocol, developed by IBM tobe used as the layer 2 of the SNA hierarchical network.

SER - Serialization packet, ensures that a single version of NetWare isnot being loaded on multiple servers.

SIP - SMDS Interface Protocol, three-level protocol that controls accessto the network.

SIP (VoIP) - Session Initiation Protocol

SLP - Servise Location Protocol

SMB - Server Message Block, Microsoft presentation layer protocolproviding file and print sharing functions for LAN Manager, BanyanVINES and other networking operating systems.

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SMDS - Switched Multimegabit Data Service, broadband networkingtechnology developed by Bellcore.

SMS - Short Message Service (UMTS)

SMS - Short Message Service

SMPP - Short Message Peer to Peer

SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, mail service modeled on the FTPfile transfer service (TCP/IP).

SNA - Systems Network Architecture, introduced by IBM to provide aframework for joining together many mutually incompatible IBMproducts for distributed processing.

SNACP - SNA PPP Control Protocol, responsible for configuring, enablingand disabling SNA on both ends of the point-point link (PPP).

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol, developed by theInternet community to allow diverse network objects to participate in aglobal network management architecture.

SOCKS -

SPANS - Simple Protocol for ATM Network Signalling, developed byFORE Systems for use in ATM networks.

SPP - Sequenced Packet Protocol, provides a reliable virtual connectionservice for private connections (Banyan).

SPP - Sequenced Packet Protocol, provides reliable transport deliverywith flow control (XNS).

SPX - Sequential Packet Exchange, Novell's version of Xerox SPP. It is atransport layer protocol providing a packet delivery service for thirdparty applications.

SRB - Source Routing Bridging, proprietary header of Bay Networkswhich passes Token Ring information over WAN lines.

SRP - Spatial Reuse Protocol.

SS7 - Signalling System 7, a common channel signalling system.

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STP - Spanning Tree Protocol, prevents the formation of logical loopingin the network (DECnet).

 TALI - Transport Adapter Layer Interface

 TCAP - Transaction Capabilities Application Part, enables thedeployment of advanced intelligent network services by supportingnon-circuit related information exchange between signalling pointsusing the SCCP connectionless service (SS7).

 TCP - Transmission Control Protocol, provides a reliable stream deliveryand virtual connection service to applications through the use of sequenced acknowledgement with retransmission of packets whennecessary (TCP/IP).

 TDP - Tag Distribution Protocol, a two party protocol that runs over a

connection oriented transport layer with guaranteed sequentialdelivery.

 TELNET - Terminal emulation protocol of TCP/IP.

 TFTP - Trivial File Transfer Protocol, supports file writing and reading(TCP/IP).

 THDR - Transport Layer Header, used by RTP endpoints to providecorrect processing of the packet (SNA).

 Timeplex (BRE2) - Bridge Relay Encapsulation, proprietary Ascom Timeplex protocol that extends bridging across WAN links by means of encapsulation (Frame Relay).

 Token Ring - LAN protocol where all stations are connected in a ringand each station can directly hear transmissions only from itsimmediate neighbor.

UDP - User Datagram Protocol, provides a simple but unreliablemessage service for transaction-oriented services (TCP/IP).

UMTS -

UNI - User Network Interface, an interface point between ATM endusers and a private ATM switch, or between a private ATM switch andthe public carrier ATM network.

Van Jacobson - compressed TCP protocol which improves the TCP/IPperformance over low speed serial links.

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VARP - VINES Address Resolution Protocol, used for finding the nodeData Link Control address from the node IP address (Banyan).

VCI - Virtual Channel Identifier.

VGCS - Voice Group Call Service

ViVID MPOA - proprietary protocol of Newbridge which provides bridgedLAN Emulation and routed LAN Emulation functionality.

VPI - Virtual Path Identifier

VRRP - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

WAE - Wireless Application Environment

WAP - Wireless Application Protocol

WCCP - Web Cache Coordination Protocol

WDOG - Watchdog protocol, provides constant validation of activeworkstation connections and notifies the NetWare operating systemwhen a connection may be terminated as a result of lengthy periodswithout communication (Novell).

Wellfleet BOFL - Wellfleet Breath of Life, used as a line sensingprotocol.

Wellfleet SRB - Source Routing Bridging, proprietary header of BayNetworks which passes Token Ring information over WAN lines.

WML -

WSP - Wireless Session Protocol

WTLS - Wireless Transport Layer Security

WTP - Wireless Transaction Protocol

X.25 - CCITT's recommendation for the interface between a DTE andDCE over a PSTN.

X.75 - Signalling system which is used to connect packet switchednetworks (such as X.25) on international circuits.

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XNS - Xerox Network System protocols, provide routing capability andsupport for both sequenced and connectionless packet delivery.

XOT - Cisco Systems' X.25 over TCP.

 YP (NIS) - Sun Yellow Pages protocol, known now as NetworkInformation Service, is a directory service used for name look-up andgeneral table enumeration.

ZIP - AppleTalk Zone Information Protocol, manages the relationshipbetween network numbers and zone names.