Editing ASN.1 (section)

== Applications ==
ASN.1 is used to define a large number of protocols. Its most extensive uses continue to be telecommunications, cryptography, and biometrics.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Protocols that use ASN.1
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! Protocol
! Specification
! Specified or customary encoding rules
! Uses
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| Interledger Protocol || [https://interledger.org/developers/rfcs/interledger-protocol/#specification ILPV4 Specification]|| Octet Encoding Rules ||
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| NTCIP 1103 - Transport Management Protocols || [https://www.ntcip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NTCIP1103v0352b.pdf NTCIP 1103] || Octet Encoding Rules || Traffic, Transportation, and Infrastructure Management
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| [[X.500|X.500 Directory Services]] || The ITU X.500 Recommendation Series || Basic Encoding Rules, Distinguished Encoding Rules || LDAP, TLS ([[X.509]]) Certificates, Authentication
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| [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol]] (LDAP) || {{IETF RFC|4511}} || Basic Encoding Rules ||
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| [[PKCS|PKCS Cryptography Standards]] || [[PKCS]] Cryptography Standards || Basic Encoding Rules and Distinguished Encoding Rules || Asymmetric Keys, certificate bundles
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| [[X.400|X.400 Message Handling]] || The ITU X.400 Recommendation Series || || An early competitor to email
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| [[EMV]] || EMVCo Publications || || Payment cards
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| T.120 Multimedia conferencing || The ITU T.120 Recommendation Series || Basic Encoding Rules, Packed Encoding Rules || Microsoft's [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] (RDP)
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| [[Simple Network Management Protocol]] (SNMP) || {{IETF RFC|1157}} || Basic Encoding Rules || Managing and monitoring networks and computers, particularly characteristics pertaining to performance and reliability
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| [[Common Management Information Protocol]] (CMIP) || ITU Recommendation [https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.711/en X.711] || || A competitor to SNMP but more capable and not nearly as popular
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| [[Signalling System No. 7]] (SS7) || The ITU Q.700 Recommendation Series || || Managing telephone connections over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
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| ITU H-Series Multimedia Protocols || The ITU H.200, H.300, and H.400 Recommendation Series  || || Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
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| [[BioAPI]] Interworking Protocol (BIP) || [https://www.iso.org/standard/43611.html ISO/IEC 24708:2008] || ||
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| [[CBEFF|Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework]] (CBEFF) || [https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nistir6529-a.pdf NIST IR 6529-A] || Basic Encoding Rules ||
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| Authentication Contexts for Biometrics (ACBio) || [https://www.iso.org/standard/71163.html ISO/IEC 24761:2019] || ||
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| [[Computer-supported telecommunications applications]] (CSTA) || [https://www.ecma-international.org/activities/Communications/TG11/cstaIII.htm]|| Basic Encoding Rules ||
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| [[Dedicated short-range communications]] (DSRC) || [http://standards.sae.org/j2735_200911/ SAE J2735] || Packed Encoding Rules || [[Vehicle-to-everything|Vehicle communication]]
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| [[IEEE 802.11p]] (IEEE WAVE) || [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7426684 IEEE 1609.2] ||  || [[Vehicle-to-everything|Vehicle communication]]
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| [[Intelligent Transport Systems]] (ETSI ITS) || [https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102600_102699/10263702/01.02.01_60/ts_10263702v010201p.pdf ETSI EN 302 637 2 (CAM)]<br/>[https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102600_102699/10263703/01.01.01_60/ts_10263703v010101p.pdf ETSI EN 302 637 3 (DENM)] || Unaligned Packed Encoding Rules || [[Vehicle-to-everything|Vehicle communication]] 
|-
| [[GSM|Global System for Mobile Communications]] (GSM) || [http://www.ttfn.net/techno/smartcards/gsm11-11.pdf]|| || [[2G]] Mobile Phone Communications
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| [[General Packet Radio Service]] (GPRS) / [[Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution]] (EDGE) || [http://www.3gpp.org/technologies/keywords-acronyms/102-gprs-edge]|| || [[General Packet Radio Service|2.5G]] Mobile Phone Communications
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| [[UMTS|Universal Mobile Telecommunications System]] (UMTS) || [http://www.3gpp.org/DynaReport/25-series.htm]|| || [[3G]] Mobile Phone Communications
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| [[LTE (telecommunication)|Long-Term Evolution (LTE)]]  || [http://www.3gpp.org/technologies/keywords-acronyms/98-lte]|| || [[4G]] Mobile Phone Communications
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| [[5G]]  || [https://www.3gpp.org/news-events/3gpp-news/1987-imt2020_workshop]|| || [[5G]] Mobile Phone Communications
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| [[Common Alerting Protocol]] (CAP) || [http://docs.oasis-open.org/emergency/cap/v1.2/CAP-v1.2-os.html]|| XML Encoding Rules || Exchanging Alert Information, such as Amber Alerts
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| [[Controller–pilot data link communications]] (CPDLC) || || || Aeronautics communications
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| Space Link Extension Services (SLE) || || || Space systems communications
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| [[Manufacturing Message Specification]] (MMS) || [https://www.iso.org/standard/37079.html ISO 9506-1:2003] || || Manufacturing
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| [[FTAM|File Transfer, Access and Management]] (FTAM) || || || An early and more capable competitor to File Transfer Protocol, but its rarely used anymore.
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| [[Remote Operations Service Element protocol]] (ROSE) || ITU Recommendations X.880, X.881, and X.882 || || An early form of [[Remote procedure call]]
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| [[Association Control Service Element]] (ACSE) || ITU Recommendation [https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-X.227-199504-I/en X.227] || ||
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| [[BACnet|Building Automation and Control Networks Protocol (BACnet)]] || [https://store.accuristech.com/standards/ashrae-135-2020?product_id=2191852 ASHRAE 135-2020]|| BACnet Encoding Rules || Building automation and control, such as with fire alarms, elevators, HVAC systems, etc.
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| [[Kerberos (protocol)|Kerberos]] || {{IETF RFC|4120}} || Basic Encoding Rules || Secure authentication
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| [[WiMAX 2]] || || || Wide Area Networks
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| [[Intelligent Network]] || The ITU Q.1200 Recommendation Series || || Telecommunications and computer networking
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|X2AP
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|Basic Aligned Packed Encoding Rules
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| Lawful Interception (LI) Handover Interface || [https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/102200_102299/10223201/03.33.01_60/ts_10223201v033301p.pdf ETSI TS 102 232-1] || || Lawful Interception
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