| AAL - ATM
Adapation Layer.
AAL-1 - ATM
Adaptation Layer Type 1
AAL-2 - ATM
Adaptation Layer Type 2.
AAL-3/4 - ATM
Adaptation Layer Type ¾.
AAL-5 - ATM
Adaptation Layer Type 5.
ABR - Available
Bit Rate.
ACR - Allowed
Cell Rate: An ABR service parameter.
AFI - Authority
and Format Identifier.
AIS - Alarm
Indication Signal.
API - Application
Program Interface.
ARP - Address
Resolution Protocol.
ATM - Asynchronous
Transfer Mode.
B-ICI - B-ISDN
Inter-Carrier Interface.
B-ISDN - Broadband
ISDN.
BECN - Backward
Explicit Congestion Notification.
BN - BECN
Cell.
BT - Burst
Tolerance.
Btag - Beginning
Tag.
BUS - Broadcast
and Unknown Server.
CAC - Connection
(or Call) Admission Control.
CAS - Channel
Associated Signalling.
CCR - Current
Cell Rate.
CCS - Common
Channel Signalling.
CDV - Cell
Delay Variation.
CDVT - Cell
Delay Variation Tolerance.
CER - Cell
Error Ratio.
CES - Circuit
Emulation Service.
CI - Congestion
Indicator.
CIR - Committed
Information Rate.
CLP - Cell
Loss Priority.
CLR - Cell
Loss Ratio.
CMR - Cell
Misinsertion Rate.
CPCS - Common
Part Convergence Sublayer.
CPCS-SDU - Common
Part Convergence Sublayer-Service Data Unit.
CPE - Customer
Premises Equipment.
CPN - Calling
Party Number.
CRC - Cyclic
Redundancy Check.
CRM - Missing
RM-cell count.
CRM - Cell
Rate Margin.
CS - Convergence
Sublayer.
CTD - Cell
Transfer Delay.
DCC - Data
Country Code.
DES - Destination
End Station
DS-0 - Digital
Signal, Level 0.
DS-1 - Digital
Signal, Level 1.
DS-2 - Digital
Signal, Level 2.
DS-3 - Digital
Signal, Level 3.
DS3 PLCP - Physical
Layer Convergence Protocol.
DTE - Data
Terminal Equipment.
DTL - Designated
Transit List.
DXI - Data
Exchange Interface.
EFCI - Explicit
Forward Congestion Indication.
ELAN - Emulated
Local Area Network.
EOM - End
of Message.
ER - Explicit
Rate.
ES - End
System.
ESI - End
System Identifier.
ETSI - European
Telecommunications Standards Institute.
FCS - Frame
Check Sequence.
FDDI - Fibre
Distributed Data Interface.
FEBE - Far
End Block Error.
FEC - Forward
Error Correction.
G.703 - ITU-T
Recommendation G.703.
G.704 - ITU-T
Recommendation G.704.
G.804 - ITU-T
Recommendation G.804.
GCAC - Generic
Connection Admission Control.
GCRA - Generic
Cell Rate Algorithm.
GFC - Generic
Flow Control.
HDLC - High
Level Data Link Control.
HEC - Header
Error Control.
I.356 - ITU-T
Specifications for Traffic Measurement.
I.361 - ITU-T
B-ISDN ATM Layer Specification.
I.362 - ITU-T
B-ISDN ATM Layer (AAL) Functional Description.
I.363 - ITU-T
B-ISDN ATM Layer (AAL) Specification.
I.432 - ITU-T
Recommendation for B-ISDN User-network Interface.
ICD - International
Code Designator.
ICR - Initial
Cell Rate.
IETF - Internet
Engineering Task Force.
ILMI - Integrated
Local Management Interface.
IP - Internet
Protocol.
IPX - Novell
Internetwork Packet Exchange.
IS - Intermediate
System.
ISO - International
Standards Organisation.
ITU-T - International
Telecommunications Union - Telecommunications.
JPEG - Joint
Photographic Experts Group.
LAN - Local
Area Network.
LANE - LAN
Emulation.
LAPD - Link
Access Procedure on the D channel.
LE - LAN
Emulation. Refer to LANE.
LE_ARP - LAN
Emulation Address Resolution Protocol.
LEC - LAN
Emulation Client.
LECID - LAN
Emulation Client Identifier.
LECS - LAN
Emulation Configuration Server.
LES - LAN
Emulation Server.
LGN - Logical
Group Node.
LNNI - LANE
NNI.
LOC - Loss
of Cell Delineation.
LOF - Loss
of Frame.
LOP - Loss
of Pointer.
LOS - Loss
of Signal.
LSB - Least
Significant Bit.
LSR - Leaf
Set-up Request.
LUNI - LANE
UNI.
MAC - Media
Access Control.
MAN - Metropolitan
Area Network.
MBS - Maximum
Burst Size.
MCDV - Maximum
Cell Delay Variance.
MCLR - Maximum
Cell Loss Ratio.
MCR - Minimum
Cell Rate.
MCTD - Maximum
Cell Transfer Delay.
MIB - Management
Information Base.
MMF - Multimode
Fibreoptic Cable.
MPEG - Motion
Picture Experts Group.
MPC -
MPOA Client.
MPOA - Multiprotocol
over ATM.
MPS - MPOA
Server.
Mrm - An
ABR service parameter that controls allocation of bandwidth between forward
RM-cells, backward RM-cells, and data cells.
MSB - Most
Significant Bit.
MT - Message
Type.
N-ISDN - Narrowband
Integrated Services Digital Network.
NNI - Network
Network (Node) Interface
NPC - Network
Parameter Control.
Nrm - An
ABR service parameter.
NSAP - Network
Service Access Point.
OAM - Operations
Administration and Maintenance.
OSI - Open
Systems Interconnection.
OSPF - Open
Shortest Path First
OUI - Organisationally
Unique Identifier.
PBX - Private
Branch eXchange.
PCM - Pulse
Code Modulation.
PCR - Peak
Cell Rate.
PDH - Plesiochronous
Digital Hierarchy.
PDU - Protocol
Data Unit.
PG - Peer
Group.
PGL - Peer
Group Leader.
PHY - OSI
Physical Layer.
PICS - Protocol
Implementation Conformance Statement.
PLCP - Physical
Layer Convergence Protocol.
PLL - Phase
Lock Loop.
PNNI - Private
Network-Network (Node) Interface.
POH - Path
Overhead.
PRI - Primary
Rate Interface.
PT - Payload
Type.
PTI - Payload
Type Indicator.
PTSE - PNNI
Topology State Element.
PTSP - PNNI
Topology State Packet.
PVC - Permanent
Virtual Circuit.
PVCC - Permanent
Virtual Channel Connection.
PVPC - Permanent
Virtual Path Connection.
QD - Queuing
Delay.
QoS - Quality
of Service.
RBOC - Regional
Bell Operating Company.
RD - Routing
Domain.
RDF - Rate
Decrease Factor.
RFC - Request
For Comment
RIF - Rate
Increase Factor.
RM - Resource
Management.
RM-Cell - Resource
Management Cell.
SA - Source
Address.
SAAL - Signalling
ATM Adaptation Layer.
SAP - Service
Access Point.
SAR - Segmentation
and Reassembly.
SCR - Sustainable
Cell Rate.
SDH - Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy.
SDT - Structured
Data Transfer.
SDU - Service
Data Unit.
SEAL - Simple
and Efficient Adapation Layer.
SEL - Selector.
SES - Severely
Errored Seconds.
SES - Source
End Station.
SMDS - Switched
Multi-Megabit Data Services.
SMF - Single
Mode Fibre.
SN - Sequence
Number.
SNMP - Simple
Network Management Protocol.
SONET - Synchronous
Optical Network.
SR - Source
Routing.
SRTS - Synchronous
residual Time Stamp.
SSCOP - Service
Specific Connection Oriented Protocol.
SSCS - Service
Specific Convergence Sublayer.
SS7 - Signal
System Number 7.
STM-1 - Synchronous
Transport Module 1.
STS-1 - Synchronous
Transport Signal 1.
STS-n - Synchronous
Transport Signal "n".
SVC - Switched
Virtual Circuit.
SVCC - Switched
Virtual Channel Connection.
SVPC - Switched
Virtual Path Connection.
T1X1 - An
ANSI standards sub-committee dealing with digital hierarchy and synchronisation.
TC - Transmission
Convergence.
TCP - Transmission
Control Protocol.
TCR - Tagged
Cell Rate.
TDM - Time
Division Multiplexing.
TE - Terminal
Equipment.
TM - Traffic
Management.
TOF - Time
Out Factor.
TS - Traffic
Shaping.
UBR - Unspecified
Bit Rate.
UDP - User
Datagram Protocol.
UNI - User-Network
Interface.
UPC - Usage
Parameter Control.
UTOPIA - Universal
Test & Operations Interface for ATM.
UTP - Unshielded
Twisted Pair.
VBR - Variable
Bit Rate.
VCC - Virtual
Channel Connection.
VCI - Virtual
Channel Identifier.
VD - Virtual
Destination.
VF - Variance
Factor.
VLAN - Virtual
Local Area Network.
VP - Virtual
Path.
VPC - Virtual
Path Connection.
VPI - Virtual
Path Identifier.
VS - Virtual
Scheduling.
VS - Virtual
Source.
VS/VD - Virtual
Source/Virtual Destination.
WAN - Wide
Area Network.
XDF - Xrm
Decrease Factor. |
