SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide D-1
APPENDIX D ACRONYMS
A
B
AAL ATM Adaptation Layer
AAL1 ATM Adaptation Layer Type 1
AAL2 ATM Adapter Layer Type 2
AAL3/4 ATM Adapter Layer Type 3/4
AAL5 ATM Adapter Layer Type 5
AALM ATM Adaptation Layer Mux
ABR Available Bit Rate
AFI Authority and Format Identifier
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API Application Programming Interface
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
AVCR Available Cell Rate
BE Bridged Ethernet
BER Bit Error Ratio (Rate)
B-ICI Broadband Inter-Carrier Interface
B-ISDN Broadband Integrated Services Digital Network