Acronym |
Definition |
AAA
|
authentication, authorization, and accounting
|
AAL
|
ATM adaptation layer
|
ABR
|
available bit rate
|
ACK
|
acknowledgment
|
ACO
|
audible cutoff
|
ACR
|
allowed cell rate
|
ADM
|
Add Drop Multiplexer
|
AESA
|
ATM End System Address
|
AESO
|
Auxiliary Extended Security Option
|
AFI
|
authority and format identifier
|
AGG
|
aggregate
|
AIS
|
alarm indication signal
|
AMI
|
alternate mark inversion
|
ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
API
|
Application Programming Interface
|
APS
|
Automatic Protection Switching
|
ARAP
|
AppleTalk Remote Access Protocol
|
ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
ARPA
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency
|
ATD IE
|
ATM Traffic Descriptor Information Element
|
ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
|
ATM-P
|
ATM Pseudo interface
|
B8ZS
|
binary 8-zero substitution
|
Bc
|
Committed Burst
|
BECN
|
backward explicit congestion notification
|
BER
|
bit error rate
|
BIP
|
bit interleaved parity
|
BISDN
|
Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network
|
BITS
|
building integrated timing supply
|
BOOTP
|
Bootstrap Protocol
|
CAC
|
connection admission control
|
CAS
|
channel associated signalling
|
CBR
|
constant bit rate
|
CD
|
Carrier Detect
|
CDP
|
Cisco Discovery Protocol
|
CDS3
|
channelized digital signal level 3
|
CDV
|
cell delay variation
|
CDVT
|
cell delay variation tolerance
|
CE1
|
channelized E1
|
CES
|
circuit emulation service
|
CES-IWF
|
CES interworking function
|
CHAP
|
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
CIR
|
committed information rate
|
CLNS
|
Connectionless Network Service
|
CLP
|
cell loss priority
|
CLR
|
cell loss ratio
|
CPU
|
Central Processing Unit
|
CRC
|
cyclic redundancy check
|
CTC
|
common transmit clocking
|
CTD
|
cell transfer delay
|
CTT
|
Connection Traffic Table
|
CUG
|
closed user group
|
DCA
|
Defense Communications Agency
|
DCC
|
Data Country Code
|
DCE
|
data communications equipment
|
DE
|
discard eligible
|
DFI
|
Domain Specific Part Format Identifier
|
DLCI
|
data-link connection identifier
|
DNIS
|
Distributed Network Information Services
|
DNS
|
Domain Name System
|
DTL
|
designated transit list
|
EFCI
|
Explicit Forward Congestion Indication
|
EPD
|
early packet discard
|
ESI
|
end system identifier or end-station identifier
|
ESO
|
Extended Security Option
|
FC-PCQ
|
feature card per-connection queueing (Catalyst 8510 MSR and LightStream 1010)
|
FC-PFQ
|
feature card per-flow queueing (Catalyst 8510 MSR and LightStream 1010)
|
FDL
|
facility data link
|
FEBE
|
far-end block errors
|
FECN
|
forward explicit congestion notification
|
FPGA
|
field-programmable gate array
|
FRC
|
frame redundancy check
|
GCRA
|
generic cell rate algorithm
|
HDB3
|
line code type used on E1 circuits
|
ICD
|
International Code Designator
|
ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
ICP
|
IMA Control Protocol
|
IE
|
information element
|
IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
|
IETF
|
Internet Engineering Task Force
|
IGRP
|
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
|
IISP
|
Interim-Interswitch Signalling Protocol
|
ILMI
|
Interim Local Management Interface (UNI 3.1) or Integrated Local Management Interface (UNI 4.0)
|
IMA
|
inverse multiplexing over ATM
|
IME
|
interface management entity
|
IP
|
Internet Protocol
|
IPSO
|
IP Security Option
|
ITC
|
independent transmit clocking
|
ITU-T
|
International Telecommunications Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector
|
LANE
|
LAN Emulation
|
LEC
|
LAN Emulation Client
|
LECS
|
LAN Emulation Configuration Server
|
LGN
|
logical group node
|
LLC2
|
Logical Link Control, type 2
|
LMI
|
Local Management Interface
|
MAC
|
Media Access Control
|
MBS
|
maximum burst size
|
MCR
|
minimum cell rate
|
MDL
|
maintenance data link
|
MIB
|
Management Information Base
|
MMF
|
multimode fiber
|
MOP
|
Maintenance Operation Protocol
|
MSC
|
modular switch controller
|
MSR
|
multiservice ATM switch router
|
MTU
|
maximum transmission unit
|
mux
|
multiplexing device
|
NCDP
|
Network Clock Distribution Protocol
|
NCP
|
Network Control Protocol or Network Control Program
|
NLESO
|
Network Level Extended Security Option
|
NNI
|
Network-to-Network Interface
|
NSAP
|
network service access point
|
NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
|
NVRAM
|
nonvolatile random-access memory
|
OAM
|
Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
|
OIR
|
online insertion and removal
|
OSF
|
oversubscription factor
|
PCI
|
protocol control information
|
PCR
|
peak cell rate
|
PDU
|
protocol data unit
|
PGL
|
peer group leader
|
PIE
|
protocol information element
|
PIF
|
port interface
|
ping
|
packet internet groper
|
PLCP
|
physical layer convergence procedure
|
PLD
|
programmable logic device
|
PNNI
|
Private Network-Network Interface or Private Network Node Interface
|
POS
|
packet over SONET
|
PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
|
PRI
|
Primary Rate Interface
|
PSTN DDR
|
Public Switched Telephone Network dial-on-demand routing
|
PTSE
|
PNNI topology state element
|
PTSP
|
PNNI topology state packet
|
PVC
|
permanent virtual circuit
|
PVCC
|
permanent virtual channel connection
|
PVCL
|
permanent virtual channel link
|
PVP
|
permanent virtual path
|
PVPC
|
permanent virtual path connection
|
PVPL
|
permanent virtual path link
|
QOS
|
quality of service
|
QSAAL
|
Q.2931 protocol over signalling ATM adaptation layer
|
RARP
|
Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
|
RCC
|
routing control channels
|
rcp
|
remote copy protocol
|
RDI
|
remote defect indication
|
RIF
|
Routing Information Field
|
RM
|
resource management
|
RMON
|
Remote Monitoring
|
ROM
|
read-only memory
|
rsh
|
remote shell protocol
|
RST
|
reset
|
RSVP
|
Resource Reservation Protocol
|
SAP
|
service access point
|
SCR
|
sustainable cell rate
|
SCRMF
|
Sustained Cell Rate Margin Factor
|
SD
|
sequential data
|
SDU
|
service data unit
|
SGCP
|
Simple Gateway Control Protocol
|
SLIP
|
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
SNAP
|
Subnetwork Access Protocol
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
SONET
|
Synchronous Optical Network
|
SPE
|
synchronous payload envelope
|
SPVC
|
soft permanent virtual circuit
|
SPVP
|
soft permanent virtual path
|
SSCOP
|
Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol
|
SSE
|
silicon switching engine
|
SSRP
|
Simple Server Redundancy Protocol
|
SVC
|
switched virtual circuit
|
SVCC
|
switched virtual circuit connection
|
SVP
|
switched virtual path
|
SVPC
|
switched virtual path connection
|
TACACS
|
Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
|
TBR
|
tag bit rate
|
TC
|
tag-controlled
|
TCA
|
threshold crossing alarm
|
TCP
|
Transmission Control Protocol
|
TDP
|
Tag Distribution Protocol
|
TFIB
|
Tag Forwarding Information Base
|
TFTP
|
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
|
ToS
|
type of service
|
TSP
|
tag-switched path or topology state packet
|
TTL
|
Time To Live
|
TVC
|
tag VC
|
UART
|
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
|
UBR
|
unspecified bit rate
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
UNI
|
User-Network Interface
|
UPC
|
usage parameter control
|
UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time
|
VBR
|
variable bit rate
|
VBR-NRT
|
variable bit rate non-real time
|
VBR-RT
|
variable bit rate-real time
|
VC
|
virtual channel
|
VCC
|
virtual channel connection
|
VCD
|
virtual circuit descriptor
|
VCI
|
virtual channel identifier
|
VCL
|
virtual channel link
|
VLAN
|
virtual LAN
|
VP
|
virtual path
|
VPC
|
virtual path connection
|
VPI
|
virtual path identifier
|
VPL
|
virtual path link
|
WDM
|
wave division multiplexing
|
WRR
|
weighted round-robin
|