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Glossary: Optical Terms Index |
ADM:
Add/Drop Multiplexer
ADSL:
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
API:
Application Programming Interface
APS:
Automatic Protection Switching
ASE:
Amplified Spontaneous Emission
ATM:
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AWG:
Arrayed Waveguide
BER:
Bit Error Ratio
CSA:
Component Spectrum Analyzer
dBm:
deciBel referenced to a milliwatt
DBR:
Distributed Bragg Reflector
DEMUX:
Demultiplexer
Related Items: MUX
DFB:
Distributed Feedback
DSF:
Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
DSL:
Digital Subscriber Line
DSLAM:
Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
DWDM:
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
EAM:
Electro-Absorptive Modulator
EDFA:
Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier
EOM:
Electro-Optic Modulator
ER:
Extinction Ratio
FDDI:
Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FTTC:
Fiber-to-the-Curb
FTTH:
Fiber-to-the-Home
FWHM:
Full Width at Half Maximum
FWM:
Four Wave Mixing
GUI:
Graphical User Interface
IEC:
International Electrotechnical Commission
IPv4:
Internet Protocol version 4
Related Items: IPv6
IPv6:
Internet Protocol version 6
Related Items: IPv4
ISDN:
Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO:
International Standards Organization
ITU:
International Telecommunication Union
IXC:
Interexchange Carrier
LAN:
Local Area Network
Related Items: MAN WAN
LEC:
Local Exchange Carrier
MAN:
Metropolitan Area Network
Related Items: LAN WAN
MAPOS:
Multiple Access Protocol over SONET
Related Items: SONET
MPLS (1):
Multiprotocol Label Switching
MPLS (2):
Multiprotocol Lambda Switching
MPOA:
Multiprotocol Over Asynchronous Transfer Mode
MTBF:
Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR:
Mean Time to Repair
MUX:
Multiplexer
Related Items: DEMUX
NDSF (1):
Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber
NDSF (2):
Non-Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
NFOEC:
National Fiber-optic Engineers Conference
NIC:
Network Interface Card
NRZ:
Non-Return to Zero
NZ-DSF:
Non-Zero Dispersion-Shifted Fiber
O/E:
Optical-to-Electrical
OA:
Optical Amplifier
OADM:
Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer
OCS:
Optical Cross-connect System
OFC:
Optical Fiber Conference
OSC (1):
Optical Supervisory Channel
OSC (2):
Optical Service Channel
OSC (3):
Optical Source Controller
OSI (1):
Open System Interface
OSI (2):
Optical Systems Interconnect
OTDR:
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
OXC:
Optical Cross-Connect
PAW:
Phased Array Waveguide
PBX:
Private Branch Exchange
PDBW:
Polarization Dependent Bandwidth
Related Items: PDCW PDW
PDCW:
Polarization Dependent Central Wavelength
Related Items: PDBW PDW
PDL:
Polarization Dependent Loss
PDW:
Polarization Dependent Wavelength
Related Items: PDBW PDCW
PMD:
Polarization Mode Dispersion
PNNI:
Private Network-to-Network Interface
POP:
Point of Presence
POS:
Packet Over SONET
Related Items: SONET
POTS:
Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP:
Point-to-Point Protocol
PRI:
Primary Rate Interface
PSTN:
Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS:
Quality of Service
RBOC:
Regional Bell Operating Company
RZ:
Return to Zero
SBS:
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering
SCP:
Service Controll Point
SDCC:
SONET Data Communication Channel
Related Items: SONET
SDH:
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDL:
Simple Data Link
SDSL:
Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
SMF:
Single Mode Fiber
SMSR:
Side Mode Supression Ratio
SNA:
Systems Network Architecture
SNR:
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SONET:
Synchronous Optical Network
Related Items: MAPOS POS SDCC
SPM:
Self-Phase Modulation
SRS:
Stimulated Raman Scattering
SSE:
Source Spontaneous Emission
Related Items: STSE
STM:
Synchronous Transfer Mode
STS:
Synchronous Transfer Signal
STSE:
Signal to SSE ratio
Related Items: SSE
TCP:
Transmission Control Protocol
Related Items: UDP
TDM:
Time-Division Multiplexing
TIA:
Telecommunications Industry Association
UDP:
User Datagram Procol
Related Items: TCP
VoFR:
Voice over Frame Relay
VoIP:
Voice over Internet Procotol
VPN:
Virtual Private Network
WADM:
Wavelength Add/Drop Multiplexer
WAN:
Wide Area Network
Related Items: LAN MAN
WB-DCS:
Wideband Digital Cross-Connect System
WDM:
Wave Division Multiplexing
XPM:
Cross-Phase Modulation
Z-DSF:
Zero-Dispersion Shifted Fiber
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