Panasonic 15000 User Manual

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List of terms

Nortel Multiservice Switch 7400/15000/20000

Terminology

NN10600-005 7.2S1 Standard

PCR7.2 and up March 2006

Nortel Confidential

link delay synchronization (LDS)

A circumstance in which the receiving end of an IMA link group has measured
and compensated for the differential delay over a physical link. If this is the
case, then the link is considered to be in link delay synchronization (LDS).

link group (LG)

A group of links (Nortel Multiservice Switch trunks or DPN gateways)
between two nodes that can share traffic between the nodes. This allows
the available bandwidth between the two nodes to be greater than that of
a single link. A maximum of four links in a link group can be supported.

An IMA link group refers to the combination of multiple physical links that
use the inverse multiplexing process to transmit traffic across these links.
A link group is presented as a single link to the ATM layer. A link group
originates on one FP running the IMA feature and terminates on another
FP running the IMA feature (typically these FPs are on two different
Multiservice Switch nodes). Any link group can be composed of up to eight
DS1/E1 physical links on an FP running IMA.

link-level protocol (LLP)

A protocol that permits encapsulation of multiple protocols over a single ATM
virtual circuit.

link state advertisement (LSA)

A packet of information that determines the shortest path to a destination.

link-state algorithm

A routing technology in which each node broadcasts to all other nodes its view
of the links. When every node in the network does this, all nodes can derive
the complete topology and perform operations on that topology.

link state parameter

Information that captures an aspect or property of a link.

live alarm

An alarm that is issued by a fault or other significant event, rather than in
response to a replay command.

LLP

See

link-level protocol (LLP) (page 73)

LMI

See

local management interface (LMI) (page 75)

See

logical network (LN) (page 76)