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American National Standards Institute
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
BGP
border gateway protocol
CoS
class of service
DVMRP
distance vector multicast routing protocol
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
IP
Internet protocol
IPSEC
secure Internet protocol
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
L2TP
layer two tunneling protocol
MPLS
multiprotocol label switching
NHRP
next hop resolution protocol
OAM
operations, administration, and maintenance
OSPF
open shortest path first
OSS
operations support system
PIM
protocol independent multicast
PoS
packet over SONET/SDH
PPP
point-to-point protocol
PTT
post telegraph and telephone associations
PVC
permanent virtual circuit
QoS
quality of service
RED
random early detection
RFC
request for comment
RIP
routing information protocol
RSCP
routing services control point
RSVP
resource reservation protocol
SDH
synchronous digital hierarchy
SLA
service level agreement
SMDS
switched multimegabit data service
SONET
synchronous optical network
STM
synchronous transport module
STS
synchronous transport signal
SVC
switched virtual circuit
TCP
transfer control protocol
TDM
time division multiplexing
VC
virtual circuit
VCC
virtual channel connection
VPN
virtual private network
WAN
wide-area network
