Building Multiservice Transport Networks

Index

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PABX (private automatic branch exchange)

panels, DSX

pass-through

passive DWDM

Path Protected Mesh Networks (PPMN) 2nd 3rd

paths, SONET/SDH transmission segments

PBX (private branch exchange) switches

PCA (Protection Channel Access) 2nd

PCM (pulse code modulation)

PDH (plesiochronous digital hierarchy)

Peak Information Rate (PIR)

performance

     ATM

     Frame Relay

     IO

     monitoring 2nd

Performance tab (CTC)

phases, evolution of SANs

pigtailing

PIR (Peak Information Rate)

plain old telephone service (POTS) 2nd

platforms

     legacy optical

         OC-12

         OC-48

     MSPPs 2nd

         capital expense reduction

         demand for LAN bandwidth

         high-bandwidth services

         market drivers

         OAM&P 2nd

         TCO 2nd

plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH)

PLSs (Private Line Services)

point of presence (POP) 2nd

point-to-point Ethernet over MSPP

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

point-to-point transport architecture

policies, management

POP (point of presence) 2nd

Port-mapped mode

ports

     DS3

     G1K

     I/O

POTS (plain old telephone service) 2nd

power supply

     connections

     MSPPs

     supply voltage monitoring, AIC-I

     troubleshooting

     voltage monitoring 2nd 3rd

PPMN (Path Protected Mesh Networks) 2nd 3rd

PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

PRI (primary rate ISDN)

primary reference source (PRS)

prioritization, timing

private architecture

private automatic branch exchange (PABX)

private branch exchange (PBX) switches

Private Line Services (PLSs)

private rings

production design

profiles

     alarms

     security

propagation, light (in fiber)

protection

     APS

     bandwidth

     DWDM

     mechanisms

     switches

Protection Channel Access (PCA) 2nd

PROTNA (Protection Unit Not Available)

protocols

     Frame Relay

     IP

     IPTV

     PPP

     SNMP

     STP

provisioning 2nd 3rd

     A-to-Z circuit

     community names

     E-Series Ethernet interface cards

     end-to-end

     flow-through

     MSPPs

     ONS 15454 2nd

     RPR

     services

PRS (primary reference source)

PSTN (public switched telephone network) 2nd

pulse code modulation (PCM)