Panasonic 1200N manual Cif, Cip, Cir, Cispr, Clk

C Glossary

Child Node

A node at the next lower level of the hierarchy which is contained in the peer group represented by the logical group node currently referenced. This could be a logical group node, or a physical node.

Child Peer Group

A child peer group of a peer group is any one containing a child node of a logical group node in that peer group. A child peer group of a logical group node is the one containing the child node of that logical group node.

CI

Congestion Indicator: This is a field in a RM-cell, and is used to cause the source to decrease its ACR. The source sets CI=0 when it sends an RM-cell. Setting CI=1 is typically how destinations indicate that EFCI has been received on a previous data cell.

CIF

Cells In Flight: An ABR service parameter, CIF is the negotiated number of cells that the network would like to limit the source to sending during idle startup period, before the first RM-cell returns. Range: 0-16,777,215

CIP

Carrier Identification Parameter: A 3 or 4 digit code in the initial address message identifying the carrier to be used for the connection.

CIR

Committed Information Rate: CIR is the information transfer rate which a network offering Frame Relay Services (FRS) is committed to transfer under normal conditions. The rate is averaged over a minimum increment of time.

CISPR

Comite International Special des Perturbations Radioelectriques

CL

Connectionless service: A service which allows the transfer of information among service subscribers without the need for end-to- end establishment procedures.

CLK

Clock: Generates system clock

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