Lucent Technologies Comcode 108678723 manual Meiners’ algorithm, OC-3

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 ATM Installation,	Issue 1
Upgrades, and Administration 555-233-124	April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations
	GL-4
LAPD
Link Access Protocol D-channel
LIU
Lightwave Interface Unit
LOS
Loss of signal

M

MAC

Media Access Control

MCC

Multicarrier cabinet

MDF

Main distribution frame

Meiners’ algorithm

The Meiners’ algorithm is a method to determine whether a switch can support a proposed set of port networks in a proposed switch. This algorithm is available to Lucent engineers as a calculator within a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, accessible at http://info.dr.lucent.com/~meiners/atm.html .

N

NANP

North American Numbering Plan—the numbering plan used in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean, in which a number consists of a 3-digit area code plus a 7-digit “local” number (itself divided into a 3-digit office code and a 4-digit number).

NPA

Number Plan Area—the area identified by the area code of the North American Numbering Plan.

O

OC-3

SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) optical carrier level 3 (155.52 Mbit/s).

P

PCR

Peak cell rate