PDF of this tutorialADM
add/drop multiplexer
ASP
application service provider
ATM
asynchronous transfer mode
CLE
customer located equipment
CLEC
competitive local exchange carrier
CO
central office
CORBA
common object request broker architecture
CPE
customer premises equipment
CSU
channel service unit
DSL
digital subscriber line
DSU
data service unit
DWDM
dense wave division multiplexing
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
Gbps
Gigabit per second
GBR
guaranteed bit rate
GigE
Gigabit Ethernet
GUI
graphical user interface
ILEC
incumbent local exchange carrier
IP
Internet protocol
ISDN
integrated service digital network
Kbps
kilobit per second
LAN
local-area network
LDAP
lightweight directory access protocol
MBR
maximum burst rate
NOC
network operations center
OSS
operations support system
POP
point of presence
PSTN
public switched telephone network
QoS
quality of service
SDH
synchronous digital hierarchy
SLA
service level agreement
SNMP
signaling network management protocol
SONET
synchronous optical network
TDM
time division multiplexing
VP ATM
virtual path ATM
VPN
virtual private network
WAN
wide-area network
WDM
wavelength division multiplexing
