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Aurora Presto
- User Guide
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MAC
Media Access Control.
N
NAT
Network Address Translation.
NNI
Network Node Interface.
O
OAM
Operations Administration and Maintenance - group
of network management functions that provide
network fault indication, performance information,
and data and diagnosis functions.
OAM Loopback
A mechanism for connectivity verification at VPC and
VCC level. A loopback indication determines whether
a cell is to be looped back, and a correlation tag
matches returned OAM cells with transmitted ones.
OSI Reference
Mode
This is a seven layer model, defined by the
International Standardisation Organisation, in which
functions are broken up into clearly defined layers.
P
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol is a PPP
Authentication Method.
PAT
Port Address Translation.
Parity
A simple mechanism for determining if a single bit
error has occurred when individual characters are
transmitted.
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