Glossary

bound

The tight coupling of a client with a service. All clients must be bound to some server and vice versa.

client

A component that consumes packets from a server to provide some functionality.

server

A component that provides a service to a client.

upstream

Something going up a stack from a server to client.

downstream

Something going down a stack from a client to a server.

stack

A sequence of communication objects organized in a semi-linear sequence from the application layer at the top to the physical networking layer(s) at the bottom.

discoverable

Something that can be determined using a combination of BACnet objects, properties and services. For example, discovering the network topology by using Who-Is-Router-To-Network, or knowing what objects are defined in a device by reading the object-list property.