Glossary
- AAL
ATM Adaptation Layer
- ABN
Area Border Node
- ABR
Area Border Router
- ADM
Add-Drop Multiplexer
- AIS
Alarm Indication Signal
- AIS-L
Alarm Indication Signal—Line
- AIS-P
Alarm Indication Signal—Path
- AP
Access Point
- APD
Avalanche Photo Diode
- APS
Automatic Protection Switching
- AS
Autonomous System
- ASBR
Autonomous System Border Router
- ASE
Amplifier Spontaneous Emission
- ASON
Automatic Switched Optical Network
- ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- AU-n
Administrative Unit—level n
- AUG
Administrative Unit Group
- BER
Bit Error Rate
- BLSR
Bidirectional Line Switched Ring
- BGP
Border Gateway Protocol
- BIP
Bit Interleaved Parity
- BITS
Building Integrated Timing Supply
- CLNP
Connectionless Network Protocol
- CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
- CO
Central Office
- CORBA
Common Object Request ...
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