Acronyms & Abbreviations |
Full Name |
|---|---|
3 |
|
3G |
3rd Generation |
A |
|
ABR |
Available Bit Rate |
ACL |
Access Control List |
B |
|
BA |
Behavior Aggregation |
BC |
Bandwidth Control |
BE |
Best-Effort |
BGP |
Border Gateway Protocol |
BRAS |
broadband remote access server |
C |
|
CAR |
committed access rate |
CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
CBS |
committed burst size |
CDVT |
Cell Delay Variation Tolerance |
CE |
customer edge |
CIR |
committed information rate |
CLP |
Cell Loss Priority |
CLR |
Cell Loss Rate |
COS |
Class of Service |
CQ |
Class Queue |
CR |
Core Router |
CR-LSP |
Constraint-based Routed LSP |
CRC |
Cyclic Redundancy Check |
CS |
Class Selector |
CSCP |
Class Selector Code Point |
CSPF |
Constraint Shortest Path First |
CT |
Class Type |
CTD |
Cell Transfer Delay |
D |
|
DF |
Don't Fragment |
DiffServ |
Differentiated Service |
DRR |
Deficit Round Robin |
DS |
Differentiated Service |
DSCP |
Differentiated Services Code Point |
DSLAM |
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer |
DWRR |
Deficit Weighted Round Robin |
E |
|
E-LSP |
EXP-Inferred-PSC (PHB Scheduling Class) LSP |
EBS |
Extended burst size |
EF |
Expedited Forwarding |
EFCI |
Explicit Forward Congestion Indication |
eTM |
egress Traffic Manager |
EXP |
Experimental Bits |
F |
|
FIC |
Fabric Interface Controller |
FIFO |
First In First Out |
FL |
Flow Label |
FQ |
Flow Queue |
FRR |
Fast ReRoute |
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
G |
|
GQ |
Group Queue |
GRE |
Generic Routing Encapsulation |
H |
|
HG |
Home Gateway |
HQoS |
Hierarchical Quality of Service |
HSI |
high-speed Internet |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
HTTP |
Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
I |
|
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF |
Internet Engineering Task Force |
IGMP |
Internet Group Management Protocol |
IGW |
Internet Gateway |
IntServ |
Integrated Service |
IP |
Internet Protocol |
IPinIP |
IP in IP Encapsulation |
IPoE |
Internet Protocol over Ethernet |
IPTV |
Internet Protocol Television |
IPv4 |
Internet Protocol version 4 |
IPv6 |
Internet Protocol version 6 |
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
L |
|
L-LSP |
Label-Only-Inferred-PSC (PHB Scheduling Class) LSP |
L3VPN |
Layer 3 virtual private network |
LAN |
Local Area Network |
LDP |
Label Distribution Protocol |
LPQ |
Low Priority Queue |
LR |
Line Rate |
LSP |
Labeled Switch Path |
LSR |
Labeled Switching Router |
LSW |
LAN Switch |
M |
|
MAC |
Media Access Control |
MAM |
Maximum Allocation Model |
MBS |
Maximum Burst Size |
MCDT |
Maximum Cell Transfer Delay |
MCR |
Minimum Cell Rate |
MF |
Multiple Field |
MP |
Merge Point |
MPLS |
Multiprotocol Label Switching |
MTU |
Maximum Transmission Unit |
N |
|
NGN |
Next Generation Network |
NPC |
Network Parameter Control |
NRT-VBR |
Non Real Time-Variable Bit Rate |
O |
|
OLT |
Optical Line Terminal |
ONT |
Optical Network Terminal |
OSPF |
Open Shortest Path First |
P |
|
PBS |
peak burst size |
PC |
Personal Computer |
PCP |
Priority Code Point |
PCR |
Peak Cell Rate |
PE |
provider edge |
PFE |
Packet Forward Engine |
PHB |
Per Hop Behaviors |
PIC |
Physical Interface Card |
PIR |
peak information rate |
PLR |
Point of Local Repair |
PQ |
Priority Queuing |
PSN |
Packet Switched Network |
PWE3 |
Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge to Edge |
PVC |
Permanent Virtual Circuit |
PVP |
Permanent Virtual Path |
Q |
|
QinQ |
802.1Q in 802.1Q |
QoS |
Quality of Service |
QPPB |
QoS Policy Propagation on BGP |
R |
|
RDM |
Russian Dolls Model |
RED |
Random Early Detection |
RR |
Round Robin |
RSVP |
Resource Reservation Protocol |
RT-VBR |
Real Time-Variable Bit Rate |
RTN |
Radio Transmission Node |
RTT |
Round Trip Time |
S |
|
SCR |
Sustain Cell Rate |
SFD |
Start-of-Frame Delimiter |
SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
SLS |
Service Level Specification |
SP |
Strict Priority |
SQ |
Subscriber Queue |
SR |
Service Router |
STB |
Set Top Box |
T |
|
TB |
Target Blade |
TC |
Traffic Class |
TCA |
Traffic Conditioning Agreement |
TCP |
Transmission Control Protocol |
TCS |
Traffic Conditioning Specification |
TE |
Traffic Engineering |
TLV |
Type-Length-Value |
TM |
Traffic Manager |
ToS |
Type of Service |
TP |
Traffic Policing |
TTL |
Time To Live |
U |
|
UBR |
unspecified bit rate |
UCL |
User Control List |
UPC |
Usage Parameter Control |
URPF |
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding |
V |
|
VBR |
Variable Bit Rate |
VC |
Virtual Circuit |
VCC |
Virtual Circuit Connection |
VCI |
Virtual Channel Identifier |
VE |
Virtual Ethernet |
VI |
Virtual Interface |
VLAN |
virtual local area network |
VLL |
Virtual Leased Line |
VoD |
Video on Demand |
VoIP |
Voice over Internet Protocol |
VOQ |
Virtual Output Queue |
VP |
Virtual Path |
VPI |
Virtual Path Identifier |
VPN |
virtual private network |
W |
|
WFQ |
Weighted Fair Queuing |
WRED |
Weighted Random Early Detection |
WRR |
Weighted Round Robin |
WWW |
World Wide Web |