Nortel 15000 Terminology page 46

E3
The 34.368 Mbit/s interface defined in ITU-T G.703 and G.704.
E.164
The ITU-T recommended numbering plan for ISDN that includes the
numbering plan for public switched telephone networks.
early packet discard (EPD)
EPD is a feature that applies a more stringent discard policy to the first cell of
an AAL-5 frame than it does to subsequent cells. This reduces the number of
incomplete frames in the network and thereby increases the throughput.
EAP
See external address plan (EAP) (page
EBGP
See external border gateway protocol (EBGP) (page
EBR
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echo cancellation
A technique in voice networking that allows for the isolation and filtering of
unwanted signal energy caused by echoes from the main transmitted signal.
ECR
See equivalent cell rate (ECR) (page
edge-based rerouting (EBR)
Edge-based rerouting refers to procedures used in a PNNI network to recover
and optimize active point-to-point SVC, SVP, soft PVC, and soft PVP
connections.
EFCI
See explicit forward congestion indication (EFCI) (page
EG
See external gateway (EG) (page
EGP
See exterior gateway protocol (EGP) (page
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