ADSL2+ Tester 8 Glossary
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8.
Glossary
AAL
A ATM Adaptation Layer
AAL5
AAL Type5
ADSL
Asymmetric Digital Subscribe Line
ANSI
American National Standard Institution
ASx
AS0~3(ASx)
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATU-C
Transceiver Unit Centre Office
ATU-R
ADSL Transmission Unit at the customer premises end
CAP
Carrierless Amplitude Phase Moderation
CHAP
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CLECs
Competitive local exchange carriers
CRC
Cyclical Redundancy Check
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DMT
Discrete Multi-Tone
DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FAST
Fast Path bit rate
GW
Gateway
G.DMT
ITU-T G.992.1 Recommendation
G.LITE
ITU-T G.992.2 Recommendation
HEC
ATM cell Header Control
ILECs
Incumbent local exchange carriers
LINE ATTEN
Line Attenuation
INTL
Interleaved bit rate
IP
Internet Protocol
IPOA
IP Over ATM
ISP
Internet Service Provider Internet
LAN
Local Area Network
LOS
Signal Loss
LSx
LS0~3(LSx)
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
MPoA
Multi-protocol Encapsulation over ATM
MER
MAC Encapsulated Routing
NCD
No Cell Delineation