(1) (
Competitive
Access
Provider) An organization that competes with the established telecommunications provider in an area.
(2) (
Carrierless
Amplitude
Phase) A type of ADSL service. See
DSL.
(3) (
CAMEL
Application
Part) The protocol used to implement CAMEL functions in the GSM system. CAP is the CAMEL counterpart of the INAP protocol and resides at the same level in the SS7 protocol suite. See
INAP and
CAMEL.
(4) (
Central
Access
Point) An access point that is wired to the local network. In a mesh network, other access points (APs) have a wireless connection to the CAP. See
access point.