Glossary

LED

Light Emitting Diode. A light or status indicator that glows in response to the presence of a

 

certain condition (e.g., an alarm).

LLB

Line LoopBack. A test in which the received signal on the network interface is looped back

 

to the network without change.

loopback

A diagnostic procedure that sends a test message back to its origination point. Used to

 

test various portions of a data link in order to isolate an equipment or data line problem.

LOS

Loss of Signal. The T1 line condition where there are no pulses.

LTU

Line Termination Unit. The control unit on the network end of a link. (The NTU is on the

 

customer premises end.)

MCC

Management Communications Controller. The DSLAM circuit card used to configure and

 

monitor the DSLAM.

MIB

Management Information Base. A database of managed objects used by SNMP to provide

 

network management information and device control.

MIB II

MIB Release 2. The current Internet-standard MIB, defined by RFC 1213.

M/SDSL

Multirate SDSL.

MTSO

Mobile Telephone Switching Office. A generic name for the main cellular switching center

 

which supports multiple base stations.

NMS

Network Management System. A computer system used for monitoring and controlling

 

network devices.

NTU

Network Termination Unit. The unit on the customer premises end of a link. (The LTU is on

 

the network end.)

OOF

Out Of Frame. An error condition in which frame synchronization bits are in error.

reset

A reinitialization of the device that occurs at power-up or in response to a reset command.

RLB

Repeater LoopBack. Loops the signal being sent to the network back to the DTE

 

Drop/Insert and data ports after it has passed through the framing circuitry of the device.

router

A device that connects LANs by dynamically routing data according to destination and

 

available routes.

RTS

Request to Send. A signal from the DTE to the device, indicating that the DTE has data to

 

send. V.24 circuit 105.

RXD

Received Data. Pin 3 of the EIA-232 interface that is used by the DTE to receive data from

 

the modem. Conversely, the modem uses Pin 3 to transmit data to the DTE.

SDSL

Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line. A technique for the use of an existing twisted pair line

 

that permits high bandwidth, bidirectional transmission.

SES

Severely Errored Seconds. Usually defined as a second during which a specific number of

 

CRC errors was exceeded, or an OOF or other critical error occurred.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol for open networking management.

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The dominant protocol suite in the

 

worldwide Internet, TCP allows a process on one machine to send data to a process on

 

another machine using the IP. TCP can be used as a full-duplex or one-way simplex

 

connection.

Telnet

Virtual terminal protocol in the Internet suite of protocols. Allows the user of one host

 

computer to log into a remote host computer and interact as a normal terminal user for that

 

host.

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September 1998

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