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Acronym
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Description
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ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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CAT
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Converged Access Terminal
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CESoP
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Circuit Emulation Services over Packet protocol
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CIR
|
Committed Information Rate
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CIR
|
Committed Information Rate
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CLEC
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Competitive Local Exchange Carrier
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CMTS
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Cable Modem Termination Systems
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CoS
|
Class of Service
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DSL
|
Digital Subscriber Line
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DSLAM
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Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
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EFM
|
Ethernet in the First Mile
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EIR
|
Excess Information Rate (max rate on top of CIR)
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EIR
|
Excess Information Rate
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ELAN
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Carrier Ethernet Multipoint-to-Multipoint LAN service
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E-LAN
|
Ethernet LAN (virtual or private)
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E-Line
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Carrier Ethernet private/virtual Line service
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E-Line
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Ethernet Line (virtual or private)
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EMS
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Element (and network) Management System
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EPL
|
Ethernet Private Line
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EP-LAN
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Ethernet Private LAN
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E-Tree
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Ethernet Tree (virtual or private)
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EVC
|
Ethernet Virtual Connection
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EVPL
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Ethernet Virtual Private LAN
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EVP-LAN
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Ethernet Virtual Private LAN
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EVP-Tree
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Ethernet Virtual Private Tree
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FoIP
|
Fax over Internet Protocol
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FR
|
Frame Relay
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FTTB
|
Fiber to the Node
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FTTH
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Fiber to the Home
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FTTN
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Fiber to the Node
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FTTx
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Fiber to the business, home, node or neighborhood
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GbE
|
Gigabit Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Gbps
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Gigabits per second
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GFP
|
Generic Framing Procedure
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HFC
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Hybrid Fiber Coax (network)
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ILEC
|
Independent Local Exchange Carrier
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IM
|
Instant Messaging
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IMA
|
Inversed Multiplexing for ATM
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IP
|
Internet Protocol
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IPTV
|
Internet Protocol Television
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LAN
|
Local Area Network
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LCAS
|
Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme
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MAN
|
Metropolitan Area Network
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Mbps
|
Megabits per second
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MEF
|
Metro Ethernet Forum (organization)
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MP2MP
|
Multipoint-to-Multipoint
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MPLS
|
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
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MSP
|
Multi-service Provisioning Platform (TDM)
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MSxP
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Multi-service Switching and Provisioning Platform (Converged)
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NGS
|
Next Generation SONET/SDH
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OADM
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Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers
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OAM
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Operations and Maintenance
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OSS
|
Operational Support System
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P2MP
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Point-to-Multipoint
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P2P
|
Point-to-Point
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PBT
|
Provider Backbone Transport
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PDH
|
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
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PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PWE
|
Pseudo-Wire (circuit) Emulation
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QoS
|
Quality of Service
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RADIUS
|
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
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RMP
|
Rooted-Multipoint
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RTP
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Real-time Transport Protocol
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SAN
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Storage Area Network
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SAToP
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Structured Agnostic TDM over Packet protocol
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SDH
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Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
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SLA
|
Service Level Agreement
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SMB
|
Small / Medium Business
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SNCP
|
Subnetwork Connection Protection Ring
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SONET
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Synchronous Optical Networking
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TDM
|
Time Division Multiplexed
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UNI
|
User Network Interface
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UNI
|
User Network Interface
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UPSR
|
Unidirectional Path Switched Ring
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VC
|
Virtual Circuit
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VCAT
|
Virtual Concatenation
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VLAN
|
Virtual LAN
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VoD
|
Video-on-Demand
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