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9.2
General Glossary of Terms
Acronym
Description
MPLS
Multi-Protocol Label Switching
MPLS-TP
MPLS Transport Profile
MTTR
Mean time to repair
MTU
Maximum Transmission Unit
MTU-s
Multi Tenant Unit- switch
NCP
Netware Core Protocol
NetBIOS
Network Basic Input/Output System
NFS
Network File System
NGN
Next Generation Network
NGN Access
Next Generation Network Access
NIC
Network Interface Card
NMS
Network Management System
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NTU
Network Termination Unit
NU
Node Unit
OA
Operation and Administration,
OAM
Operation, Administration, Management
ODI
Open Data-link Interface
OpEx
Operating Expenditures
Optional TLVs
A LLDP frame contains multiple TLVs
OSI
Open System Interconnection
OSPF
Open Shortest Path First
OUI
Organization Unique Identifier
PE
Provider Edge
PM
Performance monitoring
PRC
Primary Reference Clock
PIR
Peak Information Rate
Policer
A Policer can limit the bandwidth of received frames. It is located in
front of the ingress queue
POST
Power-on Self Test