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List of terms

RID subnet

A group of interconnected Nortel Multiservice Switch nodes that share a routing identifier (RID).

RIP

See routing information protocol (RIP) (page 116).

RM

1See resource module (RM) (page 114).

2See resource management (RM) cell (page 113).

root node

The root node of an ATM PMP call represents the first point of entry into the network for the PMP call. As a result, this node contains the root of the multicast tree. For PMP SPVCs, the root node would be the node where the PMP SPVC is provisioned.

RP

See rendezvous point (RP) (page 112).

RPF

See reverse path forwarding (RPF) (page 114).

RP-Set

A set of RP addresses constructed by the BSR based on the list of candidate RP advertisement messages received by the BSR.

round trip delay (RTD)

The time delay in a round trip from one end of the connection to the other.

route

A list of individual Nortel Multiservice Switch trunks over which a logical connection exchanges data between two endpoints.

route caching

Route caching is a method of storing and maintaining routing paths for future use.

route selector (RS)

A Nortel Multiservice Switch network server (routing subcomponent) used for selecting newly requested or rerouted path oriented routing system routes.

Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000

Terminology

NN10600-005 7.2S1 Standard

PCR7.2 and up March 2006

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