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ESI

End System Identifier: This identifier distinguishes multiple nodes at the same level in case the lower level peer group is partitioned.

ETSI

European Telecommunications Standards Institute: The primary telecommunications standards organization.

Exception

A connectivity advertisement in a PNNI complex node representation that represents something other than the default node representation.

Exit Border Node

The node that will progress a call over an outside link. This is the last node within a peer group to see this call.

Exterior

Denotes that an item (e.g., link, node, or reachable address) is outside of a PNNI routing domain.

Exterior Link

A link which crosses the boundary of the PNNI routing domain. The PNNI protocol does not run over an exterior link.

Exterior Reachable Address

An address that can be reached through a PNNI routing domain, but which is not located in that PNNI routing domain.

Exterior Route

A route which traverses an exterior link.

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Fairness

As related to Generic Flow Control (GFC), fairness is defined as meeting all the agreed quality of service (QOS) requirements, by controlling the order of service for all active connections.

Centillion 1200N ATM Switch User Manual

B-27

NTP 297-8103-903

 

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