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Abbreviations and Acronyms µsec 1xRTT 2G 3DES 3DTV 3G 3GPP 3GPP2 4C 4G 4WM 5C 8VSB A/D A/D/A A/O A/V AAA AAAA AAC AACS AAS ABC ABSBH AC AC AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI AC_VO AC3 AC-3 ACAP ACD ACK ACL ACL ACM ACORN ACS AD ADI ADI Ad-ID ADM ADM ADPCM ADS ADSL ADSL2 ADSL2+ AES AF
Microsecond Single Carrier Radio Transmission Technology nd 2 Generation Triple Data Encryption Standard Three Dimensional Television rd 3 Generation Third Generation Partnership Project Third Generation Partnership Project 2 Consortium of Intel, IBM, Matsushita, and Toshiba Fourth Generation Four Wave Mixing Consortium of Intel, Sony, Matsushita, Toshiba, and Hitachi 8-level Vestigial Sideband Analog to Digital Analog to Digital to Analog Additional Outlet Audio/Video Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting American Association of Advertising Agencies Advanced Audio Codec/Coding Advanced Access Content System Adaptive Antenna System American Broadcasting Corporation Average Busy Season Busy Hour Access Category Alternating Current Access Category – Best Effort Access Category – BacKground Access Category – VIdeo Access Category – VOice Adaptive Transform Coder 3 Audio Coding Revision 3 Advanced Common Application Platform Automated/Automatic Call Distribution Acknowledge(ment) Access Control List Applications Connection-Less Adaptive Coding and Modulation A Classification of Residential Neighborhoods Ad Content Service Activity Detection Asset Distribution Interface Asynchronous Digital Interface Advertising-Digital Interface Ad Management Service Add/Drop Multiplexing Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation Ad Decision Service Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and Annex J (Supports higher bandwidth) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and Annex L (Supports higher bandwidth) Advanced Encryption Standard Abstract Framework
AF AF AGC Agg-PE AGI AGW AI AIFS AIN AIS AIT AKA ALG AM AM AMA AMI AMOL A-MPDU AMPS AMS ANA ANC ANF ANP ANSI AOD AOL AoR AP AP APD API APM APON APON Apps APS APSK A-RACF ARCNET ARF ARIB ARIN ARP ARPU ARQ AS AS ASAP ASCII ASD ASF ASF ASI AsiaPac
Application Function Assured Forwarding Automatic Gain Control Aggregation Provider Edge Attachment Group Identifier Access Gateway Artificial Intelligence Arbitration InterFrame Space Advanced Intelligent Network Alarm Indication Signal Application Information Table Authentication and Key Agreement Application Layer Gateway Amplitude Modulation Application Manager Automatic Message Accounting Alternate Mark Inversion Automated Measurement Of Lineup Aggregated MAC (Media Access Control) Protocol Data Unit Advanced Mobile Phone Service Asset Management System Association of National Advertisers Announcement Controller Aggregate Noise Factor Announcement Player American National Standards Institute Advertising On Demand America On-Line Address of Record Access Point Automatic Power Avalanche Photo Diode Application Programming Interface Alternate Provisioning Mode ATM Passive Optical Network ATM-based Passive Optical Network Applications Analog Protection System Amplitude Phase Shift Keying Access – Resource and Admission Control Function Attached Resource Computer Network Advertising Research Foundation Association of Radio Industries and Businesses American Registry of Internet Numbers Address Resolution Protocol Average Revenue per Unit (or User) Automatic Repeat Request Application Server Autonomous System As Soon As Possible American Standard Code for Information Interchange Authorized Service Domain Advanced Streaming Format Advanced Systems Format Asynchronous Serial Interface Asia Pacific
ASIC ASM ASM ASN ASP ASP ASR ASTB ASTD ASX AT ATA ATDMA A-TDMA ATDMA ATE ATIS ATM AToM ATP ATSC ATTN AUP AV AV AVC AVI AVI AWGN AWS AWT B2BUA B8ZS BA BAF BB BB BBTV BC BC/NC BC-BS BCID BDF BDR BE BER BERT BFS BGCF BGF BGP BGP-VPLS BGW BICSI BIF BIG
Application-Specific Integrated Circuit Any Source Multicast Asset Management System Access Service Network Average Selling Price Application Service Provider Access Switch Router Advanced Set-Top Box American Society for Training and Development Advanced Stream Redirector Advanced Technology Advanced Technology Attachment Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Advanced Time Division Multiple Access Asynchronous Time Division Multiple Access Automated Test Environment Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions Asynchronous Transfer Mode Any Transport Over MPLS Adaptive Transmission Protocol Advanced Television Systems Committee Attenuator Acceptable Use Policy Audio/Video Audiovisual Advanced Video Coding Advanced Video Interface Audio Video Interleave Additive White Gaussian Noise Advanced Wireless Services Abstract Window(ing) Toolkit Back-to-Back User Agent Binary 8 Zero Substitution Behavioral Aggregate Bellcore AMA Format Baseband Broadband Broadband Television Broadcast Broadcast/Narrowcast Backwards-Compatible Broadcast Services Billing Correlation Identifier Broadband Digital Forward Baseband Digital Reverse Best Effort Bit Error Rate Bit Error Rate Test Broadcast File System Breakout Gateway Control Function Border Gateway Function Border Gateway Protocol Border Gateway Protocol-Virtual Private LAN Service Border Gateway Building Industry Consulting Services International Binary Interchange Format Broadband Integrated Gateway
BITS bits/sym BIU BMS BNN BoD BOM BOSS BP BP@L1b BPF BPI BPI+ BPL BPON B-PON bps BRAS B-RAS BRI BRI BRS BS BS BSC BSS BSS BTS BTS BTSC BTU BTU/hr BW BW/QAM BYOI C/N C/N0 CA Mgmt CA CA CA CAB CAC CAC CAC CAD CAGR CALA CALEA CAN Canitec CapEx CAPMAN CAS CAS CAS
Building Integrated Timing Supply Bits per Symbol Broadband Interface Unit Business Management System Bit-Error-Rate in the Noise Notch Broadcast on Demand Bill of Material Back Office Support System Boundary Point Baseline Protocol at Level 1b Band-Pass Filter Baseline Privacy Interface Baseline Privacy Interface Plus Broadband over Power Lines Broadband Passive Optical Network Broadband Passive Optical Network Bits Per Second Broadband Remote Access Server Broadband Remote Access Server Basic Rate Interface Brand Rating Index Broadband Radio Service Base Station Broadcast Services Base Station Controller Basic Service Set Business Support System Base Transceiver Station (Wireless Telephony) Business Telecom Services Broadcast Television Systems Committee British Thermal Unit British Thermal Unit Per Hour Bandwidth Bandwidth per QAM Bring Your Own Infrastructure Carrier to Noise Ratio Carrier-to-Noise-density Ratio Conditional Access Management Call Agent Conditional Access Content Archive Cable Advertising Bureau Call Admission Control Connection Admission Control Connetiont Admission Control Computer Aided Design Compound Annual Growth Rate Central America and Latin America Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act Cellular Access Network Camara Nacional de la Industria Television por Cable Capital Expenditure Capacity Management Channel Associated Signaling Conditional Access Server Conditional Access System
CAT CAT5 CATV CB CB CBI CBR CBT CBT CC CCC CCCF CCCM CCDF CCI CCI CCK CCM CCM CCNR CCP CCR CCS CCS CCS CD CD CDC CDC CDF CDF CDMA CDN CDN CDPD CDR CD-ROM CDS CE CE CE CEA CEBus CENTREX CEO CEP CEPCA CER CES CESoPSN CESoPSN CE-VLAN CFO CFP CG CGMS-A
Conditional Access Table Category 5 Community Antenna Television (or Cable Television) Channel Bonding Citizen Band Character-Based Interface Constant Bit Rate Computer Based Testing (or Training) Core-Based Trees Convolutional Coding Circuit Cross Connect Call Continuity Control Function CPE Controlled Cable Modem Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function Content Control Information Copy Control Information Complimentary Code Keying Channel Change Message Constant Coding and Modulation Completion of Calls No Reply Channel Change Protocol Call Completion Ratio Centum Call Seconds Common Channel Signaling Completed Call Seconds Chromatic Dispersion Compact Disc Changed Data Capture Connected Device Configuration Channel Definition Format Charging Data Function Code Division Multiple Access Content Delivery Network Content Distribution Network Cellular Digital Packet Data Call Detail Record Compact Disk-Read Only Memory Content Delivery System Consumer Electronics Content Entity Customer Equipment Consumer Electronics Association Consumer Electronic Bus CENTRal office EXchange service Chief Executive Officer Cable Entry Point Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance Codeword Error Ratio Circuit Emulation Service Circuit Emulation over Packet Switching Networks Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network Carrier Ethernet – Virtual Local Area Network Chief Financial Officer Contention Free Periods Character Generator Copy Generation Management System - Analog
CH CH Ch CHILA CIDR CIFS CIM CIN CIN CINIT CIR CIT CLASS CLDC CLE CLEC CLI CLI CLID CLR CLV CM CMCI CMIM CMLA CMOS CMS CMS CMTS CNAM CNAM CNI CNIR CNIR CNR CO CO CODEC Codec COLD Const COPS CORBA CoS COT CP CPD CPE CPE CPH CPM CPMS CPPM CPRM CPS CPS
CableHome™ CableHome™ Host Channel Cable Host Interface Licensing Agreement Classless InterDomain Routing Common Internet File System Common Information Model Call Indentity Number Converged Interconnect Network Centro de Investigacion e Innovacion en Telecomunicaciones (CINIT) Committed Information Rate Constrained Image Trigger Custom Local Area Signaling Services Connected(ion) Limited Device Configuration Customer Located Equipment Competitive Local Exchange Carrier Command Line Interface Cumulative Leakage Index Caller Identification Common Language Run-time Consumer Lifetime Value Cable Modem CM (Cable Modem) To CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Interface Cable Modem Interface Mask Content Management License Administrator Complimentary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Call Management Server Call Management Server Cable Modem Termination System Calling NAMe Calling Name delivery Customer-to-Network Interface Carrier-to-Noise plus Interference Ratio Carrier-to-Noise/Ingress Ratio Carrier-to-Noise Ratio Central Office Connection Oriented Coder/Decoder Encoder/Decoder Central Office Layout Design Constellation Common Open Policy Service Common Object Request Broker Architecture Class of Service Central Office Terminal Copy Protection Common Path Distortion Customer Premises Equipment Customer Provided Equipment Cost Per Household Cost per Thousand Impressions Copy Protection Management System Copy Protection for Prerecorded Media Content Protection for Recordable Media Content Protection System Cost Per Subscriber
CPTWG CPU CQ-MOS CQoS CQP CRA CRC CRG CRL CR-LDP CRM CS CSC CSCF CSH CSMA/CA CSMA/CD CSO CSoD CSR CS-RZ CSS CSU CSV CTAM CTB CTC CTIA CTO CTR CW CW CWDM CWM CY D&B D/S DA DAC DARPA DAS DAT DAT DAVIC DB dB DBA dBc dBm dBmV dBmVrms DBPSK DBS DC DC DC
Copy Protection Technical Working Group Central Processing Unit Conversational Quality Mean Opinion Score CableHome™ Quality of Service CableHome™ QoS Portal Contention Resolution Algorithm Cyclic Redundancy Check CableHome™ Residential Gateway Certificate Revocation List Constraint-based Label Distribution Protocol Customer Relationship Management Circuit Switch(ed) Call Session Controller Call Session (or State) Control Function Central Switch Homerun Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection Composite Second Order Commercial Services over DOCSIS® Customer Service Representative Carrier-Suppressed Return-to-Zero Content Scramble(ing) System Channel Service Unit Comma Separated Value Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Composite Triple Beat Convolutional Turbo Coding Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association Chief Technology Officer Customer Trouble Report Codeword Continuous Wave Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing Common Warehouse Metamodel Calendar Year Dun and Bradstreet Downstream Destination Address Digital Addressable Controller Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Direct Attached Storage Digital Audio Tape ® DOCSIS Set-top Gateway Address Table Digital Audio Visual Council Database Decibel Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Decibel Referenced to the Carrier Decibel milliwatt Decibel milliVolt Decibel milliVolt root mean square Differential Binary Phase Shift Keying Direct Broadcast Satellite Direct Current Directional Coupler Dispersion Compensator
DCA Digital Cable Application D-CAPMAN Dynamic Capacity Management DCAS Digital Certificate Access Server DCAS Downloadable Conditional Access System DCC Data Communication Channel DCC Dynamic Channel Change DCD Disconnection Delay DCD Downstream Channel Descriptor DCF Dispersion Compensating Fiber DCF Distributed Coordination Function DCM Dispersion Compensation Module DCP Device Control Protocol DCR Digital Cable Ready DCS Digital Cross-connect System DCT Digital Communications (Cable) Terminal DCT Discrete Cosine Transform DDNS Dynamic Domain Name Service DDoS Distributed Denial of Service DE Default DE Discard Eligible DeCSS Defeat Content Scrambling System DEN Directory-Enabled Networking DENI Digital Entertainment Networking Initiative DEPI DOCSIS External Physical Interface DES Data Encryption Standard DES Digital Encryption Standard DF Delivery Function DFAST Dynamic Feedback Arrangement Scrambling Technique DFB Distributed Feedback DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCPv6 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Version 6 DHCT Digital Home Communications Terminal DHEI DigiCable Headend Expansion Interface DHWG Digital Home Working Group DIA Direct Internet Access DIBA DOCSIS IPTV Bypass Architecture DiffServ Differential Services DiffServ Differentiated Services DiffServ-TE Differentiated Services – Traffic Engineering Div Division DIX DEC-Intel-Xerox DL Downlink DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier DLL Data Link Layer DLNA Digital Living Network Alliance DM Degraded Modem DM Dispersion Mitigation DMA Demographic Market Area DMA Designated Marketing Area DMC Dual Modem Cards DMCA Digital Millennium Copyright Act DMH Degraded Modem Hours DML Direct Modulated Distributed Feedback Laser DMP Digital Media Project DMPT DOCSIS MPEG Transport D-MPT DOCSIS MPEG Transport
DNCS Digital Network Control System DNS Domain Name Server/Service DOCSDIAG DOCSIS Diagnostic Program DOCSIS Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications ® DOCSIS Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications ® ® DOCSIS -RFI DOCSIS Radio Frequency Interface DoD Department of Defense DoS Denial of Service DPI Deep Packet Inspection DPI Digital Program Insertion DPON Deep-Fiber Passive Optical Network DPON DOCSIS over Passive Optical Network DPSK Differential Phase Shift Keying DPT Dynamic Packet Transport DQoS Dynamic Quality of Service DQPSK Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory DRFI Downstream Radio Frequency Interface DRM Digital Rights Management DS Digital Signal DS Downstream DS0 Digital Signal 0 (zero) DS1 Digital Signal 1 DS3 Digital Signal 3 DSA Dynamic Service Add DSA-ACK Dynamic Service Add - Acknowledgement DSA-REQ Dynamic Service Add – Request DSA-RSP Dynamic Service Add - Response DSCP Differentiated Service Code Point DSG DOCSIS Set-top Gateway DSID Downstream Service Identifier DSL Digital Subscriber Line DSLAM Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer DSLR Digital Signal Lens Reflex DSM Digital Storage Media, DNCS Session Manager DSM-CC UN Digital Storage Media Command and Control User-to-Network DSM-CC Digital Storage Medium Command and Control DSP Digital Signal Processor(ing) DSSS Direct Sequencing Spread Spectrum D-STB Digital Set-Top Box DSU Data Service Unit DS-x Digital Signal (level) DSX Digital Signal Crossconnect DSx Dynamic Service Change DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protection DTCP/5C Digital Transmission Content Protection/5 Companies DTD Dial Tone Delay DTE Data Terminal Equipment DTH Direct To Home DTI DOCSIS Timing Interface DTMF Dual Tone Multi-frequency DTV Digital Television DUN Dial-Up Networking DUT Device Under Test DV Digital Video DVB Digital Video Broadcast(ing)
DVB-ASI DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Asynchronous Serial Interface DVB-DSNG DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Digital Satellite News Gathering DVB-H/T Digital Video Broadcast –Handheld/Terrestrial DVB-MHP Digital Video Broadcast Multimedia Home Platform DVB-RCS DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Return Channel via Satellite DVB-S DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) Standard DVD Digital Versatile Disc DVD+R Recordable Digital Versatile Disc DVD+RW Rewritable Digital Versatile Disc DVDCCA Digital Versatile Disc Copy Control Association DVI Digital Video Interface DVMRP Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol DVR Digital Video Recorder DVS Digital Video Standard DVS Digital Video Subcommittee DWDM Dense Wavelength Division Multiplex E-1 European format for digital transmission (Equivalent to the North American Digital Hierarchy T-1) E²R End-to-End Reconfigurability EA-DFB Electro-Absorption Modulator Integrated Distributed Feedback Laser EAP Extensible Authentication Protocol EAS Emergency Alert System EBIF Enhanced (TV) Binary Interchange Format eBIF Enhanced Binary Interchange Format EBITDA Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization eCM Embedded Cable Modem ECM Entitlement Control Message ECM:EPS Embedded Cable Modem: Embedded Portal Option ECN Engineering Change Notification ECO Engineering Change Order ECR Efficient Consumer Response ECR Engineering Change Request EDC Electronic Dispersion Compensator EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access EDFA Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier EDGE Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution eDOCSIS™Embedded Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications EF Expedited Forwarding EFM Ethernet in the First Mile EFMS Error Free Milliseconds EFS Error Free Seconds EFSR Error Free Seconds Ratio EHDR Extended Header EIA Electronics Industry Association EIC Entertainment, Information, and Communications EIR Excess Information Rate EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power EIS/SCS Event Information Scheduler/SimulCrypt Synchronizer ELA Ethernet Line Aggregation E-LAN Ethernet Local Area Network E-LINE Ethernet Line E-LSP EXP-Inferred-PSC Label Switch Path EM Element Manager EMEA Europe, Middle East and Asia EMI Electro-Magnetic Interference EMI Encryption Mode Indicator
EML Externally Modulated Laser EMM Entitlement Management Message EMS Element Management System eMTA Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter EMx Element Manager X ENDEC Encode/Decode ENM Estimated Noise Margin ENR Encryption Not Required ENUM Electronic Number Mapping ENUM Electronic Numbers ENUM Telephone Number Mapping E-O Electrical-Optical EoD Entertainment on Demand EoD Everything on Demand EOL End of Line EoMPLS Ethernet over MPLS EoRPR Ethernet over Resilient Packet Ring EoSonet Ethernet over SONET EP End Point EPG Electronic Program Guide EPL Ethernet Private Line EP-LAN Ethernet Private – Local Area Network EPN Encryption Plus Nonassertion EPON Ethernet Passive Optical Network EPRI Electric Power Research Institute EQ Equalization EQAM Edge QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) ER Edge Router ERIM Erasmus Research Institute of Management ERM Edge Resource Manager ERMI Electronic Resource Management Initiative ERT-VR Extended Real Time-Variable Rate ES Elementary Stream ES Errored Seconds ES Exclusive Session ES/N0 Energy per symbol-to-Noise density Ratio eSAFE Embedded Service/Application Functional Entity ESC Embedded Signaling Channel ESCON Enterprise System Connection ESCON/FC Enterprise System Connection/Fiber Channel ESF Extended SuperFrame ESM EOD Server Manager ESP Encapsulating Security Payload ESR Error Seconds Ratio eSTB Embedded Set-Top Box ET (SCTE’s ) Emerging Technologies Conference eTOM enhanced Telecom Operations Map ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETTH Ethernet To The Home ETTx Ethernet To The x (end point) eTV Enhanced Television ETV Enhanced Television EVA Error Vector Analysis EVC Ethernet Virtual Circuit EVDO Evolution Data Optimized EVM Error Vector Magnitude
EVPL EVPL EVPLAN EXC EX-MOD EXP FAQ FastE FBI FC FC-AL FCAPS FCC FCP FCRC FCS FDC FDD FDDI FDM FE FE FEC FEC FF FFT FGPS FHCS FHSS FICON FIFO FiOS FIR FLR FLS FM FMC FN FOADM FOD FoD FOSC FP FQDN FR FR FRAG Freq Resp FRR FRR FSAN FS-CWDM FSK FSN FSO FTP
Ethernet Virtual Private Line Ethernet Virtual Private Line Ethernet Virtual Private Local Area Network Electronic Cross Connect Externally Modulated Experimental Frequently Asked Question Fast Ethernet Federal Bureau of Investigation Fibre Channel Fiber Channel – Arbitrated Loop Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security Federal Communications Commission Fibre Channel Protocol Fragment Cyclic Redundancy Check Frame Check Sequence Forward Data Channel Frequency Division Duplex Fiber Distributed Data Interface Frequency Division Multiplexing Fast Ethernet Fast Ethernet Forward Error Correction Forwarding Equivalence Class Fast Forward Fast Fourier Transform FEC, Guard time, Preamble, Stuffing bytes Fragment Header Check Sequence Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum Fiber Connection First In-First Out Fiber Optic System(s) Finite Impulse Response Frame Loss Ratio Frame Loss Seconds Frequency Modulation Fixed Mobile Convergence Fiber Node Fixed Filter Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Free on Demand Free Video On Demand Fiber Optic Splice Closure Fabry-Perot Fully Qualified Domain Name Fiber Ring Frame Relay Fragmentation Frequency Response False Rejection Rate Fast Re-Route Full Service Access Network Full Spectrum - Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing Frequency Shift Keying Full Service Network Free Space Optical File Transfer Protocol
FTTB FTTC FTTH FTTN FTTP FTTR FTTU FTTW FTTWAP FTTx FTTX FUD FW FWA FWM FXO FXS G2B GA GaAs GAC GARP GB GB/s GbE GBIC Gbps GC GCC GCF GDV GE RPR GE GEM GE-PON GFL GFP GFP-F GFP-T GFP-T GGSN GHz GigE GIGO GIS GMPLS GNT GOP GOPS G-PON GPON GPRS GPS GQoS GR GRE
Fiber to the Business Fiber to the Curb Fiber to the Home Fiber to the Node Fiber to the Premises Fast Time To Repair Fiber to the User Fiber to the Wireless Fiber to the Wireless Access Point Fiber to the (endpoint) Fiber to the Exchange Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt Firewall Fixed Wireless Access Four-Wave Mixing Foreign eXchange Office Foreign eXchange Station SM Go2Broadband Genetic Algorithm Gallium Arsenide Genetic-based Admission Control Generic Attribute Registration Protocol Gigabyte Gigabits per Second Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Interface Converter Gigabits per Second Gateway Controller General Communications Channel Breakout Gateway Control Function Group Delay Variation Gigabit Ethernet Resilient Packet Ring Gigabit Ethernet Globally Executable MHP Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network Group Flow Label(s) Generic Framing Procedure Generic Framing Procedure-Framed Generic Framing Procedure-Transparent Transparent Generalized Framing Procedure Gateway GPRS (General Radio Packet Service) Support Node Gigahertz Gigabit Ethernet Garbage In, Garbage Out Geographic Information System Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching Grant Group of Pictures Graphical Operations per Second Gigabit (Ethernet) Passive Optical Network Gigabit Passive Optical Network General Packet Radio Service Global Positioning System Generic Quality of Service Generic Requirement Generic Routing Encapsulation
GRM GRP GRX GS GSM GSMA GSN GSRM GSRM GTP GTT GUI GUPI GVRP GW GWC H&S HA HAL HAN HAS HAVi HBO HCCA HCF HCRP HCS HD HD HDBH HDCP HDD HDLC HDMI HDPBH HD-PLC HDR HDSDI HDT HDTV HDVoD HD-VOD HE HEC HEM HFC HGW HH HHP Hi-PHY HIS HIT HITS HLR HMS HMS
Global Resource Manager Gross Rating Point GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Roaming eXchange Global Server Global System for Mobile (communications) Global System for Mobile communications Association GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node Global Session & Resource Management Global System Resource Manager GPRS Tunneling Protocol Global Title Translation Graphical User Interface Global Universal Provisioning Interface GARP VLAN Registration Protocol Gateway Gateway Controller Hub and Spoke High Availability Hardware Abstraction Langugae Home Area Network Hardware Authentication Server Home Audio Video Interoperability Home Box Office Hybrid Coordination function controlled Channel Access Hybrid Coordination Function Hard Copy Cable Replacement Header Check Sequence Hardware High Definition High-Day Busy Hour High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection Hard Disk Drive High-Level Data Link Control High Definition Multimedia Interface High Day Peak Busy Hour High Definition-ready Powerline Communications Header High Definition Serial Digital Interface Host Digital Terminal High Definition Television High Definition Video on Demand High Definition-Video on Demand Headend Headend Controller Headend Modem Hybrid Fiber/Coax Home Gateway HouseHold Households Passed High Performance Physical Layer High-Speed Internet Headend Interface Terminal Headend In The Sky Home Location Register Headend Management System Home Media Server
HMS Hybrid Management Sub-layer HN Home Network H-Net Home Network HNv1 Home Networking Version 1 HOD HBO On Demand HOM High-Order Modulation HomePNA™ Home Phoneline Networking Alliance HP Homes Passed H-PCRF Home Policy and Charging Rules Function HPF High Pass Filter HPLMN Home Public Land Mobile Network HPNA Home Phoneline Networking Alliance HPOV Hewlitt Packard Open View HQ Headquarters HQ High Quality HSA High Speed Access HSD High Speed Data HSDPA High Speed Downlink Packet Access HSI High-Speed Internet HSP Headset Profile HSS Home Subscriber Server HSS/HLR High Speed Serial/Home Location Register HSUPA High Speed Uplink Packet Access HTML HyperText Markup Language HTPC Home Theatre Personal Computer HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (sockets) HVAC Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning HVPLS Hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service HW Hardware Hz Hertz I/O Input/Output I/Q Incident/Quadrature IAD Integrated Access Device IAG Interactive Advertising Guidelines IAMS Intelligent Asset Management System IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IAP Intelligent Access Point IB In-Band IBCF Interconnection Border Control Function ICB Independent Customer Builds ICC Instant Channel Change ICE Information and Content Exchange ICE Interactive Connectivity Establishment ICE Interchangeable Compressed Elements ICI Intercarrier Interface ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol I-CMTS Integrated Cable Modem Termination System ICO Incumbent Cable Operator ICS IMS Convergence Server i-CSCF Interrogating-Call State/Session Control(ler) Function ID Identification or Identifier IDAD Integrated DOCSIS® Access Device IDE Integrated Development Environment IDE Integrated Drive (or Device) Electronics iDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
IDP Intrusion Detection and Prevention IDS Intrusion Detection System IDT Integrated Digital Terminal IEC International Electrotechnical Commission IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE-SA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association IETF Internet Engineering Task Force IF or I/F Intermediate Frequency IFC Initial First Cost IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol IGMPv2 Internet Group Multicast Protocol, version 2 IGMPv3 Internet Group Multicast Protocol, version 3 IGP Interior Gateway Protocol IKE Internet Key Exchange ILEC Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier ILMI Interim Link Management Interface IM Instant Message(ing) IMA Inverse Multiplexing for ATM Imb Imbalance IMD Interception Mediation Device IMD Intermodulation Distortion Impls Resp Impulse Response IMS IP Multimedia Subsystem IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity IM-SSF IP Multimedia Services Switching Function IN Intelligent Network INA Interactive Network Adaptor INADDR ARPA Internet Address Address Routing Parameter Area I-NET Institutional Network Int Top Level in Internet Domain Name System IntServ Integrated Services IO Input Output IOS Internetworking Operating System IP Internet Protocol IPAT Internet Protocol Access Terminal IP-CAN Internet Protocol Cellular Access Network IP-CAN Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network IPCDN IP over Cable Data Network IPDR Internet Protocol Data Record IPDR Internet Protocol Detail Record IPDR/SP Internet Protocol Detail Record/Streaming Protocol IPDT Internet Protocol Digital Terminal IP-Eth Internet Protocol-Ethernet IPG Interactive Program Guide IPG Inter-Packet Gap IPM Intelligent Policy Management IPMP Intellectual Property Management and Protection IPPV Impulse Pay per View IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPSec Internet Protocol Security IPSTB IP Set-Top Box IPT Internet Protocol Telephony IPTA Internet Protocol Transport Agreement IPTV Internet Protocol Television IPv4 Internet Protocol version 4
IPv6 IPX IR IRD IRI IRM IRR IRR IRT IS ISA ISA ISC ISCI iSCSI ISDN ISI IS-IS ISM ISMS ISO ISP ISP ISTP ISUP ISV IT ITA ITIL ITU ITU-T iTV IUC IVR IVRM IWF IWF IXC IXP J2EE J2ME JCP JMF JNI JPEG JSR JTA JVM JVT k K12 KB kb/s kbps KDC KDCF
Internet Protocol version 6 Internetwork Packet Exchange Infrared Integrated Receiver/Decoder Industrial Reporting Inc Intelligent Resource Management Information Request Response Internal Rate of Return Integrated Receiver/Transcoder Information Systems Integrated Services Architecture Integrated Services Architecture Internet Software Consortium Industry Standard Coding Identification Internet Small Computer System Interface Integrated Services Digital Network Inter-Symbol Interference Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System Industrial Scientific Medical Integrated Service Management System International Organization for Standardization Inside Plant Internet Service Provider Internet Signaling Transport Protocol Integrated Services Digital Network User Part Independent Software Vendor Information Technology Interactive Television Association Information Technology Infrastructure Library International Telecommunication Union International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication (Standardization Sector) Interactive Television Interval Usage Code Interactive Voice Response Intelligent Video Resource Manager Internetworking Function InterWorking Function Interexchange Carrier Internet Exchange Provider Java 2 Enterprise Edition Java 2 Mobile Edition Java Community Process Java Media Framework Java Native Interface Joint Photographic Experts Group Java Specification Request Job Task Analysis Java Virtual Machine Java Vision Toolkit Kilo = 1000 Kindergarten through Grade 12 Kilobyte Kilobits per Second Kilobits per Second Key Distribution Center Korea Digital Cable Forum
kHz km KPI KSA ksym/s ksym/sec KTTA kVA kW l L2 L2TP L2TPv3 L2VPN LAN LATA LC LCAS LCC LCP LCS LCT LD LDAP LDP LDPC LDP-VPLS LDS LEA LEC LED LEN LER LERG LFA LH DWDM LIDF LIU LLC LLD L-LSP LMDS LMI LMP LNB LNP LO LOADM LOF LOPS LOS LOS LovSAN LP LPCM LPF
Kilohertz Kilometer Key Performance Indicator Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Kilosymbols Per Second Kilosymbols Per Second Korean Telecommunications Technology Association 1000 Volt Amperes Kilowatt Current Layer 2 Layer-2 Tunnel(ing) Protocol Layer-2 Tunnel(ing) Protocol Version 3 Layer-2 Virtual Private Network Local Area Network Local Access and Transport Area Local Convergence Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme Life-Cycle Cost Local Convergence Point Line Code Signaling Local Craft Terminal Long Distance Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Label Distribution Protocol Low Density Parity Check Label Distribution Protocol-Virtual Private LAN Service Local Digital Switch Law Enforcement Agency Local Exchange Carrier Light Emitting Diode Length Label Edge Router Local Exchange Routing Guide Long Format Advertising Long Haul Dense Wave Division Multiplex Lawful Intercept Delivery Function Line Interface Unit Logical Link Control Logical Link Identifier Label-Only-Inferred-PSC LSP Local Multipoint Distribution System Link Management Interface Link Management Protocol Low Noise Block-downconverter Local Number Portability Local Origination Lightweight Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Loss of Frame Loss of Packet Sync Line Of Sight Loss of Signal a.k.a The Blaster Worm Long Play Linear Pulse Code Modulation Local Policy Function
LQ-MOS LRU LSB LSP LSP LSP LSR LTE LTS LUA LVI LWP M/U M13 M3UA mA MAC MAC MACD MAN MAP MAP MARCOM MAS MB MB Mb/s MB/s Mbaud Mbits/sec Mbps MBps MBS M-CMTS MCP MC-PC MCPC MCTF MD5 MDA MDN MDR MDU mDVR MEA MEF MEMS MEN MER MF MF MFM MG MGC MGC MGCF
Listening Quality Mean Opinion Score Least Recently Used Least Significant Byte Label Switched Path Layered Service Provider Legacy Set-top Profile Label Switch Router Long Term Evolution Long Term Storage Last User Activity Low Voltage Integrator Low Water Peak Modulator/Upconverter Multiplexer for DS1 to DS3 signals MTP-3 User Adaptation Milliamp Media Access Control Moves, Adds, Changes Moves, Adds, Changes, Deletes Metropolitan Area Network Main Audio Program Mobility Application Protocol Marketing & Communications MPEG-Aware Switch Media Bundle Megabyte Megabits per Second Megabytes per Second Megabaud Megabits per Second Megabits per Second MegaByte per Second Mission Bit Stream Modular Cable Modem Termination System Mini-Carousel Protocol Media Center Personal Computers Multiple Channel Per Carrier (Satellite transmission) Motion Compensated Temporal Filtering Message-Digest Algorithm Model Driven Architecture Mobile Directory Number Mobile Digital Recorder Multiple Dwelling Unit Multi-TV Digital Video Recorder Mesh Enabled Architecture Metro Ethernet Forum Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems Metro Ethernet Network Modulation Error Ratio Multifield Multifrequency Multi-Flow Multicast Media Gateway Media Gateway Controller Media Gateway Controller Media Gateway Control Function
MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol MGW Media Gateway MHP Multimedia Home Platform MHz Megahertz MIB Management Information Base MIC Message Integrity Check MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDP Mobile Information Device Profile MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output MIMO Multiple Input, Multiple Output MIP Mobile IP MIPS Millions of Instructions per Second MITM Man in the Middle ML/MP Main Level/Main Profile MLB Medium-to-Large Business MLD Multicast Listener Discovery MLD Multicast Listener Discovery MLPPP Multi-Link Point to Point Protocol MM Multimedia MMA Media Management Agent MMD Multipoint Microwave Distribution MMG Massively Multiplayer Game MMI Man Machine Interface MMS Multimedia Message System MNO Mobile Network Operator MNO Mobile Network Operator MoCA Multimedia Over Coax Alliance MOD Movies on Demand MOF Meta Object Facility MOS Mean Opinion Score MOS-CQ Mean Opinion Score-Conversational Quality MOS-LQ Mean Opinion Score-Listening Quality MOSPF Multicast Open Shortest Path First MOSSI MCMTS Operations Support System Interface MOSSI Modular Open Source Software Institute MOU Minutes Of Use MP Media Player MP@ML Main Profile at Main Level MP2MP Multipoint to Multipoint MP3 MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group)-1, (Audio) Layer 3 MPBGP MultiProtocol Border Gateway Protocol MPC Master Planned Communities MPC Media Player Controller MPCP Multipoint Control Protocol MPDU MAC (Media Access Control) Protocol Data Unit MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group MPEG-1 Moving Pictures Expert Group – Layer 1 MPEG-2 Moving Pictures Expert Group – Layer 2 MPEG2-TS MPEG2-Transport Stream MPEG-4 Moving Pictures Expert Group – Layer 4 MPEG-TS Moving Pictures Expert Group Transport Stream MPEGTS MPEG Transport Stream MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching MPLS-eth Multiprotocol Label Switching-Ethernet MPLS-FRR MultiProtocol Label Switching Fast Reroute
MPLS-TE MPLS-TE MPT MPTS MQ M-QAM MRC MRF MRFC MRFP MRTG MS ms MS MSA MSA300 MSB MSC MSC MSC MSDP msec MSFT MSO MSPP Msps MSR MSTP MSTP Msym MTA MTBF MTP-3 MTTD MTTF MTTR MTTU MTU MUG MULPI MUX mV MVNO MVoD MVPD MWG MWR MZ NACK NANPA NAP NAPT NAPTR NAS NASS NAT
MPLS – Traffic Engineering MultiProtocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering MPEG Transport Multi-Program Transport Stream Medium Quality M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Media Resource Center Multimedia Resource Function Multimedia Resource Function Controller Multimedia Resource Function Processor Multi Router Traffic Grapher Media Servers Millisecond Mobile Station Metropolitan Statistical Area Standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet Connector Most Significant Byte Message Sequence Chart Mobile Switching Center Mobile Switching System Multicast Source Discovery Protocol Millisecond Microsoft Corporation Multiple System Operator Multi-Service Provisioning Platform Mega-Symbols per Second Mesh Scalable Routing Multi Service Transport Platform Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Symbol Rate Multimedia Terminal Adapter Mean Time Between Failures Message Transfer Part Level 3 Mean Time to Diagnose Mean-Time-To-Failure Mean Time To Repair Mean Time to Understand Maximum Transmission Unit Multimedia Home Platform Umbrella Group MAC and Upper Layer Protocol Interface Multiplexer Millivolt Mobile Virtual Network Operator Mobile Video on Demand Multi-channel Video Programming Distributor Media GateWay Mesh Wireless Router Mach-Zehnder Negative Acknowledgement North American Numbering Plan Administration Network Access Point Network Address and Protocol Translation Naming Authority Pointer Network Attached Storage Network Attached Storage System Network Address Translation
NBC-BS NBI NCM NCS NCTA ND NDA NDE NDMH NDVR NE NEBS NeDS NEMA NEMS NETBIOS NF NFM NFS NG STB NG NG-L1 NGN NGNA NGO NGOD ngOSS ng-SONET NI NIC NID NIS NIST NIT NIU NLOS NLS nm NmAccess NMC NMS NNI NNOC NNTP NOC NP NPAC n-PE NPR NPV nPVR nQAM NRSS NRT VBR NRTC nRTP
Non Backwards-Compatible Broadcast Services Northbound Interface Next Century Media Network-based Call Signaling National Cable & Telecommunications Association Neighbor Discovery Non-Disclosure Agreement Network Dimensioning Engine Non-Degraded Modem Hours Network Digital Video Recorder Network Element Network Equipment Building System Network Domain Selection National Electrical Manufactures Association Network Element Management System Network Version of Basic Input/Output System Noise Figure Narrowband FM Network File System Next Generation Set Top Box Next Generation Next Generation Layer 1 Next Generation Network Next Generation Network Architecture Non-Government Organization Next Generation On Demand Next Generation Operations Systems and Software Next Generation Synchronous Optical NETwork Network Interface Network Interface Card Network Interface Device Network Infrastructure Solutions National Institute of Standards and Technology Network Information Table Network Interface Unit Non-Line of Sight Network Layer Signaling Nanometer Network Management Access Network Media Center Network Management System Network-Network Interface National Network Operations Center Network News Transfer Protocol Network Operations Center Number Portability Number Portability Administration Center Network (Device) Provider Edge Noise Power Ratio Net Present Value Network-based Personal Video Recorder Unspecified QAM National Renewable Security Standard Non-Real Time Variable Bit Rate National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative Non Real-time Transport Protocol
nrtPS NRT-VR NRZ ns NS NSI NSIS NSP NTP NTS NTSC NVM NVOD NW O/E OA&M OADM OAM OAM&P OASIS OCAP OC-CC OC-CFR OCn OCn OCS OCSP OCST OC-x OCXO ODA ODRL ODU ODU-1 OE O-E OEM O-E-O OEPL OEPLAN OEVPL OEVPLAN OFC OFCS OFDM OFDMA OH OIU OJT OLA OLT OM OMA OMG ONDS ONT
Non-Real Time Polling Service Non Real Time-Variable Rate NonReturn to Zero Nanosecond Neighbor Solicitation Network Side Interface Next Steps in Signaling Network Service Provider Network Time Protocol Near Term Storage National Television System Committee Non-Volatile Memory Near Video on Demand Network Optical Signal-to-Electrical Signal conversion Operations, Administration & Maintenance Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Operations, Administration, Management Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards OpenCable™ Application Platform OpenCable™ CableCARD™ OpenCable™ - Core Functional Requirements Optical Carrier (level) Optical Carrier (level) Online Charging System Online Certificate Status Protocol Office of Cable Signal Theft Optical Carrier (level) Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator Outlet Digital Adapter Open Digital Rights Language Optical Data Unit Optical Data Unit – Level 1 Optical Ethernet Optical-Electrical Original Equipment Manufacturer Optical-to-Electrical-to-Optical Optical Ethernet Private Line Optical Ethernet Private Local Area Network Optical Ethernet Virtual Private Line Optical Ethernet Virtual Private Local Area Network Optical Fiber Communication Offline Charging System Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Overhead Organizationally Unique Identifier On-The-Job Training Optical Line Amplifier Optical Line Terminal (or Termination) Order Management Open Mobile Alliance Object Management Group Optical Node Distribution Switch Optical Network Terminal
ONU OOB OOF OOK OOM OOO OpEx OPVC1 ORX OS OSA SCS OSA OSC OSCT OSDE OSGi OSI OSMINE OSNR OSP OSPF OSPF-TE OSS OSSI OSW OTA OTDR OTN OTN OTTP OTU2 OTU-N OTX OUI OWG OXC P/E P2MP P2P LSP P2P P2P PAC P2PE PABX PAC PAC PACM PAM PAM PAMS PAMS PAN PAR PARM PAT PAT
Optical Network Unit Out-of-Band Out of Frame On-Off-Keying Order Of Magnitude Optical-Optical-Optical Operating Expenses Optical channel Payload Virtual Container-Level 1 Optical Receiver Operating System Open Service Access-Service Capability Server Open Service Access Optical Supervisory Channel Operational Service Communications Tool Open Service Delivery Environment Open Services Gateway Initiative Open Systems Interconnect Operations Systems Modification for the Integration of Network Elements Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio Outside Plant Open Shortest Path First Open Shortest Path First with Traffic Engineering Operation Support System Operational Support System Interface Optical SWitch Over-the-Air Optical Time Domain Reflectometer Optical Transition Node Optical Transport Network Over-The-Top Provider Optical Transport Channel Unit 2 Optical Transport Unit Optical Transmitter Organizationally Unique Identifier OnRamp Working Group Optical Cross Connect Profits to Earnings Point to Multipoint Peer-to-Peer Layered Service Provider Peer to Peer Point to Point Personal Air Communication technology protocol Point-to-Point Emulation Private Automatic Branch Exchange Personalized Adaptive Coding Provisioning, Activation and Configuration Provisioning, Activation, Configuration and Management PacketCable Application Manager Pulse Amplitude Modulation Passive Acoustic Monitoring System Perceptive Analysis Measurement System Personal Area Network Project Authorization Request Parameter Port Address Termination Program Association Table
PBBTE PBH PBIA PBM PBNM PBP PBR PBT PBX PC PC PC1 PC2.0 PCI PCM PCMCIA PCMCIA PCMM PCR PCR PCRF PCS P-CSCF PDA PDD PDF PDF PDF PDG PDH PDI PDL PDN PDP PDP PDSN PDU PDW PEF PEG PEG PEI PEP PER PESQ PF PHB PHS PHS PHY PIC PID PID PIM PIM-DM PIM-SM
Provider Backbone Bridging with Traffic Engineering Peak Busy Hour Personal Broadband Industry Association Program Based Mosaic Policy-Based Network Management Personal Basis Profile Policy Based Routing Provider Backbone Transport Private Branch Exchange PacketCable™ Personal Computer Packet Cable version1 PacketCable™ 2.0 Peripheral Connect Interface Pulse Code Modulation Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Adaptor Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PacketCable™ Multimedia Peak Cell Rate Program Clock Reference Policy and Charging Rules Function Personal Communications System Proxy-Call Session Control(ler) Function Personal Digital Assistant Post-dial Delay Policy Decision Function Policy Distribution Function Probability Density Function Packet Data Gateway Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy Path Defect Indicator Polarization Dependent Loss Public Data Network Packet Data Protocol Policy Decision Point Packet Data Serving Node Protocol Data Unit Polarization Dependent Wavelength Policy Enforcement Function Pain per Eyeball Gained Public, Education, Government Policy Enforcement Interface Policy Enforcement Point Packet Error Rate Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality Policy Function Prescribed per Hop Behavior Packet Header Suppression Payload Header Suppression Physical (layer) Photonic Integrated Circuit Packet Identifier Program Identifier Protocol Independent Multicast Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode Protocol Independent Multicast – Sparse Mode
PIN PIN PING PIP PKI PKM PKT pktc PL PLC PLC PLMN PLT PM PM PMD PMK PMP PMP PMT PN PO PoC POD POF POH PON PON POP POP3 POS POS POTS p-p PPD PPE PPmux PPP PPPoA PPPoE pps PPS PPT PPTP PPV PQ PRBS PRBS PRCF PRI PRM PRNG PRV PS PS PS
Positive-Intrinsic-Negative Personal Identification Number Packet Internet Groper Picture In Picture Public Key Infrastructure Privacy and Key Management Packet PacKeT Cable Packet Loss Packet Loss Concealment Powerline Communications Public Land Mobile Network Powerline Telecommunications Performance Monitoring Phase Modulation Polarization Mode Dispersion Pairwise Master Key Point to MultiPoint Portable Media Player Program Map Table Program Number Purchase Order Push to talk over Cellular Point of Deployment Plastic Optical Fiber Path Overhead Passive Optical Network Passive Optical Network Point Of Presence Post Office Protocol 3 Packet Over SONET Point of Sale Plain Old Telephone Service Peak to peak Post-pickup Delay Programmable Processing Element(s) Point-to-Point Multiplexer Point-to-Point Protocol PPP over ATM Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet packets per second Packets Per Second Power Passing Tap Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Pay Per View Picture Quality Pseudo-Random Binary Sequence Pseudo-Random Bits Stream Positioning Radio Coordination Function Primary Rate Interface Polarization Recovery Module Pseudo Random Number Generators Privacy Packet Switch Policy Server Portal Services
PS PS PSA PS-CN PSD PSI PSIP PSK PSK PSN PSP PSP PSP PSQ PSQM PSTN Pt to Pt PTK PTP PTS PTT PTT PTV PUSC PV PVC PVC PVR PVT PW PWE3 PWE3 Q1 QA QAM QBP QCC QCIF QCS QEF QFM QoE QoS QPSK R&D R.H. RA RACF RACS RADD RADIUS RAI RAID RAM RAN RAN
Power Supply Provisioning Server PacketCable Service Agreement Packet Switched Core Network Power Spectral Density Program Specific Information Program and System Information Protocol Phase Shift Keying PreShared Key Packet Switched Network Packet Streaming Protocol Packet Success Probability Play Station Portable Packet Streaming Queue Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement Public Switched Telephone Network Point to Point Pairwise Temporal Key Point To Point Program Transport Stream Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Push to Talk PowerTV Partial Usage of Subchannels Present Value Permanent Virtual Circuit/Connection Private Virtual Circuit Personal Video Recorder Provider VLAN Transport Pseudo Wire Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge Pseudo-Wire End-to-End Working Group Quarter 1 Quality Assurance Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QoS Boundary Point QoS Characteristics Management Client Quarter Common Intermediate Format QoS Characteristics Management Server Quasi-Error Free QoS prioritized Forwarding and Media Access Quality of Experience Quality of Service Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Research and Development Relative Humidity Router Advertisement Resource Access Control Function Resource and Admission Control Sub-system Remote Addressable DANIS/DLS Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service Remote Alarm Indication Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks Random Access Memory Radio Access Network Regional Area Network
RAP RAP RBOC RBW RC RCA RCEF RCV RDC RDF RDI RDI REL REN REQ ResApp RESV REW RF RFC RFI RFP RG RIAA RIN RIP RISC RJ RKS RM RMS RNC RNOC RO ROADM ROAP ROB ROI ROM RP RPD RPF RPM RPR RS RS RSA RSA RSS RSTP RSVP RSVP-TE RT VBR RT RTA RTA
Regional Access Point Resource Allocation Protocol Regional Bell Operating Company Resolution Bandwidth Redistribution Control Root Cause Analysis Resource Control and Enforcement Function Receiver Reverse Data Channel Resource Description Framework Remote Defect Indicator Remote Detection Indication Rights Expression Language Ringer Equivalence Number Request Resident Application Reservation Rewind Radio Frequency Request for Comment Request for Information Request for Proposal Residential Gateway Recording Industry Association of America Relative Intensity Noise Routing Information Protocol Reduced Instruction Set Computer Registered Jack Record Keeping Server Resource Manager Root Mean Square Radio Network Controller Regional Network Operations Center Read Only Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer Rights Object Acquisition Protocol Return on Bandwidth Return on Investment Read Only Memory Rendezvous Point Return Path Demodulator Reverse Path Forwarding Revolutions per Minute Resilient Packet Ring Reed-Solomon Router Solicitation Reed-Solomon Association Rivest Shamir Adleman Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Resource reSerVation Protocol Resource Reservation Protocol with Traffic Engineering Real-Time Variable Bit Rate Real Time Real Time Acquisition Real Time Asset
RTCP RTCP-XR RTD RTE RTI RTN RTOS RTP RTP RTPS rtPS RTSP RTT RT-VR RU RU RW RX RxMER RZ RZ-DPSK s.f. S/I S/IMP S/N SA SAG SAID SAII SAML SAN SAP SAP SARA SATA SAToP SAW SB SBC SBC SBM SBS SBS SBV SBW SC/APC SCADA SCC S-CDMA SCIM SCM SCM SCMS SCN SCN SCO
Real time Transmission Control Protocol Real time Transmission Control Protocol-Extended Reports Round Trip Delay Real Time Encoder Real Time Ingest Regional Transport Network Real Time Operating System Real Time Protocol Real-time Transport Protocol Real Time Polling Service Real Time Polling Service Real Time Streaming Protocol Round-Trip Time Real Time-Variable Rate Rack Unit Revenue Unit Rewind Receive or receiver Receive Modulation Error Ratio Return to Zero Return to Zero Differential Phase Shift keying Square Foot Signal-to-Interference Ratio Signal-to-Impulse Ratio Signal-to-Noise Ratio Scientific Atlanta Synthetic Analog Gateway Security Association Identifier Source Attachment Individual Identifier Security Assertion Markup Language Storage Area Network Secondary Audio Program Service Access Point Scientific-Atlanta Resident Application Serial Advanced Technology Attachment Structured Agnostic TDM over Packet Surface Acoustic Wave Switched Broadcast Session Border Control(ler) Switched Broadcast Client Switched Broadcast Manager Stimulated Brilliouin Scattering Switched Broadcast Server Switched Broadcast Video Signal Bandwidth Standard Connector/ Angled Physical Contact Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Seamless Content Consumption Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access Service Capability Interaction Manager Stored Content Manager Sub-Carrier Multiplexing Serial Copy Management System Service Class Name Shared Content Network Synchronous Connection Oriented
SCP SCR SCS s-CSCF SCSI SCTE SD SD SDB SDC SDF SDH SDI SDIO SDK SDL SDMH SDMI SDP SDP SDPF SDRAM SDRF SDTV SDV SDVoD SDVOD SEM SER SERDES SES SESR SF SF SFA SFID SFM SFM SFM SFP SFP SG SG SGC SGSN SGW SGW SHA-1 SHDB SI SI SIC SID SID SIFS SIGTRAN
Service Control Platform Silicon Controlled Rectifier Service Capability Server Serving-Call Session Control Function Small Computer System Interface Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Secure Digital Standard Definition Switched Digital Broadcast Service Data Center Service Degradation Failure Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Secure Digital Interface Secure Digital Input/Output Software Development Kit Simple DirectMedia Layer Severely Degraded Modem Hours Secure Digital Music Initiative Service Delivery Platform Session Description Protocol Service Policy Decision Function Synchronous Direct Random Access Memory Software Defined Radio Forum Standard Definition Television Switched Digital Video Standard Definition Video on Demand Standard Definition Video-on-Demand Subscriber Experience Management Symbol Error Rate Serializer/Deserializer Severely Errored Seconds Severely Errored Seconds Ratio Service Flow SuperFrame Service Flow Authorization Service Flow Identifier Service Flow Management Single-Flow Multicast Source Filtered Multicast Small Form-factor Pluggable Small Form-factor Pluggable Service Group Signaling Gateway Signaling Gateway Controller Serving GPRS Support Node Security GateWay Signaling Gateway Secure Hash Algorithm version 1 Switched High-Definition Digital Broadcast Service Information System Information Standard Industrial Classification Service Identifier Shared Information/Data Shortest InterFrame Space Signal Transmission
SIM SIP SISO SLA LC SLF SLIC SLM SM SMB SMB SME SMF SMPTE SMS SMS SMSC S-MTA SMTP SMx SNA SNC SNG SNI SNMP SNR SOA SOA SOAP SoC S-OFDM SOH SOHO SONET SP SP SPAN S-PDF SPDF SPDIF SPE Spec. SPI SPIT SPM SPP SPR SPTS SQL SQM SR RM SRM SRM SRP SRS
Subscriber Identity Module Session Initiation Protocol Single-Input Single-Output Service Level Agreement Shorten Last Codeword Subscription Location Function Subscriber Line Interface Card Signal Level Meter Single Mode Server Message Block Small to Medium Business Small to Medium Enterprise Single Mode Fiber Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Service Management System Short Message Service (or System) Short Message Service Center Standalone Multimedia Terminal Adaptor Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Segment Manager X Systems Network Architecture Sub-Network Connection Satellite News Gathering Service-to-Network Interface Simple Network Management Protocol Signal-to-Noise Ratio Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Service Oriented Architecture Simple Object Access Protocol Systems on a Chip Scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing State of Health Small Office/Home Office Synchronous Optical Network Service Provider Single Program Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks Service-based - Policy Decision Function Synchronous Piggybacked Data Flow Sony/Philips Digital Interface Synchronous Payload Envelope Specification Spending Potential Indexes SPAM over IP Telephony Self phase modulation Serial Port Profile Subscription Profile Repository Single Program Transport Stream Structured Query Language Sustainable Quality Management Switch Router Session and Resource Manager Session Resource Manager System Resource Manager SIP Routing Proxy Stimulated Raman Scattering
SRTP SRV SS7 SSB SSD SSF SSH SSID SSL SSM SSMF SSO SSP SSP/SIS StatMux STB Std STG STL STM STM STP STS STS-1 STT STTD STUN
Secure Real-time Transport Protocol Server Signaling System 7 Single Sideband Solid State Disk Services Switching Function Secure Shell Service Set Identifier Secure Sockets Layer Source Specific Multicast Standard Single Mode Fiber Single Sign On Session Setup Protocol Shell Session Protocol / Session Initiation System Statistical Multiplexing Set-Top Box Standard Subscriber Telephony Gateway Studio-to-Transmitter Link Synchronous Transfer Mode Synchronous Transport Module Spanning Tree Protocol Synchronous Transport Signal Synchronous Transport Signal – Level 1 Set-top Terminal Space Time Transmit Diversity Simple Transversal of UDP (User Datagram Protocol) Through NAT (Network Address Translation) SU Subscriber Unit SUT System Under Test SVG Scalable Vector Graphics SVOD Subscription Video on Demand SVOD Switched Video on Demand SVP Secure Video Processor SW Software SWB Switched Broadcast SX Short Reach as in 1000Base-SX SYNC Synchronization Profile SYSLOG System Log T&B Traffic & Billing T1 First level T-Carrier 1 (1.544Mbps Transmission facility) T3 Third level T-Carrier 3 (44.736Mbps Transmission facility) TAC Technical Assistance Center TAII Target Attachment Individual Identifier TB Terabyte TBD To Be Determined Tbps Terabits per Second TC Transmission Convergence TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Part TCM Tandem Connection Monitoring TCM Trellis Coded Modulation TCO Total Cost of Ownership TCP Transmission Control Protocol TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol TCXO Temperature Controlled Crystal Oscillator TD-CDMA Time Division-Code Division Multiple Access
TDD Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf TDD Time Division Duplex TDM Time Division Multiplexing TDMA Time Division Multiple Access TDMoDOCSIS Time Division Multiplexing over DOCSIS TDMoIP Time Division Multiplexing over Internet Protocol TD-SCDMA Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access TE Traffic Engineering TEC Triggered Event Command TELR Talker Echo Loudness Rating TFF Thin Film Filter TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol TG Task Group TGCP Trunking Gateway Control Protocol TGS Ticket Granting Server THz Terahertz TIA Telecommunication Industry Association TIA TransImpedance Amplifier TIPHON Telecommunications & Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks TISPAN Telecom & Internet Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TL1 Transaction Language One TLS Transparent LAN Service TLS Transport Layer Security TLV Type, Length, Value TMPLS Transport MPLS TN Telephone Number, Timeslot Number, Telecommunications Network, Transit Node TNCS Transmission Network Control System TOADM Tunable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer TOD Television on Demand ToD Time of Day ToF Time of Flight TOS Theft of Service TOS Type of Service TPL TDM Private Line TR Technical Reference TRCF Transport Resource Control Function TrGW Translation Gateway TRI Telephony Return Interface TRP Target Rating Points tRTO TCP Retransmit Timeout TS Transport Stream TSI Time Slot Interchange TSID Transport Stream Identifier TSP TDM Service Processor T-SPEC Traffic SPECification TSR Technical Service Representative TSS Telephony Switching Sub-System TTL Time To Live TTLS Tunnel Transparent Layer Security TTY TeleTYpe TURN Traversal Using Relay NAT (Network Address Translation) TV Television TVOD Television on Demand TWAMP Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol TWC Time Warner Cable
TX TxMER TXOP U/S UA U-ASPD UBR UCC UCD UCID UDDI UDLR UDP UDP/IP UDSL UDWDM UE UEQ UGC UGS UGS/AD UHF UI UKL UL UMA UML UMTS UNC UNE UNE-P UNI UNI-C UNI-CE U-NII UNI-N UPA uPE UPnP UPS URI URL US USB USD USF USM USRM UTI UTP UTRAN UWB V V/A VAC VAD
Transmit or transmitter Transmit Modulation Error Ratio Transmission Opportunity Upstream User Agent Unscheduled - Automatic Power Save Delivery Unspecified Bit Rate Upstream Channel Change Upstream Channel Descriptor Upstream Channel Identifier Universal Description, Discovery and Integration Uni-Directional Link Routing User Datagram Protocol User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol Unidirectional Digital Subscriber Line Ultra Dense Wave Division Multiplex User Equipment Universal Edge QAM User Generated Content Unsolicited Grant Service UGS with Activity Detection Ultra High Frequency User Interface Unit Key List Uplink Unlicensed Mobile Access Unified Modeling Language Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) Network Controller Unbundled Network Element Unbundled Network Element - Platform User Network Interface User Network Interface – Customer (Network) User Network Interface – Customer Edge Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure User Network Interface – (Provider) Network Usability Professionals’ Association User (Device) Provider Edge Universal Plug and Play Uninterruptible Power Supply Uniform Resource Identifier Uniform Resource Locator Upstream Universal Serial Bus United States Dollar(s) Universal Service Fund User-based Security Model Universal Session Resource Management Universal Transport Interface Unshielded Twisted Pair UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network Ultra Wideband Voltage Video/Audio Volts Alternating Current Voice Activity Detection
VAG VAR VAS VBI VBR VBR VBR-NRT VBR-RT VC VC1 VC-1 VC-1 VCAT VCC VCC VCI VCM Vco VCR VDC VDSL VDSL2 VER VHF VHS VL2SI VLAN VLL VLR VLSM VM VMM VN VoD VODoIP VoDSL VoIP VoWi-Fi VP V-PCRF VPI VPL VPLS VPLS VPN VPWS VQ VQI VRAM VRF VRN VRNAV VRTX VS VSA VSAT
Voice Access Gateway Value Added Reseller Value Added Service Vertical Blanking Interval Variable Bit Rate Variable Bit Rate Variable Bit Rate – Non-Real Time Variable Bit Rate – Real Time Virtual Channel, Virtual Circuit Video Codec 1 Video Coding 1 (Formerly VC-9--Soon to be known as SMPTE 421M) Video Compression 1 (Formerly VC-9--Soon to be known as SMPTE 421M) Virtual Concatenation Voice Call Continuity Voice Call Continuity Virtual Channel Identifier Variable Coding and Modulation Voltage Cut Off Video Cassette Recorder Volts Direct Current Very High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Very High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line 2 Virtual Ethernet Ring Very High Frequency Video Home System Virtual LAN to Serial Interface Virtual Local Area Network Virtual Leased Line Visitor Location Register Variable Length Subnet Mask Virtual Machine Vehicular Modem Module Voltage Null Video on Demand Video on Demand over Internet Protocol Video over Digital Subscriber Line Voice over Internet Protocol Voice over Wi-Fi Voltage Peak Visited Policy and Charging Rules Function Virtual Path Identifier Virtual Private Line Virtual Private Label Service Virtual Private LAN Service Virtual Private Network Virtual Private Wire Service Vector Quantization Voice Quality Index Video Random Access Memory Virtual Routing and Forwarding Tables Video-Rich Navigation Video-Rich Navigation Audio/Visual Virtual Real-Time Extension Video Server Vector Signal Analyzer Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSB VSG VSI VT VTS W WAG WAN WAP WAV WCD WCDMA WCM WCMTS WDM WECA WEP WFA WFM WFM WFQ -Fi WiMAX WiMax WiMedia WIN WIP WIWWIW WLAN WLL WM WM WM9 WMA WMAN WMC WME WMM WMM-SA WMV WOFDM WPA WPA2 WPA-FSK WPAN WPE WRED WSDL WSDL WSS WW WWDM WWRF WWW XAIT XAUI
Vestigial Sideband Vector Signal Generator Virtual Switch Interface Virtual Tributary Video Transport Service Watt Wireless Access Gateway Wide Area Network Wireless Access Point Windows Wave Wideband Channel Descriptor Wireless Code Division Multiple Access Wideband Cable Modem Wideband Cable Modem Termination System Wave Division Multiplex(ing) Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance Wired Equivalent Privacy Workforce Automation Wideband FM Workforce Management Weighted Fair Queuing Wireless Fidelity Wireless Microwave Access Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access An alliance for Wireless Multimedia Wireless Intelligent Network Work in Process “What I Want When I Want” Wireless Local Area Network Wireless Local Loop Wave Mixing Wave Multiplexing Windows Media Player, version 9 Windows Media Audio Wireless Metropolitan Area Network Wireless Modem Card Wireless Multimedia Extension Wi-Fi MultiMedia Wi-Fi MultiMedia Standards Association/Alliance Windows Media Video Wavelet Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Wireless (Wi-Fi) Protected Access Wireless (Wi-Fi) Protected Access 2 Wireless (Wi-Fi) Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key Wireless Personal Area Network Wireless Plant Extension Weighted Random Early Detection Web Services Definition Language Web Services Description Language Wavelength Selective Switch Worldwide Wide WDM Wireless World Research Forum World Wide Web Extended Application Information Table 10 Gigabit Ethernet Attachment Unit Interface
xDSL XENPAK XFP XHTML XMI XML XMOD xOD XPM xPON xVOD xWDM y/y ZWP ZWPF
Any variant of the Digital Subscriber Line technology Fiber Optic Transceiver Module conforming to 10GigE Standard 10-Gigabit Small Form-factor Pluggable GBIC Module Extensible Hypertext Markup Language XML Metadata Interchange Extensible Markup Language Cross Modulation X-service on Demand (i.e., Movies on Demand) Cross-Phase Modulation X version of Passive Optical Network X version (or form) of Video on Demand (i.e., Subscription, Near, etc.) Non-specific form of Wave Division Multiplex Year Over Year Zero Water Peak Zero Water Peak Fiber