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B-44 Centillion 1200N ATM Switch User Manual
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MAN
Metropolitan Area Network: A network designed to carry data over an ar ea larger
than a campus such as an entire city and its outlying area.
Managed System
An entity that is managed by one or more management systems, which can be either
Element Management Systems, Subnetwork or Network Management Systems, or
any other management systems.
Management Domain
An entity used here to define the scope of naming.
Management System
An entity that manages a set of managed systems, which can be either NEs,
subnetworks or other management systems.
MAT
Maintenance and Administration Terminal
MaxCR
Maximum Cell Rate: This is the maximum capacity usable by connections
belonging to the specified service category.
Mbps
Mega Bits Per Second: Million bits per second
MBps
Mega Bytes Per Second: Million bytes per second
MBS
Maximum Burst Size: In the signaling message, the Burst Tolerance (BT) is
conveyed through the MBS which is coded as a number of cells. The BT together
with the SCR and the GCRA determine the MBS that may be transmitted at the
peak rate and still be in conformance with the GCRA.
MCDV
Maximum Cell Delay Variance: This is the maximum two-point CDV objective
across a link or node for the specified service category.