| 1x RTT |
CDMA2000 1x Radio Transmission Technology |
| 2PC |
2-Phase Commit Protocol |
| 3PC |
3-Phase Commit Protocol |
| 8-PSK |
8-state Phase Shift Keying |
| ABR |
Available Bit Rate |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AN |
Active Network |
| ANSA |
Advanced Networked Systems Architecture |
| AP |
Access Point |
| BER |
Bit Error Rate |
| BERKOM |
BERliner KOMmunikationssystem
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| BITNET |
Because It’s Time NETwork
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| Btx |
BildschirmTeXt
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| CBR |
Constant Bit Rate |
| CDMA |
Code-Division Multiple Access |
| CDN |
Content Delivery Network |
| CDR |
Common Data Representation |
| CO |
Central Office |
| CP |
Control Plane |
| CPE |
Customer Premises Equipment |
| DA |
Destination (MAC) Address |
| DBA |
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation |
| DCE |
Distributed Computing Environment |
| DOCSIS |
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
| DPI |
Deep Packet Inspection |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DTP |
Distributed Transaction Processing |
| E1 |
European digital transmission format 1
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| E2 |
European digital transmission format 2
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| E3 |
European digital transmission format 3
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| E4 |
European digital transmission format 4
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| E5 |
European digital transmission format 5
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| EARN |
European Academic Research Network
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| ELFEXT |
Equal Level Far-end Crosstalk |
| FEXT |
Far-end Crosstalk |
| FWA |
Fixed Wireless Access |
| FWT |
Fixed Wireless Terminal |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite Infrastructure |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| HAN |
Home Area Network |
| HetNets |
Heterogeneous Networks |
| HPR |
High Performance Routing |
| IBEX |
International Business EXchange
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| IOT |
Internet of Things |
| IPTel |
IP Telephony |
| IPTV |
IP Television |
| IXP |
Internet eXchange Point |
| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LWL |
Long Wave Length |
| M2M |
Machine to Machine |
| MAC |
Medium Access Control |
| MAN |
Metropolitan Area Network |
| MCM |
Multi Carrier Modulation |
| MMF |
Multi-Mode Fiber |
| MOM |
Message Oriented Middleware |
| NET |
Network |
| NEXT |
Near-end Crosstalk |
| NGCO |
Next Generation Central Office |
| NGNM |
Next Generation Mobile Network |
| NIC |
Network Interface Card |
| NOC |
Network Operation Center |
| NREN |
National Research and Education Network |
| NRTVBR |
Non-RealTime Variable Bit Rate |
| NRZ |
Non-Return to Zero |
| NRZI |
Non-Return to Zero Inverted |
| OSA |
Open Service Access |
| P2P |
Peer-to-Peer |
| PABX |
Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
| PHY |
Physical Layer |
| POP |
Point Of Presence |
| PTP |
Point-To-Point |
| QAM |
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| QCI |
QoS Class Identifier |
| QoE |
Quality of Experience |
| QoS |
Quality of Service |
| QPSK |
Quadrature (Quaternary) Phase Shift Keying |
| QZSS |
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System |
| RF |
Radio Frequency |
| RTVBR |
RealTime Variable Bit Rate |
| SA |
Source Address |
| SCM |
Single Carrier Modulation |
| SDH |
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SDN |
Software Defined Networking |
| SLA |
Service Level Agreement |
| SMF |
Single Mode Fiber |
| SONET |
Synchronous Optical NETwork |
| ST2 |
STream protocol 2 |
| STA |
Station |
| SWL |
Short Wave Length |
| TEN |
TransEuropean Networks
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| UBR |
Unspecified Bit Rate |
| UP |
User Plane |
| VBR |
Variable Bit Rate |
| VBRNRT |
Variable Bit Rate - Non Real Time |
| VBRRT |
Variable Bit Rate - Real Time |
| VG |
Voice Graded |
| VLAN |
Virtual LAN |
| VPN |
Virtual Private Network |
| WAN |
Wide Area Network |
| WLAN |
Wireless LAN |
| WS |
Work Station |
| WS |
Wireline Systems |
| xDSL |
any Digital Subscriber Line |
Management
| BSS |
Business Support System |
| CA |
Condition Action |
| CM |
Configuration Management |
| ECA |
Event Condition Action |
| EM |
Element Manager |
| FCAPS |
Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security |
| FM |
Fault Management |
| LCMS |
Lifecycle and Configuration Management Service |
| MO |
Managed Object |
| NMS |
Network Management System |
| OSS |
Operations Support System |
| PM |
Performance Management |
| PolaaS |
Policy as a Service |
| RBAC |
Rule-Based Access Control |
| RMON |
Remote MONitoring |
Mobile
| BS |
Base Station |
| CN |
Core Network |
| MBB |
Mobile BroadBand |
| MH |
Mobile Host |
| MIMO |
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output |
| MSO |
Mobile Switching Office |
| MU-MIMO |
Multi User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output |
| PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network |
| RAN |
Radio Access Network |
| RAT |
Radio Access Technology |
| RRM |
Radio Resource Management |
| S-RRM |
System Radio Resource Management |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| U-RRM |
User Radio Resource Management |
Optical
| FTTH |
Fiber to the Home |
| GPON |
Gigabit Passive Optical Network |
| GPON |
Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks |
| OLT |
Optical Line Termination |
| ONU |
Optical Network Units |
| PON |
Passive Optical Network |
Role
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| MNO |
Mobile Network Operator |
| MVNO |
Mobile Virtual Network Operator |
| NO |
Network Operator |
| NP |
Network Provider |
| SP |
Service Provider |
SDH
| DCC |
Data Communication Channels |
| STM |
Synchronous Transfer Mode |
| STM-1 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 1
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| STM-12 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 12
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| STM-128 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 128
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| STM-16 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 16
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| STM-3 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 3
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| STM-32 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 32
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| STM-4 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 4
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| STM-6 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 6
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| STM-64 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 64
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| STM-8 |
Synchronous Transport Mode 8
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