Nortel 15000 Terminology page 59

agnostic, it can shape four emission priorities (EPs), and it does not have a
usage parameter control (UPC) function because that is done by a different
ASIC called ATLAS (on the same card).
global rerouting domain
In the context of the global rerouting protocol, the entire set of nodes in the
PNNI network including all nodes belonging to all local rerouting domains.
Global System for Mobile Communications
A standard digital cellular phone service used in Europe and Japan, to ensure
interoperability between countries.
good-put
In an ATM network, the measurable amount of traffic that is transmitted from
source to destination that can be successfully segmented and reassembled
by the end systems. A high good-put means that few or no cells were
transmitted that could not be reassembled into frames.
GPRS
See general packet radio service (page 58)
group address
In ATM networking, identifies a group of endstations. The ATM group address
is characterized by the group address AFI. The ATM groups and AFIs are
defined in the ATM Forum User-to-Network Interface Signaling Specification
Version 4.0 (af-sig-0061.000), Annex 5.
GQM
See generic queue manager (GQM) (page
GSM
See Global System for Mobile Communications (page
GvcIf
See general virtual circuit interface (GvcIf) (page
H.248
The ITU-T gateway control protocol. H.248 is one control interface used
between the media gateway controller and the Media Gateway.
half session (HS)
A session-layer component consisting of the combination of data flow control
and transmission control components comprising one end of a session.
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