Glossary
Key terms and definitions used across the Soracom platform
A
- APN
- Access Point Name — the network identifier that cellular devices use to connect to a specific carrier's data network.
C
- CoAP
- Constrained Application Protocol — a lightweight HTTP-like protocol designed for resource-constrained IoT devices and networks.
D
- DTLS
- Datagram Transport Layer Security — an encryption protocol that secures UDP traffic, commonly used for CoAP over cellular networks.
E
- eSIM
- Embedded SIM — a programmable SIM built into device hardware that can be provisioned remotely without a physical card.
I
- ICCID
- Integrated Circuit Card Identifier — a unique serial number printed on every SIM card.
- IMEI
- International Mobile Equipment Identity — a unique 15-digit number that identifies a specific cellular device hardware.
- IMSI
- International Mobile Subscriber Identity — a unique identifier stored on a SIM card that identifies the subscriber to the cellular network.
- IPsec
- Internet Protocol Security — a protocol suite that encrypts and authenticates IP network traffic, commonly used for site-to-site VPN connections.
J
- JWT
- JSON Web Token — a compact, URL-safe token format used for authentication and secure information exchange between systems.
L
- LoRaWAN
- A low-power, wide-area networking protocol designed for wireless battery-operated devices.
- LTE-M
- LTE for Machines (Cat-M1) — a low-power cellular network technology optimized for battery-operated IoT devices with extended range and power-saving features.
M
- MQTT
- Message Queuing Telemetry Transport — a lightweight publish-subscribe messaging protocol commonly used for IoT device-to-cloud communication.
N
- NB-IoT
- Narrowband IoT (Cat-NB1) — an ultra-low-power cellular technology with deep indoor coverage, designed for static sensors and meters.
P
- PSK
- Pre-Shared Key — a shared secret used to establish encrypted connections without certificate exchange.
S
- SIM
- Subscriber Identity Module — a smart card used in mobile devices to store user data and authenticate to the network.
- Soracom Air
- The platform's core cellular connectivity service providing global multi-carrier SIM provisioning and session management.
- Soracom Arc
- A virtual SIM service using WireGuard that connects devices to the Soracom platform over WiFi or Ethernet without a physical SIM card.
- Soracom Beam
- A protocol conversion and forwarding service that routes device data to cloud endpoints while handling TLS termination and credential injection.
- Soracom Endorse
- A SIM-based authentication service that generates signed JWT tokens to verify device identity for application-layer authentication.
- Soracom Funnel
- A direct cloud delivery service with built-in adapters for AWS IoT, Azure Event Hubs, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, and Amazon Kinesis.
- Soracom Gate
- A service that enables direct device-to-device communication within a VPG, creating a virtual LAN across cellular connections.
- Soracom Harvest
- A built-in data storage and visualization service that collects device telemetry and files without requiring external infrastructure.
- Soracom Junction
- A traffic inspection service that mirrors and redirects device traffic for real-time monitoring and security analysis.
- Soracom Krypton
- A credential provisioning service that uses SIM identity to issue temporary cloud service credentials without pre-loading secrets on devices.
- Soracom Lagoon
- A managed Grafana-based dashboard and alerting service for visualizing and monitoring IoT device data.
- Soracom Napter
- An on-demand remote access service that creates temporary port forwarding to cellular devices without requiring static IP addresses.
- Soracom Orbit
- An inline data transformation service that executes WebAssembly modules at the network edge to process device data in-flight.
- Soracom Peek
- A packet capture service that records network traffic from cellular devices and exports it in pcap format for analysis.
- Soralet
- A WebAssembly module deployed to Soracom Orbit that transforms device data in-flight before it reaches its destination.
V
- VPG
- Virtual Private Gateway — an isolated private network on Soracom that provides private IP addressing and connectivity to backend infrastructure.
W
- WASM
- WebAssembly — a binary instruction format that runs at near-native speed, used by Soracom Orbit to execute data transformation logic at the network edge.
- Webhook
- An HTTP callback mechanism that sends real-time data to a specified URL when an event occurs.
- WireGuard
- A modern VPN protocol that creates secure tunnels using minimal code and high performance, used by Soracom Arc for virtual connectivity.
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