Glossary - 3Com CoreBuilder 7000 Operation Manual

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ABR Available Bit Rate. An ATM layer service category for which the limiting
ATM layer transfer characteristics provided by the network may change
subsequent to connection establishment.
address prefix A string of 0 or more bits up to a maximum of 152 bits that is the lead
portion of one or more ATM addresses.
AFI Authority and Format Identifier, This identifier is part of the network
level address header.
aggregated Common information, such as the name of the group, but not the
information individual members.
A generalized list which contains the summary of the reachable
aggregated list
addresses for its group.
A number assigned to an outside link by the border nodes at the ends
aggregation token
of the outside link. The same number is associated with all uplinks and
induced uplinks associated with the outside link. In the parent and all
higher-level peer group, all uplinks with the same aggregation token
are aggregated.
Allowed Cell Rate An ABR service parameter, ACR is the current rate in cells/sec at which
(ACR) a source is allowed to send.
A mechanism that supports the use of a new path after an attempt to
alternate routing
set up a connection along a previously selected path fails.
The ability to allow an application to request a P2P connection over a
Anycast
single ATM end system that is part of an ATM group.
API Application Program Interface: API is a programmatic interface used for
interprogram communications or for interfacing between protocol
layers.