Acronyms
zNID Hardware Installation Guide
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Acronyms
The following acronyms are related to Zhone products and may appear
throughout this manual:
Table 1: Acronyms and their descriptions
Acronym
Description
Active E
Active Ethernet, also known as Gigabit Ethernet
APC
Angled physical contact (for fiber connector)
Coax
Coaxial cable
CNI
Comfort Noise Insertion
CPE
Consumer Premises Equipment
DHCP server
Dynamic host configuration protocol server
EZ touch™
Zhone’s implementation for managing CPEs and zNIDs
GigE
Gigabit Ethernet
GPON
Gigabit passive optical network
HPNA
Home phone line networking alliance
IPTV
Internet protocol TV
LED
Light-emitting diode
MALC
Multi-access line concentrator
MDU
Multiple Dwelling Unit
MIB
Management information bases
MoCA
Multimedia over Coax Alliance
OLT
Optical Line Terminator
ONT
Optical Network Terminator
ONU
Optical Network Unit
PoE
Power over Ethernet
PPPoE
Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet
QoS
Quality of service
RF
Radio Frequency
RFoG
Radio Frequency over Glass
SC adaptor
Subscriber connector adaptor
SIP
Session initiation protocol
SNMP
Simple network management protocol