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AAL
|
ATM Adaptation Layer
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AF
|
Assured Forwarding
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AFI
|
Address Family Identifier
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APN
|
actual private network
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ARIS
|
Aggregate Route-based IP Switching
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ARP
|
Address Resolution Protocol
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AS
|
Autonomous System
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ATM
|
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
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BA
|
Behavior Aggregate
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BGP
|
Border Gateway Protocol
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BOF
|
Birds of a Feather
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CAC
|
Call (or Connection) Admission Control
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CE
|
customer edge (or customer equipment)
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CLIP
|
Classical IP and ARP over ATM
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CLP
|
Cell Loss Priority
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CPCS
|
Common Part Convergence Sublayer
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CPE
|
Customer premises (or provided) equipment
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CR-LDP
|
Constraint-based Routing Label Distribution Protocol
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CSR
|
cell switching router
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DE
|
Discard Eligibility
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DLCI
|
Data Link Connection Identifier
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DLL
|
data link layer (L2)
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DoD
|
downstream on-demand label distribution (mode)
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DSCP
|
Differentiated Services Code (Control) Point
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DU
|
downstream unsolicited label distribution (mode)
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ECN
|
Explicit Congestion Notification
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EF
|
Expedited Forwarding
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EGP
|
exterior gateway protocol
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E-LSP
|
EXP-inferred-PSC LSP
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EXP
|
Experimental bits
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FANP
|
Flow Attribute Notification Protocol
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FEC
|
forwarding equivalence class
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FF
|
Fixed Filter
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FIB
|
forwarding information base
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FR
|
Frame Relay
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FTN
|
FEC-to-NHLFE map
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GSMP
|
General (or Generic) Switch Management Protocol
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ICMP
|
Internet Control Message Protocol
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IEEE
|
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IETF
|
Internet Engineering Task Force
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IFMP
|
Ipsilon's Flow Management Protocol
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IGP
|
interior gateway protocol
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ILM
|
Incoming Label Map
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ION
|
Internetworking over NBMA
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IP
|
Internet Protocol
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I-PNNI
|
Integrated PNNI
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IPv4
|
IP version 4
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IPv6
|
IP version 6
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ISP
|
Internet service provider
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LAN
|
local area network
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LANE
|
LAN emulation
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LC-ATM
|
label switching controlled-ATM
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LC-FR
|
label switching controlled-Frame Relay
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LDP
|
Label Distribution Protocol1
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LER
|
label edge router
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LIS
|
logical IP subnet
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L-LSP
|
Label-only-inferred-PSC LSP
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LSP
|
label-switched path
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LSR
|
label switching (switched or switch) router
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MIB
|
Management Information Base
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MPLS
|
Multiprotocol Label Switching
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MPOA
|
Multi-Protocol over ATM
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NBMA
|
nonbroadcast multiple access (networks)
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NHLFE
|
Next Hop Label Forwarding Entry
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NHRP
|
Next Hop Resolution Protocol
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NHS
|
Next Hop Server
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NLRI
|
network layer reachability information
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OA
|
Ordered Aggregate
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OSI
|
Open Systems Interconnection
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OSPF
|
Open Shortest Path First
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PAR
|
PNNI augmented routing
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PDU
|
protocol data unit
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PE
|
provider edge
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PHB
|
per-hop behavior
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PHP
|
penultimate hop pop
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PNNI
|
Private Network-to-Network Interface
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POS
|
Packet over (on) SONET
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PPP
|
Point-to-Point Protocol
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PSC
|
PHB scheduling class
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PSTN
|
Public Switched Telephone (Telephony) Network
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PVC
|
permanent virtual circuit
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QoS
|
quality of service
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RD
|
route distinguisher
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RFC
|
Request for Comments
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ROLC
|
Routing Over Large Clouds
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RSVP
|
Reservation Protocol
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SAFI
|
Subsequent Address Family Identifier
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SE
|
Shared Explicit
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SITA
|
Switching IP Through ATM
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SNPA
|
Subnetwork Points of Attachment
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SONET
|
Synchronous Optical Network
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STII
|
Internet Stream Protocol version II
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SVC
|
switched virtual circuit
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TDP
|
Tag Distribution Protocol
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TE
|
traffic engineering
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TLV
|
type-length-value
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TM
|
traffic management
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TTL
|
Time to Live
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VC
|
virtual circuit
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VCI or VCID
|
virtual circuit identifier
|
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VP
|
virtual path
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VPCI
|
virtual path and circuit identifier
|
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VPI
|
virtual path identifier
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VPN
|
virtual private network
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