Index

AAL convergence function 136 AAL Type 5 27 AAL-3 27 AAL-4 27 AC

coupled BMR 173 coupled receiver 166 coupling 166

access line loopback 274 access network (AN) 105-9, 116, 207, 245-6,

248,250-1,261,263,265-6,279,283, 287, 289, 292

domain 265 information model 270

access priority 263 accounting management 264 address 15, 17

filtering 122 recognition 177 resolution protocol (ARP) 54

addressing 109, 120, 124, 126-7, 245, 263 agent role 269 aggregate bandwidth 37 aggregate traffic 38, 46 alarm indication 25 aliasing 188-9 aligner 142, 145 ALLOC message 256

COMPLETE message 256 amplifier 186-7 AN-LEX interaction 252 analogue 178, 182

techniques 149-50 analogue-to-digital conversion 189 anti-coincidence circuit 150, 153 AN 109,245,249-50, 252, 256 APD 186 arbitrary network element (ANE) 248 arrival

information field 204 rates 200 time 204

asymmetric cryptosystems 234 asynchronous transfer mode see ATM ATM

address 54 cell 52, 117, 125, 133 connection 15, 41, 54 cross-connect (AXC) 248 forum 4, 9, 14, 42, 44, 46, 53, 283 layer 15-6,18,20,22,24,26-7 local area networks 105, 295 network 51-3,55-6,58 PON 110-11, 113, 115, 123, 127, 129, 131 switches 54, 283 switching 17 switching fabric 283 technology 52 terminals 282 test bed 281

ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) 27-8, 30, 32 Type 1 27,28,51-2,216 Type 2 29 Type 3/4 27, 29, 33, 57 Type 5 25, 29, 32-3, 58

attenuation 66, 137-8, 165, 172, 174 unbalance 137

attenuator 175 attributes 269 audio conference

server 282, 284 terminals 282

audio conferencing 285 authentication 134, 231, 233 authenticity 112, 231 available bit rate (ABR) 46 average

bit rate 37 cell rate 42

B(egin)TAG 31 B-ISDN protocol reference model 109,113 B-ISDN, address 127

298

B-ISDN/PSTN interworking 286 B-NT2 7,120 backbone 52, 58

approach 49 backward explicit congestion notification

(BECN) algorithm 259 BAF

cell 125 system 113,115,124,127-8,131,187,281,

291-2 bandwidth 182, 196, 201, 257

allocation 107, 117, 279 request table 200, 202

bearer and network services 285 BECN cell 259 belt permit programming (BPP) 195

MAC protocol 203 protocol 211

Berlekamp-Masseyalgorithm 235 Bernoulli processes 20 best effort services (BES) 257

queue 259 traffic 258

bit alignment 149-50 synchroniser 149, 156

bitstream 14,28 block code 14 BMR see burst mode receiver BMT 162-3 BOM 31

cell 56-7 BPP 222-3, 226-7

protocol 222 Broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) 3,49 broadband

network terminations 283 videotelephony 285 videotext services 290

broadcast 54, 134 signalling 25

buffer 17, 18, 22 allocation 30 management 20 overflow 57, 195

buffering 258 bundle 212

spacer 196, 216 spacing 209

burst 123-4 duration 42 generator 136 length 216 mode 124, 141, 160, 166, 169 mode receiver (BMR) 133,147,167,171-2,

186,188

mode reception 166, 188 mode synchronisation 141 mode transmission 157, 159 mode transmitters (BMTs) 160 processor 133 size 43 tolerance 15, 36, 47

burstiness 42 bursty traffic 225 bus 61-2

CAC algorithm 257 call set-up 44, 127

INDEX

calli connection establishment 252 16-carrierless amplitude modulation/phase

modulation (CAP) 10 CATV 107

distributive services 115 CBR sources 222

traffic 216, 222 CCITT 3,4 CDV 28,44,136,194,203,208,210,220,226,

229 I-point 226-7 and UPC 44 performance 211, 226 tolerance 45

cell 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 50, 123, 126 based physical layer 13 based transmission 14 boundaries 12 clumping 196,226 delay 15 delay jitter 15 delay variation see CDV delineation, HEC 136 delineation 13,101,237-9 header 9, 25, 127, 130, 247 loss priority (CLP) 25, 41 loss probability 38 loss 15,28,35-6,56-7,195,207-8 loss rate (CLR) 262 multiplexing 110 rate decoupling 10-1, 136 sizes 9 stream 219

central buffering 19 change of keys 239-40 change-key protocol 240, 242 charging 109 • check flows 272 chromatic dispersion 165 ciphertext 233-4 circuit emulation 27 cladding 65

INDEX

class 269 clearing 283 client 53 client-server architecture 53 clipping 186 clock 134, 136

phase 147-8 recovery 51

closed-loop response 144 CLP bit 45 clumping 44 CMI encoding! decoding 120 CMIP 278

model 264 coarse ranging 133,136,171-3,175,178-80,

182,184-6,190-1 signal 187 static fine ranging 177

coax 106-7 collisions 177-8,182

of cells 206 combiner 61, 66, 138 common part convergence sublayer (CPCS)

29-30,32 comparator 142,146 computer supported cooperative work

(CSCW) 293 COM 31 concentrator (CON), multiplexer (MUX) or

ATM cross-connect (AXC) 249 concentrators, VP cross-connects 107 confidence intervals 219 configuration management 262-3,289 configuration manager 263 conformance test 46 confusion 236 congestion 25, 41, 57, 257

avoidance 284 notification indication 259

connection 15,26-7,35,37-8,44,55,126-7 admission control (CAC) 35-6, 38, 41, 198 control and management 283 handling 283 identifier 127 management 33 oriented data service 27, 58 set-up 43, 283

connectionless 127 data service 27 network access protocol (CLNAP) 30,53 protocol 284 server (CLS) 53, 56-7, 284 service 31, 52, 56, 58

constant bit-rate 282 container 251 containment relationship 269, 275

continuation of message (COM) 31 continuity 272 continuous-state leaky bucket algorithm

(CSLB) 45 control 122, 133

block 134 plane 27,56,112,122-3 subsystem 289

controllable delay 144 convergence sublayer (CS) 27 convergence sublayer identifier (CSI) 28 conversion 183 convolution method 37-8 cooperative work 286, 291 core

diameter 65 interface function 108-9 network 105-6, 108-9, 129 network equipment 281

correlation 179 correlator 146 coupler 65-7 coupling losses 67 CPCS-PDU 31-2 CPI field 31 CR 180,183

accuracy 191 OAM 185 sampling 182

CRC-16 58 CRC-32 32 CRC10 31 cross-bar 17 cross-connects 49 crosstalk 188 CS-PDU 30 CSCW 295 CSELT 281 CSELT ATM test bed 281,285,291-292 curb ONU (ONU-C) 111 customer

domain 265 equipment 281 premises equipment 265, 275 premises network 7, 105-6, 246

299

cyclic redundancy check (CRC) 5, 126, 133, 211

DAA 200 protocol 223,226

dark current compensation (DCC) 171 data

integrity 231 link layer 55

300

data (continued) rate 35 transfer 56

data communication network (DCN) 270, 278 datagram 54, 56-7

acceptance control (DAC) 57 DCC 171,173 DC coupled receiver 172 DCN see data communication network DEALLOC message 256 decision

level 171 threshold 166, 169

deconvolution 38 decryption 234 delay 35, 179, 181-2, 220

drifts 181 jitter 27, 161 line 144, 178-80 line differentiator 174 performance 207 sensitive service 127 variance 35

delay-lock loop 142-3 demultiplexer 142 DFR 181 DFT 190 differential quantum efficiency 157, 159 differentiator 173 digital

filtering 190 processing 180, 190-1

direct provision of a connectionless service 53 direct service provision 56 directional coupler 61 directivity 67 discarding 41 discrete fourier transformation (DFT) 190 dispersion 65-6 dispersion flattened single-mode (DFSM) fibre

66 dispersion shifted single-mode (DSSM) fibre

66 distance range 138 distortion 185 distributed sample scrambler 13 distribution and MUX subsystem 289 distributive services 124 downstream 125, 138, 177, 180

ATM cells 232 cell 127-8,206 direction 124, 126, 129, 132, 193,232-3 frame 197, 203 frame structure 125 information 239 OAM channel 182

path 134 traffic 110

DQDB global queue 259 dual leaky bucket 46 dual-homing 250 dynamic

allocation 251 allocation algorithm (DAA) 195 allocation algorithm protocol 199 allocation of bandwidth 252 bandwidth allocation 112 errors 182-3 fine ranging 177,181-2 range 138, 171-2 ranging 133, 178 reconfiguration 263 resource allocation 249, 253

E(nd)TAG 31 eavesdropping 231-2

INDEX

electtical to optical conversion 120, 136, 157 electronic mail 106 emergency permits 211 emitter follower 175 EMI 61 encapsulation 268 encryption 120, 125, 233-4

system 235, 239 end-to-end

delay 220 F4 flow 119 virtual path trail 119

entity-relationship diagram 274 EOM 31 equivalent input noise model 186 equivalent noise bandwidth 190 error

correction 33, 126 I-error correction 11

detection 126 handling 30-1 recovery 58

Ethernet 117, 193, 283, 295 ETSI 249 exchange 248 expansion 18 expectation value 220 exponentially weighed moving average

(EWMA) 42 external modulation 164

F reference point 268 F3 flow 120 F4 flow 25, 119-20, 131 F5 flow 25

INDEX

far-end receive failure 25 fast OAM 266

channel 116 command 232, 241

FAULT ACK message 257 fault

management 262, 273, 290 manager 262-3 message 256, 262

FDDI 283 feed-forward

control loop 173-4 feedback

circuit 171 circuitry 167

fibre 65, 107, 124, 133, 263 adaptation 121 termination 121

fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) 106, 110, 114, 116, 134,203

fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) 106, 110, 114, 134, 204,206

field trial 281-2,284,286,288,290,292-4,296 FIFO 203

permit multiplexing RAM 205 service 206

filtering 183-4, 188 first bit pre-distortion 162 first in first out (FIFO) 19 flow control 33 forward error control (FEC) 29 four-way handshake 241 fragments 271, 274 frame 203,206

based protocol 196-7 generator 133 mode 56 processor 134 reassembling 136

frame relay 30 service 57-8 service specific convergence sublayer

(FR-SSCS) 58 framing 12

structure 14 FTTC see fibre-to-the-curb FTTH see fibre-to-the-home function blocks 266 functional

architecture 278 block 113 model 117

fused couplers 66 optical coupler 66

G.703 signals 116 G.704 frames 116 gap 181-2, 188 gaussian

approximation 37-8 distribution 37-8,187,191

GBW 258 service 258 service performance 259

generator polynomial 11

301

generic access network element (ANE) 248 generic architecture 108 generic cell rate algorithm (GCRA) 36,46 generic digital interface 248 generic flow control (GFC) 26 get

response 240-1 status request 241

GFC field IS, 116 global-FIFO 195, 198,223, 226

protocol 208, 222, 225, 227 queue 196

guaranteed bandwidth (GBW) services 257 guard time 162,188

hard limiting 186 harmonic distortion 190 HDB3 encoding 136 HDTV 282,286-7

distribution service 291 set 282

head of line blocking 18 head-end 111 header error check 238 header error control (HEC) 11 header translation 109 HEC 125,132

field 13, 133 generation/verification 10-11 mechanism 13

heterogeneous traffic 223 high order path termination 120 hits 143, 148 home ONU (ONU-H) 111 hosts/routers 53-4

idle cells 5, 11-2 period ranging 179 periods 196

indirect service provision 53, 56 infinite loopback 274 information 268

model 268, 271, 275 inheritance 265,268-9

302

inlets 21 input buffering 18-9 insertion loss 165 instantaneous rates 38 integrated services digital network (ISDN) 3,

105 intelligent network (IN) 105 inter-domain loopback 274 inter-operability 281 interactive services 124 interarrival times 35 interconnection approach 49 interim storage belt 206 interleaving 29 internet 106

engineering task force 53 intersymbol interference 144 interworking 108 interworking unit (IWV) 50, 52 intra-domain loopback 274 introduction scenarios 49 IP

address 54 datagram routing 283, 285 over AIM 53-4 over AIM: Router 55 subnetworks 55

IP-AIM-ARP 54 ISDN 5, 33, 49-50, 107 isolation 67 IIV 41-2,44,47,249

reference configurations 117 ITV-I 4,52,56, 116, 125, 130,265,279 ITV-I, EISI 261 IWV 53,56

jitter 220 jumping window OW) 42

key 233, 237, 241 management 234

keystream 235 generator 235

keyword 141, 143, 146-7

labelS, 15 switching 17 translation 17

LAIP 112, 132, 245, 253, 258, 260 ALLOC message 254 entity 256 message 253

LAN 4, 7, 52, 56, 283 emulation 53-4 interconnection 286 interconnection service 291

LAP D 33 laser 138, 184, 187

diode 157, 160, 164 driver 159, 162

last of frame 211 layered architecture 7 LE

client 54 servers 54

leaky bucket (LB) 42-3 leased lines 16 Level control 174

INDEX

LEX 106,109, 115, 123, 128-9, 132, 194,233, 245-7,249,251,256-7,260

LEX access network interaction protocol see LAIP

LFSRs 236-7 linear complexity 235 linear feedback shift registers (LFSR) 235 link

capacity 201 rate efficiency 198 system 18, 21

load 218 local area network see LAN local exchange see LEX

access network interaction protocol see LAIP

local loop 62 logical internet subnets 54 loop filter 143 loopback 133, 272, 274

procedures 25 loss of synchronisation 239 low-pass filter 10

M interface 266 MAC 112, 115, 120

address 54 controller 203 frames 52 information 133 layer 52, 54, 115 protocol 124, 126, 136, 193-4, 196, 198,

200, 202, 204, 206-8, 210, 212, 215, 220 queue 123, 136

Mach-Zehnder interferometer 165 managed object (MO) 265,268-70,274

class 269 management 49, 112

functions 117 information base 264 information model 270 plane 109, 248, 278 system 110, 289

INDEX

manager role 269 man-machine interface terminal 287, 289 mapping 108 markov chain 216 master 51

clock 141-2, 146 timing 134

master-slave mode 111, 253 matrix switches 18 McFred 197,222,227

frame based protocol 195 protocol 225-6, 227

mean bit rate 37 cell rates 43 time to failure 163

mediation function 267 medium (fibre) layer 119 medium access control see MAC memory reduction 20 message authentication code 232 meta-signalling 25 meta signalling 130, 251 metastability 145

resolution 146 metastable 148

states 142 metropolitan area networks (MANs) 53 MIB 265 mirror counter 210

scheme 208-9 mishit 143, 147-8 misinserted cells 28 misses 143 MMPC 199,200,206,210 modelling 268 modem 106 monitor photodiode 157, 163, 165 MPEG-1 terminals 283 multi-operator AN 252 multi-operator environment 251 multicast server 283, 284 multimedia

multipoint videoconference 291 terminal 282, 287, 293

multimode fibres 65 multiphase clock 142, 143, 145 multiple-error detection 11 multiplexed unit (MU) 203 multiplexer 107

section termination 120 multiplexing 15, 27, 31, 55, 108, 121

gain 217 identifier (MID) 31 of VCs 226

name binding 269 template 275

naming 275 tree 269

narrowband services 114 network element function (NEF) 267 network element view, network view 270 network elements (NEs) 262 network management 15 network network interface 26 network node interface 15 network operator 106-7,247,251 network parameter control (NPC) 283 network provider 17,26,36 network resources 49 network synchronisation 51 network terminations NIl 287 network terminations NT2 287 network topology 61 network-network interface (NNI) 266 new key 241 NNI 50

cell format 130 format 248 interface 116, 125, 126

noise 180, 189 sources 187 spectral density 189

303

normal slots, empty slots, request blocks 126 notifications 268-9

OAM 115, 120, 122, 124-5, 131, 133-4, 180, 192

cell 240 flows 247, 251 information 232, 247

object class 271 object-oriented

approach 268 software engineering (OOSE) 265

ODN 111,115,137 OLT 61-2,110-1,115-7, 120, 122, 124, 126-7,

130, 132, 137-8, 141, 166, 177, 179-80, 184, 186, 192

on-off traffic 216 ONU 61-2,110-1,115,120,122,124-30,

133-4, 141, 162, 177, 179-80, 184-5, 187, 192

ONU-C 134 ONU-H 134 open network provisioning 250 operations 269

and maintenance (OAM) 25, 106 cells 262

attributes 268

304

operations (continued) system (OS) 114, 261, 266

hlnction 260 278 optical attenuation 138 optical distribution network (ODN) 65, 110,

114,171 optical line termination (OLT) 65, 110, 114,

141, 177 optical modulator 165-6 optical network unit (ONU) 65, 110, 177 optical network units (ONU-C) 114 optical network units (ONU-H) 114 optical section 119

termination 120 optical splitters 186 optical windows 67 optical-to-electrical conversion 183, 186, 188 optical! electrical 183 origin checking 126, 233 output

buffering 18, 19 power control 162 queueing 21

overlay network 53 overload 198

PABX 7 packetisation delay 9 padding 32 passive optical network 61, 109 pattern effect 162 payload 13, 25

type 25 type field 41

PDH 110 peak

bandwidth 123 bit rate 199, 216 cell rate 41, 43, 226 comparator 153 detector 159, 162, 163, 171, 174 power control 163 rate 15, 47, 198 rate allocation 37 rate leaky bucket 46

peer 113 performance 112, 127, 138

comparison 220 evaluation of MAC protocols 215-6, 218,

220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230 management 262, 264, 290 manager 262 measurements 293 monitoring 134 parameter 226

INDEX

period of the pseudo-random sequence 235 permanent virtual circuit (PVC) 15, 52 permit allocation algorithm 205 permit distribution algorithm (PDA) 196, 198,

200,202 permit 126, 181, 194-5, 197-201,203-4,

206-8, 210-2, 233, 259 field 211 OAM addresses 232 rate 200 scheduling belt 206

phase accuracy 183 aligning 141 alignment 141 delay 182, 190 detector 143-4 errors 182 measurement 180, 184 modulators 165 shift 184 shifter 149-50, 151-52

phase-lock condition 144 phase-lock loop (PLL) 141, 145 photodiode 186, 189

shot noise 187 physical

architecture 266 layer 5,9-10, 12, 14, 110, 116 management architecture 278 medium 9 medium dependent (PMD) sublayer 9-10,

119 PIN-FET 186 plaintext 233-4 planar couplers 66-7 play-out buffer 28 plesiochronous 50 policing 41, 43, 136, 263

algorithm 42 mechanisms 44

PON 65, 107, 110 management 261

power loss 110 preamble 115, 117, 125-6, 133, 141, 147,

149-50,181-2,203 preamplifier 167-9, 171, 173 PRG 238 priority

cells 259 level 25

privacy 231, 263 and authenticity 231-2,234, 236, 238, 240,

242 security 112

propagation delay, cell loss probability 286

INDEX

protocol reference model 5 pseudo-random generator (PRG) 234 pseudo-random sequence (PRS) 234-5 public network domain 265 public switched telephone network (PSTN) 3 pulse code modulation (PCM) 50 pulse pre-distortion 160 pulse width distortion (PWD) 148, 155, 167 pure ATM 247

Q reference point 268 Q3 interface 109 Q-adaptation function (QAF) 266-7 Q3 interface 266, 278 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) 10 quality of service (QoS) 15, 17, 27, 36, 41, 286

parameters 293 quantisation 190 quasi-periodic 219

cell stream 220 query I response protocol 54 queue 123, 195

length 20, 126, overflow 195

queueing theory 23

ramp generator 184 random variable 38, 220 randomising block 22 ranging 112, 120, 123, 125, 133, 136-7, 141,

149, 178-9, 185-6, 188, 237 accuracy 182 counter 142 privacy 122 signal 189 signal' generation 184

RAU 205,206,211,212 reassembling buffer 56 reassembly 52 receiver 186-7, 120,235

amplifier 189 noise 182, 190

RECmA 286-7,289-90,293 ATM test bed 288, 295 network 281

Reed-Solomon codes 29 reference

configuration 5 points 7, 9, 278

reflection 137 -138 reflective coupler 61 refresh rate 181 regenerator section termination 120 RELEASE 256

ACK message 256

request 197-9,202-8,210,260 access unit 203 block 136, 195-6, 201 field 208 information 195 to restart 212

resequencing block 22 buffer 23

reset-key command 242 residual jitter 207 resource allocation 35, 251 restart mechanism 212 ring 61-2

oscillator 145 robustness 207 round-trip 179, 181

delay 201, 203, 206 propagation delay 198

router 54 routing 23, 56, 120, 127, 283

block 22 principles 23

SIN ratio 160 SAAL 33 sample 175 sample-and-hold 171, 175, 188-189 sampler 175, 188

305

sampling 143, 145-6, 153, 163, 171, 188, 197 point 155

SAR-POU 30 SAR-SOU 32 scrambler 10, 13 scrambling 125 SOH 13, 105, 132, 270, 283

based transmission 116 frames 120 interface 250 STM-1 frame 132 transmission 247 transport module 124 POH 247

section adaptation 120 security 122, 263

management 263, 290 manager 263

segment 279 F4 flow 119-20 type 31-2 virtual path trail 119

segmentation 52 and reassembly (SAR) sublayer 27,31-2

selector 142, 147 self-routing 23-4

306

semi-permanent connection 293 send 235 sensitivity 138, 168

analysis 168 sequence

count (SC) 28, 239 integrity 31, 33 number (SN) 31 numbering 28, 211

service data unit (SDU) 25 service provider centre 287 service specific connection oriented protocol

(SSCOP) 33 service specific convergence sublayer (SSCS)

29 service transparency 107 service view 270 set operation 241 set-reset integrator 175 SETUP 254

ACK 254 message 254

SFR 181 shaping 44 shift register 146 shot noise, quantisation noise 182 shrinking generator 236-7 signal to noise ratio 186, 191 signalling 27, 30, 33, 35, 56, 109, 127, 132, 292

capability 252, 257 information, user data 232 protocol 15, 50

simulation 219 tools 218

sine wave 182, 185-7 single-mode fibre 61, 65 slips 50 slot alignment 124-5, 133 slow OAM cell 241,266 slow OAM channel 116,279 SMPC 195-9,200-1,203,210

queue 208 SNMP 265

model 264 SNR 174, 188, 190 SONET 14 source

clock recovery 28 model 215

spacer unit 199 spacing

mechanism 196 unit 220, 227

spectral noise density 189, 191 spike suppression 154 splicing 66

splitter 61, 66, 138 combiner 119,263

splitting factor 115, 138, 167 ratio 110

spread-spectrum 179 standard deviation 37 standard single-mode (SSM) fibre 66 star 61

coupler 61 shaped networks 231

static error 182, 184 fine ranging 126,178,181-2

statistical multiplexer 5 statistical multiplexing 37, 58, 198

gain 252 STM-1 110,116,134

frames 116 links 250 system 14

STM-4 frames 116 STM-4c frames 116 stream cipher 234 structure of managed information 264 STS1 system 14 stuffing 126 subclass 269 substitution approach 49 superclass 269 support managed objects 270 sustainable rate 47

cell rate (SCR) 15, 36, 42 leaky bucket 46

switch 16-7,23,142 architectures 18

switched virtual circuits (SVCs) 15 switching 15

delay 9 matrix 20 network 20 node 283 subsystem 289

INDEX

symmetric cryptosystem 233 synchronisation 112, 122-4, 132-3, 137, 141,

154,241 failure, noise 207 of the ciphering/ deciphering processe 238 pattern 149

synchronous digital hierarchy see SDH synchronous residual time stamp (SRTS)

method 28 syndrome 13 system 14

architecture 113 configuration 113-4

INDEX

T interface 122, 126, 128, 130-2, 134, 256 Tb interface 218 table-routing 23 tag 193

field 24 tagging 41, 45-46 Tb interface 116, 134 TDMA see time division multiple access telecommunications management network see

TMN Telef6nica ATM test bed 286 Telef6nica I+D 281 telephone 106 telephony 285 test flows 274 the mean bit rate 216 thermal noise 187 threat analysis 231 threshold 161, 175 throttling 258

mechanism 258, 260 time division multiple access (TDMA) 112,

lIS, 137, 177 time of arrival 205 time slot 35, 50 time-stamp 23 timing recovery 27,136 TMN lOS, 109, 261, 265-6

functional architecture 266 information architecture 268 physical architecture 275

,standard operations system (OS) 270 Tnb interface 134, 136 token

pool 43 ring 193

track-and-hold 153 circuit 150

traffic contract 41, 44-5 descriptor 36 mixes 215 parameters 36,41-2 scenario 215, 217 shaping IS, 284 sources 217

transaction 268 transfer delay 194,215,220-1,225 transimpedance receiver 169 translation 124, 133

table 245 translator 17, 24 transmission

convergence 108 convergence sublayer 9-10,119,122-4,

134

frame adaptation 10 medium 62 protocol termination 120 system 9,11-2,283

transmissive coupler 61 transmitter 120, 184 transport network 289 tree 62, 137-8

and branch 111 topology 231

307

triggered jumping moving window (TJMW) 42

trunk 106 tum-on delay compensation 160-2 twisted pair 106

U interface 113, 124-6, 128, 131, 133, 218, 226 reference point lIS, 126

UDP lIP protocols 116 UNI 50-1

cell format 130 interface 116

uniform traffic distribution 22 unique word 141,181-2 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) 10 UPC 123, 252, 258

algorithms 46 operation 245 OAM 109 OAM flows 110

upstream 110, 137-8, 180 cell 127, 141, 162, 194 direction 129,133,136,193,231-2 frame 197 frame structure 126 packets 162 traffic 124 transmission 123

urgency 201 table 201

usage parameter control (UPC) IS, 25, 41, 122-3,283

operation and maintenance (OAM), routing 109

user authentication 234 user connections 123 user interface function 108-9 user network interface (UNI) IS, 41 user-to-network signalling 109 utilisation 21,23,194

v interface 127-8,130-2 Vb interface 218 VB interface 245-7,249,253 valid cells 5

308

variable bit rate (VBR) 282 service 27, 194

variance 220 Vb interface 116, 132

reference points 126 VCI 16

field 131 value 245

video conference 295 video message service 291 video on demand (VOD) 106, 132, 286

service 291 videophone terminals 287 videotelephone service 290 viewpoints of the TMN architecture: functional

architecture, information architecture 266

virtual channel 16, 25 connections 108-9 identifier (VCI) 15

virtual path (VP) 15-6,25 connections 108-9, 289, 266 cross-connect 109,287,289,293 identifier see VPI layer 119 links 109 shaping 226 switching 292 transmission protocol adaptation 120

virtual SMPC 201 VOD see video on demand

voltage controlled delay 149 phase shifter 150

voltage variable attenuator 174 VP see virtual path VPC 114,129 VPI 15, 16, 116, 123, 127, 131, 237

field 116, 126-7, 129, 237 translation 122,129,131-2,134 translation tables 255 value allocation 245 values 132

VPRN field 255, 260

waiting time 17, 20 wavelength 67, 110, 115, 119, 138

INDEX

division multiplexer (WDMs) 65, 67, 115, 119

isolation 67 window 42, 66, 115, 124, 138, 200

size 200 workstation function (WSF) 268 worst-case traffic 216

X interface 114, 264, 279, 292 X reference point 268 X-type management interfaces 265

zero bias modulation 161