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Glossary of Terms
Glossary
Glossary
A
AAL
ATM Adaptation Layer
ABR
Available Bit Rate
ADDF
Automatic Digital
Distribution Frame
ADM
Add Drop Multiplexer
ADPCM
Adaptive Differential
Pulse Coded Modula-
tion
AIM
ATM Inverse Multi-
plexer
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal
AMI
Alternate Mark Inver-
sion
ANSI
American National
Standards Institute
APS
Automatic Protection
Switching
ASCII
American Standard
Code for Information
Interchange
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer
Mode
AU
Administrative Unit
AU-AIS
AU Pointer Justification
Event
AU-LOP
Loss of AU Pointer
AU-NDF
AU Pointer New Data
Flag
B
BBER
Background Block
Error Ratio
BC
Background Channel
BCD
Binary Coded Decimal
BER
Bit Error Rate
BERT
Bit Error Rate Testing
BIP
Bit Interleaved Parity
BPS
Bits Per Second
BPV
Bipolar Violation
C
CAS
Channel Associated
Signaling
CBR
Constant Bit Rate
CCITT
Consultative
Committee on Interna-
tional Telegraphy and
Telephony
CCS
Common Channel
Signaling
CDT
Cell Delay Tolerance
CDV
Cell Delay Variation
CEPT
Committee of Euro-
pean PTTs
CMI
Coded Mark Inversion
CO
Central Office
CPE
Customer Premises
Equipment
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy
Check
CSES
Consecutive Severely
Errored Seconds
D
D/I
Drop and Insert
DACS
Digital Access and
Cross-connect Switches
dB
Decibel
DCC
Data Communications
Channel
DCS
Digital Cross-connect
Switches
DDF
Digital Distribution
Frame
DDN
Digital Data Network
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