GGS-000383-04E

September 2016

iPASOLINK Series
ABBREVIATIONS &
ACRONYMS

NEC Corporation
7-1, Shiba 5-Chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan
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GGS-000383-04E
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ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS

ACAP Adjacent Channel Alternate CKT, ckt Circuit

Polarization
CLK Clock
ACCP Adjacent Channel Co-Polarization
CMF Channel Mismatch Failure
ACK Acknowledgment
CMI Coded Mark Inversion
ACR Adaptive Clock Recovery
CNR Carrier Noise Ratio
AGC Automatic Gain Control
CONV Converter
AIS Alarm Indication Signal
CORBA Common Object Request Broker
ALM Alarm Architecture

ALS Automatic Laser Shutdown CoS Class of Service

AMR Adaptive Modulation Radio CPU Central Processing Unit

ANT, Ant. Antenna CR Critical

APS Automatic Protection Switch CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check

ARP Address Resolution Protocol CS Channel Separation

ATT Attenuator CTRL Control

ATPC Automatic Transmitter Power Control CV near and Code Violation

AU Administrative Unit CW Carrier Wave

AUX Auxiliary DA Destination Address

Ave Average DADE Differential Absolute Delay Equalizer

BBE Background Block Error DB Database

BER Bit Error Ratio/Rate DC Direct Current

BPF Band Pass Filter DCN Data Communication Network

BS Base Station DEG Degraded

BSC Base Station Controller DEI Drop Eligible Indicator

BTS Base Transceiver Station DEM Demodulator

CAPEX Capital Expenditure Des (Dest) Destination

CBS Committed Burst Size DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

CCDP Co-Channel Dual Polarization DI Data-In

CCM Continuity Check Message D/I Drop and Insert

CEPT Conference of European Postal & DL Download

Telecommunication Administration
DM Delay Measurement
CIR Committed Information Rate

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DMM Delay Measurement Message ETH-OAM LT ETH-OAM Link Trace

DMR Delay Measurement Reply ETH-RDI ETH-Remote Defect Indication

function
DNU Do Not Use (SSM value)
ETSI European Telecommunications
DO Data-Out Standards Institute

DSC Digital Service Channel EXC Electrical Cross Connect

DSCP Differentiated Services Code Pointer E-to-E End-to-End

DUP Duplexer Fail Failure

DXC Digital Cross Connect F/B Front Back Ratio

E1 E-carrier level 1 FCC Federal Communications

Commission
EBS Express Burst Size
FCS Frame Check Sequence
EIR Excess Information Rate
FDB Forwarding Database
EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility
FE Fast Ethernet
EML Element Management Layer
FEC Forward Error Correction
EMS Element Management System
FEBBE Far End Background Block Error
ENI Enhanced Network Interface
FEES Far End Errored Seconds
EOW Engineering Orderwire
FESES Far End Severely Errored Seconds
EPS ETH-Protection Switch
FEUAS Far End Unavailable Seconds
EQL Equalizer
FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array
ERP ETH-Ring Protection Switch
F/W Firmware
ES Errored Seconds
3GPP 3rd Generation Partnership Project
ESMC Ethernet Synchronization Message
Channel GbE, GBE Gigabit Ethernet
ETH Ethernet GI Graded Index (cable)
ETH-CC ETH-Continuity Check function GUI Graphical User Interface
ETH-LB ETH-Loopback function H Horizontal
ETH-LBM ETH-Loopback Message HDB High Density Bipolar
ETH-LBR ETH-Loopback Reply HK Housekeeping
ETH-LT ETH-Link Trace function HP HIgher order Path
ETH-LTM ETH-Link Trace Message HYB Hybrid
ETH-LTR ETH-Link Trace Reply H/W Hardware
ETH-OAM Ethernet Operations, Administration ID Identification
and Maintenance
IDU Indoor Unit
ETH-OAM LB ETH-OAM Loopback
IE Internet Explorer

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IEC International Electrotechnical LOM Loss of Multiframe

Commission
LOP Loss of Pointer
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers LO REF Local Reference Signal Loss

I/F Interface LOS Loss of Signal

IF Intermediate Frequency LP Lower Order Path

IHG iPASOLINK High Grade LPM Link Performance Monitor

IN Input LSP Line Spectrum Pair

INTFC Interface LSR Label Switching Router

I/O Input/Output LT Link Trace

IP Internet Protocol LTI Loss of Incoming Timing Input

ITU International Telecommunication LTM Link Trace Message

Union
MAC Media Access Control
ITU-R Radio Communication Sector of ITU
MAINT Maintenance
ITU-T Telecommunication Sector of ITU
MAX Maximum
L2SW Layer 2 Switch
Mdev Mean Deviation
LAG Link Aggregation Group
MD CPU MODEM CPU
LAN Local Area Network
MD4 Message Digest Algorithm 4
LB Loopback
MD5 Message Digest Algorithm 5
LBM Loopback Message
MDI Medium Dependent Interface
LCD Loss of Cell Delineation
MDIX Medium Dependent Interface
LCT Local Craft Terminal Crossover

LDPC Low Density Party Check MDP Modulator/Demodulator (PCM)

Equipment
LED Light Emitting Diode
MEG Maintenance Entity Group
LER Label Edge Router
MEM Memory
Lev. Level
MEP MEG End Point
LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol
MIN Minimum
LLF Link Loss Forwarding
MIP Maintenance Intermediate Point
LM Loss Measurement
MIX Mixer
LMM Loss Measurement Message
MJ Major
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
MMC Multi Media Card
LO Local Oscillator
MME Mobility Management Entity
LOC Loss of Continuity
MMG Mismerge
LOF Loss of Frame

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MN Minor OPT Optical

MOD Modulator OSPF Open Shortest Path First

MODEM Modulator Demodulator OSS Operation Support System

MON Monitor OUT Output

MPLS-TP Multiprotocol Label Switching — OW Orderwire

Transport Profile
PA Power Amplifier
MPX Multiplexer
PBR Pressurizable Type B, flange profile
MS Multiplex Section square Rectangular

MSC Mobile Switching Center PCP Priority Code Point

MSDU MAC Service Data Unit PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

MSE Multi Service Engine PDU Protocol Data Unit

MSP Multiplex Section Protection PGM Program

MTBF Mean Time Between Failure PHY Physical

MTPC Manual Transmitter Power Control PIR Peak Information Rate

MUX Multiplexing Equipment PJE Pointer Justification Event

MW Microwave PJE-N Pointer Justification Event Negative

Stuff
N/A Not Applicable
PJE-P Pointer Justification Event Positive
NBI Northbound Interface Stuff

NE Network Element PKG Package

NML Network Management Layer Pkts Packets

NMS Network Management System PLM Payload Label Mismatch

NNI Network-to-Network Interface PMC PASOLINK Management Card
ns nanosecond PMON Performance Monitor
OAM Operation Administration and PNMSj PASOLINK Network Management
Maintenance System Java Version
OCR Occur PPI PDH PHY Interface
Octs Octets ppm parts per million
ODU Outdoor Unit PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
OFS Out of Frame Second PPS Path Protection Switch
OMT Orthogonal Mode Transducer PQ Priority Queuing
OPEX Operational Expenditure PRC Primary Reference Clock
OPP Opposite PRM Parameter
OPR Operation PROT Protection

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PS Power Supply SES Severely Errored Seconds

RSL Receive Signal Level SFP Small Form Factor Pluggable

PSC Protection Switching Counts SGMI Security Gateway Management

Interface
PSD Protection Switching Duration
SI Step Index (cable)
PWE Pseudo-Wire Emulation
SMS Synchronous Multiplexing System
PWR Power
SMU Source Measure Unit
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
SNCP Sub-network Connection Protection
QoS Quality of Service
SNMP Simple Network Management
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Protocol

RCVR Recover SP Strict Priority

REF Reference SPD Speed

REM Remote SRC Source MAC Address

RDI Remote Defect Indication SSM Synchronization Status Message

RF Radio Frequency SSU Synchronization Supply Unit

RFS Radio Frequency Systems STAT Status

RL Relay STD Standard

RMON Remote Network Monitoring STM Synchronous Transport Module

RNC Radio Network Controller STP Spanning Tree Protocol

RPL Ring Protection Link SUB Substitute

RS Regenerator Section SW Switch

RS-232 Recommended Standard 232 S/W Software

RSL Received Signal Level SWG Switch Group

RST Regenerator Section Termination SYNC Synchronous
RSTP Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol TCI Tag Control Information
RX Receiver TCN Threshold Crossing Notification
SAToP Structure Agnostic TDM over Packet TDM Time Division Multiplex
SC Service Channel TDMoETH TDM over Ethernet
SD Space Diversity TDMoP TDM over Packet
SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy TEMP Temperature; Temporary
SEC SDH Equipment Clock TERM Terminal
SEG Segment TF Transmit Fail
SEP Severely Errored Period TIM Trace Identifier Mismatch

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TLV Type Length Value XCTRL XPIC Control

TM Through Mode X-DEM XPIC Demodulator

TNC Threaded Neill-Concelman XFP 10 (X) Gigabit Small Form Factor

Pluggable
ToS Type of Service
XIF XPIC IF
TPID Tag Protocol Identifier
XPD Cross Polarization Discrimination
TQC Total Quality Control Ratio

TRP Transmitter-Receiver (PCM) XPIC Cross Polarization Interface

Equipment Canceller

TTL Time to Live XREF XPIC Reference

TU Tributary Unit

TX Transmitter

UAE UAS Event

UAS Unavailable Seconds

UL Upload

UNEQ Unequipped

UNEXP Unexpected

UNI User Network Interface

Unicast DMR Unicast Delay Measurement Reply

UNM Unexpected MEP

UNP Unexpected Period

USB Universal Serial Bus

V Vertical; Volt

VC Virtual Channel

VLAN Virtual LAN

VP Virtual Path

VPN Virtual Private Network

VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio

WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexing

WG Waveguide

WR Warning

WRR Weighted Round Robin

WWW World Wide Web

WS Wayside

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