Table B-1 List of Acronyms
Acronym
|
Definition
|
AAA
|
authentication, authorization, and accounting
|
AAL
|
ATM adaptation layer
|
ABR
|
available bit rate
|
ACK
|
acknowledge
|
AESA
|
ATM end system address
|
AIS
|
alarm indication signal
|
APS
|
automatic protection switching
|
AR
|
access rate
|
ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
|
ASP
|
ATM switch processor B
|
ATM ARP
|
ATM Address Resolution Protocol
|
AW
|
administrative weight
|
Bc
|
committed burst size
|
Be
|
excess burst size
|
BER
|
bit error rate
|
BERT
|
bit error rate test
|
BITS
|
Building Integrated Timing Supply
|
BOOTP
|
Bootstrap Protocol
|
BUS
|
broadcast and unknown server
|
CAC
|
connection admission control
|
CAS
|
channel associated signalling
|
CBR
|
constant bit rate
|
CCO
|
Cisco Connection Online
|
CDP
|
Cisco Distribution Protocol
|
CDS3
|
channelized DS3
|
CDV
|
cell delay variation
|
CDVT
|
cell delay variation tolerance
|
CE1
|
channelized E1
|
CES
|
circuit emulation services
|
CES-IWF
|
circuit emulation services interworking function
|
CHAP
|
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
|
CIR
|
committed information rate
|
Cisco IFS
|
Cisco IOS File System
|
CLI
|
command-line interface
|
CLP
|
cell loss priority
|
CLR
|
cell loss ration
|
CoS
|
class of service
|
CRC
|
cyclic redundancy check
|
CSR
|
campus switch router
|
CTC
|
common transmit clocking
|
CTD
|
cell transfer delay
|
CTT
|
Connection Traffic Table
|
CTTR
|
Connection Traffic Table row
|
CUG
|
closed user group
|
DACS
|
digital access and crossconnect system
|
DCC
|
Data Country Code
|
DIP
|
dual in-line package
|
DLCI
|
data-link connection identifier
|
EFCI
|
Explicit Forward Congestion Indication
|
EHSA
|
Enhanced High System Availability
|
EIGRP
|
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol
|
ELAN
|
emulated LAN
|
EPD
|
early packet discard
|
ESI
|
end system identifier
|
FC-PCQ
|
feature card per-class queuing
|
FC-PFQ
|
feature card per-flow queuing
|
FDL
|
facility data link
|
FE
|
Fast Ethernet
|
FPGA
|
Field Programmable Gate Array
|
FTP
|
File Transfer Protocol
|
GE
|
Gigabit Ethernet
|
ICD
|
International Code Designator
|
ICMP
|
International Control Message Protocol
|
ICP
|
IMA Control Protocol
|
ID
|
identifier
|
IE
|
information element
|
IISP
|
Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol
|
ILMI
|
Integrated Local Management Interface
|
IMA
|
inverse multiplexing over ATM
|
InARP
|
Inverse ARP
|
IPX
|
Internet Packet Exchange
|
LANE
|
LAN emulation
|
LBO
|
line build-out
|
LCD
|
loss of cell delineation
|
LEC
|
LAN emulation client
|
LECS
|
LAN emulation configuration server
|
LES
|
LAN emulation server
|
LGN
|
logical group node
|
LIS
|
logical IP subnet
|
LMI
|
Local Management Interface
|
LOS
|
loss of signal
|
MaxCR
|
maximum cell rate
|
MBS
|
maximum burst size
|
MCR
|
minimum cell rate
|
MDL
|
maintenance data link
|
MMF
|
multimode fiber
|
MSR
|
multiservice switch router
|
MSRP
|
multiservice switch router processor
|
NCDP
|
Network Clock Distribution Protocol
|
NE
|
network element
|
NMS
|
network management system
|
NNI
|
Network-Network Interface
|
NSAP
|
network service access point
|
NTP
|
Network Time Protocol
|
NVRAM
|
nonvolatile random-access memory
|
OAM
|
operation, administration, and management
|
OC
|
optical carrier
|
OSF
|
oversubscription factor
|
OSPF
|
Open Shortest Path First
|
OVC
|
output virtual circuit
|
PAP
|
Password Authentication Protocol
|
PCR
|
peak cell rate
|
PD
|
packet discard
|
PG
|
peer group
|
PGL
|
peer group leader
|
PIF
|
physical interface
|
PIM
|
Protocol Independent Multicast
|
PIR
|
peak information rate
|
PNNI
|
Private Network-Network Interface
|
PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
|
PRS
|
primary reference source
|
PTSE
|
PNNI topology state element
|
PVC
|
permanent virtual channel
|
PVCL
|
permanent virtual channel link
|
PVP
|
permanent virtual path
|
PVPL
|
permanent virtual path link
|
QoS
|
quality of service
|
QSAAL
|
Q.2931 protocol over signalling ATM adaptation layer
|
RAIG
|
Resource Availability Information Groups
|
RCAC
|
Resource Call Admission Control
|
rcp
|
remote copy protocol
|
RDI
|
remote defect indication
|
RISC
|
reduced instruction set computing
|
RM
|
resource management
|
RMON
|
Remote Monitoring
|
RR
|
relative rate
|
RS
|
rate scheduler
|
SCR
|
sustainable cell rate
|
SDH
|
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
|
SGCP
|
Simple Gateway Control Protocol
|
SIN
|
ships in the night
|
SNAP
|
Subnetwork Access Protocol
|
SNMP
|
Simple Network Management Protocol
|
SONET
|
Synchronous Optical Network
|
SRTS
|
synchronous residual time stamp
|
SSRP
|
Simple Server Redundancy Protocol
|
STM
|
Synchronous Transfer Module
|
STS
|
Synchronous Transfer Signal
|
SVC
|
switched virtual channel
|
SVCC
|
switched virtual channel connection
|
SVPC
|
switched virtual path connection
|
TBR
|
tag bit rate
|
TDM
|
time-division multiplexer
|
TDP
|
Tag Distribution Protocol
|
TVC
|
tag virtual channel
|
UBR
|
unspecified bit rate
|
UBR+
|
unspecified bit rate plus
|
UDP
|
User Datagram Protocol
|
UNI
|
User-Network Interface
|
UPC
|
usage parameter control
|
UTP
|
unshielded twisted-pair
|
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
|
VCI
|
virtual channel identifier
|
VCL
|
virtual channel link
|
VP
|
virtual path
|
VPCI
|
virtual path connection identifier
|
VPI
|
virtual path identifier
|
VPN
|
virtual private network
|
WK
|
well-known
|
WRR
|
weighted round-robin
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