Acronyms
100Base T Fast Ethernet - a 100 Mbps networking standard (IEEE 802.3u)
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BER - Bit Error Rate
CAT5 - Category 5, an Ethernet cable used to connect computers
CDR - Clock Data Recovery
CO - Central Office, typically a telephone term where the main equipment is located
CWDM - Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing
D1 - Known as full resolution for television specifications. Typically one of the following video resolutions. 704x480 (NTSC), 704x 576 (PAL), 720x480 (DVD-Video NTSC), 720x576 (DVD-PAL)
DVB-ASI -Digital Video Broadcasting-Asynchronous Serial Transfer
DVB-H -standard for handheld battery powered devices
DVB-T Uses COFDM modulation primarily in Europe.
DVB-S allows multiple carriers transported via one single saturated carrier .
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
DWDM - Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
EDFA - Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier
ESCON - Enterprise System Connection
FDDI - Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FICON - Fiber Connection
FTTC - Fiber to the Curb
FTTH - Fiber to the Home
FTTN - Fiber to the Node or Neighborhood
FTTP - Fiber to the Premise
GE - Gigabit Ethernet (1,000 Mbps)
HDTV - High Definition Television
HD-SDI - High Definition Serial Digital Interface
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP - Internet Protocol
IPTV - Internet Protocol Television
LAN - Local Area Network
MAC - Media Access Control
MPEG2 - Motion Picture Experts Group 2 - standards for compressed video from 2-9 Mbps
MPEG4 - Motion Pictures Experts Group 4 - standards for compressed video at 64 Kbps
NOC - Network Operations Center
NTSC - National Television System Committee
OADM - Optical Add-Drop Multiplexing
OC - Optical Carrier
OCR - Optical Character Recognition
OXC - Optical Cross-Connect
PAL -Phase Alternation Line (European TV Format)
P2MP - Point to Multipoint
P-t-P - Point to Point
QCIF-QVGA - live broadcast 12.5 -20 frames per second for mobile DTV
QoS - Quality of Service
SAN - Storage Area Network
SDH- Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SDI -Serial Digital Interface
SFP - Small Form-factor Pluggable
SMPTE259M - standard for transporting composite serialized digital video over coax
SMPTE279M - standard for transporting composite serialized digital video over fiber
SONET - Synchronous Optical Network
SNR - Signal to Noise Ratio
STM - Synchronous Transfer Mode
TDMA - Time Division Multiple Access
TDM - Time Division Multiplexing
VC-1 - A Microsoft based standard for compressed Video, 60% compression savings when compared to MPEG-2
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
WAN - Wide Area Network
WDM - Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
