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Glossary
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Fresnel reflection
A reflection of light that occurs at the air-glass interface at the ends of an optical fiber. See
reflection" (p. GL-3)
FTP
See "file transfer protocol" (p. GL-10)
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G gain
The increase in power and magnitude of a signal.
gateway network element (GNE)
A system node that has a physical attachment to the management system to support the access of
the remote NE. The number of remote NEs a GNE can serve is specified in terms of the number
of OSI stack associations that the GNE can support without running out of local resources.
GbE
See "Gigabit Ethernet" (p. GL-12)
generic framing protocol (GFP)
Provides a generic mechanism to adapt traffic from higher-layer client signals over an
octet-synchronous transport network. Client signals may be PDU oriented (e.g., PPP/IP or
Ethernet MAC), block oriented (e.g., Fiber Channel or ESCON) or a Constant Bit Rate (CBR)
stream.
GFP
See "generic framing protocol" (p. GL-12)
Gigabit Ethernet (GBE)
A transmission technology based on the Ethernet frame format and protocol used in local area
networks (LANs) that provides a data rate of one billion bits (one gigabit) per second. Gigabit
Ethernet is defined in the IEEE 802.3 standard and is currently used as the backbone in many
enterprise networks.
glass through-connection
A pair of optical connections between two segments that terminate on the same site.
GNE
See "gateway network element" (p. GL-12)
graphical user interface (GUI)
A program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics capabilities to make the
program easier to use.
grooming
Consolidating or segregating traffic.
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