Glossary - Nortel Passport 4400 Using Manual

Glossary

address plan
agent
A-Law
AMI
ARP
Specifies the format of the addresses identifying the elements to which
Passport can route packets. The address plan is known by every node capable
of receiving such packets. It can be either internal or external to Passport.
Passport uses the external Magellan DPN-100 address plan that combines
ITU-T specifications X.121 and E.164 with Magellan DPN-100 RID/MID
addressing
Network management software components that are contained in managed
entities such as routers, concentrators, and host computers, and that monitor
the operation of the managed entity by maintaining a collection of objects in
the management information base (MIB). Agents communicate with
corresponding managers.
A Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), non-linear digital voice coding and
companding method associated with E1 type high-speed linear transmission.
Commonly used in Europe.
Alternate Mark Inversion. A digital line encoding technique in which a zero is
transmitted by no pulse while a one is transmitted by a pulse opposite in
polarity to the previous pulse.
Address Resolution Protocol. A mechanism for mapping network-layer
addresses (for example, IP and IPX) to data-link-layer addresses (for example,
local area network media access control addresses).
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