From ASICs to SOCs: A Practical Approach

Glossary

10 BaseT:

IEEE 802.3 specification for 10-Megabit Ethernet implementation on twisted-pair wiring.

100 BaseT:

IEEE 802.3 specification for 100-Megabit Ethernet using level-5 UTP.

10G Ethernet:

10-Gigabit Ethernet supports the data rate of 10 Gbps and supports the features of the preceding Ethernet standards. The potential applications for 10-Gigabit Ethernet are Local Area Network (LAN), Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), and Wide Area Network (WAN).

AAL:

The ATM Adaptation Layer is a service-dependent sublayer of DLL (Data Link Layer) that transfers data from various applications to the ATM layer using 48-byte ATM payload formats. ITU-T has recommended four types of AAL: AAL1, AAL2, AAL3/4, and AAL5.

AAL1:

Layer 1 of AAL is used for connection-oriented, ...