Radiance T3/E3 Single Interface Line Cards 21
Acronyms and Abbreviations
This list defines the acronyms and abbreviations used in this guide.
AIS Alarm Indication Signal
B3ZS Bipolar Three Zeroes Substitution T3 line coding
BNC Bayonet-Neill-Concelman connector
BWDM Bidirectional Wavelength Division Multiplexed
CLP
Copper Loopback
CSU Channel Service Unit
DSU Data Service Unit
E3 34.368 Mbps communications standard
F/O Fiber Optic
FLP Fiber Loopback
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array
HDB3 High Density Bipolar Three Zeroes Substitution E3 line coding
LBK Loopback
LBO Line Build Out
LIU Line Interface Unit
LK Link
Mbps Megabits per second
MM Multimode
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
NRZ Non-Return to Zero line coding
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PWR Power
RX Receive
SM
Singlemode
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
T3 44.736 Mbps communications standard
TX Transmit
VCXO Voltage-controlled crystal oscillator