Acronyms:

P - S





P-NNI - Private Network to Network Interface

PAD - Packet Assembler and Disassembler

PBX - Private Branch eXchange

PC - Priority Control

PC - Protocol Control

PCM - Pulse Code Modulation

PCO - Point of Control and Observation

PCR - Peak Cell Rate

PCR - Program Clock Reference

PCVS - Point to Point Switched Virtual Connections

PD - Packetization Delay

PDH - Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDU - Packet Data Unit

PDU - Protocol Data Unit

PHY - Physical Layer of the OSI model

PHY - Physical Layer

PICS - Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement

PID - Protocol Identifier Governing Connection Types

PIXIT - Protocol Implementation eXtra Information for Testing

PL - Physical Layer

PLL - Phase Locked Loop

PLPC - Physical Layer Convergence Protocol

PM - Physical Medium

PMD - Physical Layer Dependent sub-layer

POH - Path Overhead

POI - Path Overhead Indicator

PT - Payload Type

PTI - Payload Type Identifier

PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVCC - Permanent Virtual Channel Connection

PVPC - Permanent Virtual Path Connection

QD - Queuing Delay

QOS/QoS - Quality of Service

QPSX - Queue Packet and Synchronous Circuit Exchange

RAI - Remote Alarm Indication

RBOC - Regional Bell Operating Company

RC - Routing Control

RD - Route Descriptor

RDF - Rate Decrease Factor

RDI - Remote Defect Identification

RDI - Remote Defect Indication

REL - Release Message

RFC - Request For Comment (Document Series)

RFI - Radio Frequency Interference

RI - Routing Information

RII - Routing Information Indicator

RIP - Routing Information Protocol

RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computing

RLC - Release Complete

RM - Resource Management

ROLC - Routing Over Large Clouds

RSVP (protocol) - Resource Reservation Protocol

RT - Routing Type

RTS - Residual Time Stamp

SA - Source MAC address

SA - Source Address

SAAL - Signaling ATM Adaptation Layer

SAP - Service Access Point

SAR - Segmentation and Reassembly

SCCP - Signaling Connection and Control Part

SCP - Service Control Point

SCR - Sustainable Cell Rate

SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDU - Service Data Unit

SE - Switching Element

SEAL - Simple and Efficient Adaptation Layer

SF - Switching Fabric

SGM - Segmentation Message

SID - Signaling Identifier

SIPP - SMDS Interface Protocol

SIR - Sustained Information Rate

SMC - Sleep Mode Connection

SMDS - Switched Multi-megabit Data Services

SMF - Single Mode Fiber

SN - Sequence Number

SNA - Systems Network Architecture

SNAP - Sub Network Access Protocol

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol

SOH - Section Overhead

SONET - Synchronous Optical Network

SPID - Service Protocol Identifier

SPTS - Single Program Transport Stream

SR - Source Routing (Bridging)

SRF - Specifically Routed Frame

SRT - Source Routing Transparent

SRTS - Synchronous Residual Time Stamp

SSCF - Service Specific Coordination Function

SSCOP - Service Specific Connection Oriented Protocol

SSCS - Service Specific Convergence Sublayer

ST - Segment Type

STE - Spanning Tree Explorer

STM - Synchronous Transfer Mode

STM1 - Synchronous Transport Mode 1 -- 155mbits/sec

STP - Signaling Transfer Point

STP - Shielded Twisted Pair cable

STS - Synchronous Time Stamps

STS-3c - Synchronous Transport System-Level 3 concatenated

SUT - System Under Test

SVC - Switched Virtual Circuit

SVCI - Switched Virtual Circuit Identifier

SVP - Switched Virtual Path

SWG - Sub-Working Group