| AC | Alternating Current |
| ADSL | Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
| AN | Access Network |
| ANSI | American National Standardization Institute |
| API | Application Programming Inteface |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| ATTH | ATM to the Home |
| B-RAS | Broadband Remote Access Server |
| BB | Broadband |
| CAP | Carrierless Amplitude and Phase Modulation |
| CBR | Constant Bit Rate |
| CMU | Control and Multiplexer Unit |
| CSI | Carrier Scale Internetworking |
| DC | Direct Current |
| DMT | Discrete Multitone |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| ETSI | European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| FSAN | Full Service Access Network |
| FTTB/C | Fiber to the Bulding/Curb |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISDN-BA | ISDN Basic Access |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| ITU-T | Telecommuncation Standardization Sector of International Telecommunication Union |
| L2F | Layer 2 Forwarding |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LCT | Local Craft Terminal |
| LL | Leased Line |
| LTAD | Line Termination ADSL |
| LU | Line Unit |
| NB | Narrowband |
| NE | Network Element |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| NT | Network Termination |
| OLT-B | Optical Line Termination - Broadband |
| O.N.M.S | Optimized Network Management System |
| ONU-B | Optical Network Unit - Broadband |
| OS | Operation System |
| PBX | Private Branch Exchange |
| PDH | Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
| POP | Point of Presence |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephony Service |
| PPP | Point-to-Point-Protocol |
| PSTN | Public Switched Telephone Network |
| PVC | Permanent Virtual Connection |
| QAM | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
| RAS | Remote Access Server |
| SDH | Synchronous Digital Hierarchy |
| SME | Small/Medium Enterprises |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol |
| SOHO | Small Office Home Office |
| STB | Set Top Box |
| STM | Synchronous Transfer Mode |
| SUAD:16 | Subscriber Unit Adapter, 16 Ports |
| SUVD | Subscriber Unit VDSL |
| SVC | Subscriber Virtual Connection |
| SW | Software |
| TI | Texas Instruments |
| TMN | Telecommunication Management Network |
| UBA | Unspecified Bit Rate |
| UDSL | Universal Digital Subscriber Line |
| UNI | User Network Interface |
| UPL | User Panel |
| VDSL | Very-high bitrate Digital Subscriber Line |
| VoD | Video on Demand |
Weblehre 9. Mai 1999
http://www.weblehre.de/hardware/393.htm
