Panasonic 1200N manual Npc, Nrz, Nsap, Nsr

Glossary N

Node

Synonymous with logical node.

Novell Internetwork Packet Exchange

Netware’s native LAN communications protocol, used to move data between server and/or workstation programs, running on different network nodes. IPX packets are encapsulated and carried by the packets used in Ethernet and the similiar frames used in Token-Ring networks. IPX supports packet sizes up to 64

bytes.1

NPC

Network Parameter Control: Network Parameter Control is defined as the set of actions taken by the network to monitor and control traffic from the NNI. Its main purpose is to protect network resources from malicious as well as unintentional misbehavior which can affect the QoS of other already established connections by detecting violations of negotiated parameters and taking appropriate actions. Refer to UPC.

nrt-VBR

Non-real-time VBR

NRZ

Non-Return to Zero: A binary encoding scheme in which ones and zeroes are represented by opposite and alternating high and low voltages and where there is no return to a zero (reference) voltage between encoded bits.NRZ is now used as an encryption scheme for getting data onto and off hard disk fast.It eliminates the need for clock pulses and yields up to 18.5 kilobytes per track and high read/write speeds.

NSAP

Network Service Access Point: OSI generic standard for a network address consisting of 20 octets. ATM has specified E.164 for public network addressing and the NSAP address structure for private network addresses.

NSR

Non-Source Routed: Frame forwarding through a mechanism other than Source

Route Bridging.

1.Newton’s Telecom Dictionary

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