Glossary
AIMUX
ATM Inverse Multiplexing: A device that allows multiple T1 or E1 communications facilities to be combined into a single broadband facility for the transmission of ATM cells.
AIR
Additive Increase Rate: An ABR service parameter, AIR controls the rate at which the cell transmission rate increases. It is signaled as AIRF, where AIRF = AIR*Nrm/PCR.
AIRF
Additive Increase Rate Factor: Refer to AIR.
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal: An all ones signal sent down or up stream by a device when it detects an error condition or receives an error condition or receives an error notification from another unit in the transmission path.
Alternate Routing
A mechanism that supports the use of a new path after an attempt to set up a connection along a previously selected path fails.
ALT
Alternative Access Providers to the local telephone network i.e., Teleport.
AMI
Alternative Mark Inversion: The
Ancestor Node
A logical group node that has a direct parent relationship to a given node (i.e., it is the parent of that node, or the parent's parent...).
ANI
Automatic Number Identification: A charge number parameter that is normally included in the Initial Address Message to the succeeding carrier for billing purposes.
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