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Information-transfer transaction

In telecommunication, an information-transfer transaction is a coordinated sequence of user and telecommunications system actions that cause information present at a source user[?] to become present at a destination user.

Note: An information-transfer transaction usually consists of three consecutive phases called the access phase[?], the information-transfer phase[?], and the disengagement phase[?].

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C

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