A call in which the call originator cancels the call after a connection has been made, but before the call is completed, such as before the call receiver goes off-hook. Synonym call abandoned. See also access phase, call, call processing.
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Weik, M.H. (2000). abandoned call. In: Computer Science and Communications Dictionary. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-0613-6_4
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