Acronyms & Abbreviations
The follow are all the abbreviations most commonly used within NebularStack documentation, interfaces and systems.
| Acronym / Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| 3GPP | Third Generation Partnership Project. (Mobile Network) |
| 802.3ad | Process that enables grouping of Ethernet interfaces at the physical layer to form a single link layer interface, also known as a link Distribution group (LAG) or LAG bundle. (Networking) |
| ACCT | Accounting. (Telemetry) |
| API | Application Interface. (used in integration context) |
| APN | Access Point Name is the name of a gateway between a mobile network and another computer network, for example to the Internet or Private Enterprise network. (Mobile Network) |
| ARP | Address Resolution Protocol. Protocol for mapping IPv4 addresses to media access control (MAC) addresses; dynamically binds the IP address (the logical address) to the correct MAC address. (Internet Protocol version 4, Networking...) |
| AS | Autonomous system. (Networking) |
| ATTR | Attribute. |
| AUTH | Authentication. (Identity / Subscriber Management) |
| BFD | Bidirectional Forwarding Detection. Protocol that uses control packets and shorter detection time limits to more rapidly detect failures in a network. (Networking) |
| BGP | Border Gateway Protocol. (Networking) |
| BNG | Broadband Network Gateway. (same as NAS, BRAS) |
| BRAS | Broadband Access Server. (same as BNG, NAS) |
| CEN | Carrier Ethernet Network. (Networking) |
| CERT | Certificate. |
| CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is a challenge-response identity authentication protocol. It depends on a combination of CHAP security credentials and a “shared secret” between the requestor (client) and the authenticator (server), and it does not expose a password. |
| CPE | Customer Premises Equipment. (router or switch for example) |
| CoS | Class Of Service. (Networking) |
| DB | Database. (Development) |
| DC | Data Centre. |
| DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. (Networking) |
| DIA | Diameter Service. (part of Subscriber Management) |
| DNS | Domain Name System or Domain Name Server. |
| E-ACCESS | Refers to MEF E-Access Services. (Networking) |
| E-LAN | E-ACCESS Service LAN service on CEN. (Networking) |
| E-LINE | E-ACCESS Service point to point service on CEN. (Networking) |
| E-TREE | E-ACCESS Service providing point to multipoint service on CEN. (Networking) |
| EGP | Exterior Gateway Protocol. (Networking) |
| ENNI | External Network to Network Interface. (Networking) |
| ES | Ethernet Segement. Physical or Logical Ethernet domain. When multiple ports over multiple nodes are connected to the same VLAN or VLANs that would be seen as one segment. (Networking) |
| ESI | Ethernet Segment Identifier. Unique identifier assigned to physical or logical ports spanning multiple nodes connected to same Ethernet-Segment. (Networking) |
| EVI | EVPN Instance. (Networking) |
| EVPN | Ethernet VPN, multiple EVIs participating in the same service. (Networking) |
| FEC | Forwarding Equivalence Class used in MPLS and can be equivalent of a destination prefix, destination class etc. (Networking) |
| FIB | Forwarding Information Block, packet forwarding lookup table typically on hardware level such as a Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE). (Networking) |
| FQDN | fully qualified domain name. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol. |
| FW | Firewall. (Networking) |
| GGSN | Gateway GPRS Support Node. (Mobile Network) |
| GIT | GIT is used to manage and store source code. (Development) |
| GRPS | General Packet Radio Service. (Mobile Network) |
| HA | High Availability. |
| HLD | High Level Design. (Documentation) |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language for creating web pages and describes the structure of a web page. (Development) |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol is the computer communication protocol used for most communication on the world wide web. (API, Development...) |
| HTTPS | Secure version of the HTTP protocol. (API, Develpoment...) |
| ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol. (IP, Internet Protocol) |
| IESG | Internet Engineering Steering Group. (Networking) |
| IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force. (Networking) |
| IFD | Interface Device, physical interface/port. (Networking) |
| IFL | Interface Logical, logical interface/port. (Networking) |
| IGP | Interior Gateway Protocol. (Networking) |
| INNI | Internal Network to Network Interface. (Networking) |
| INV | Inventory. |
| IP | Internet Protocol. |
| IPAM | IP Address Management. (Networking / Orchestrator) |
| IPoE | Internet Protocol over Ethernet. (Networking) |
| IPv4 | Internet Protocol Version 4. |
| IPv6 | Internet Protocol Version 6. |
| ISIS | Intermediate-System to Intermediate-System, Link state protocol. (Networking) |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization. (Networking) |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation. Lightweight format for serialization of data. (API, Development...) |
| JWT | JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object. This information can be verified and trusted because it is digitally signed. (API, Development...) |
| L1 | Layer 1 (Physical Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L2 | Layer 2 (Data Link Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L2TP | Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. (Networking) |
| L2VPN | Layer 2 VPN Service. (Networking) |
| L3 | Layer 3 (Network Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L3VPN | Layer 3 VPN Service. (Networking) |
| L4 | Layer 4 (Transport Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L5 | Layer 5 (Session Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L6 | Layer 6 (Presentation Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| L7 | Layer 7 (Application Layer) in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. |
| LAC | L2TP access concentrator. (Networking) |
| LACP | Link Distribution Control Protocol. Mechanism for exchanging port and system information to create and maintain LAG bundles. (Networking) |
| LAG | Link Distribution Group. Two or more network links bundled together to appear as a single link. Distributes MAC clients across the link layer interface and collects traffic from the links to present to the MAC clients of the LAG. Also known as a bundle. (Networking) |
| LAN | Local Area Network. |
| LCP | Link Control Protocol (LCP) forms part of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). |
| LER | MPLS Label Egress Router. (Networking) |
| LFM | Link Fault Management. Method used to detect problems on links and spans on an Ethernet network defined in IEEE 802.3ah. (Networking) |
| LLD | Low Level Design. (Documentation) |
| LLDP | Link Layer Discovery Protocol. Is a standard Data Link Layer protocol used by network devices for advertising of their identity, capabilities, and interconnections on an IEEE 802 LAN network. (Networking) |
| LNS | L2TP network server. (Networking) |
| LSP | MPLS Label Switch Path. (Networking) |
| LSR | MPLS Label Switch Router. (Networking) |
| MEF | Metro Ethernet Forum. (Networking) |
| MIP | Network Migration Plan. (Documentation) |
| MPLS | Multi-Protocol Label Switching. (Networking) |
| MQ | Message Queue. |
| MSISDN | Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Number. (the phone number associated with a single SIM card) |
| MSS | TCP Maximum Segment Size is a parameter in the options field of the TCP header, which defines the maximum amount of data in bytes that a device can receive in the payload of a TCP packet. (Networking) |
| MTU | Maximum Transmission Unit is a measurement in bytes of the largest data packets that an interface can transmit. (Networking) |
| NAS | Network Access Server. (same as BRAS, BNG) |
| NDP | Neighbour Discovery Protocol (NDP, ND) is a protocol in the Internet protocol suite used with Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). It operates at the link layer of the Internet model,[2] and is responsible for gathering various information required for internet communication, including the configuration of local connections and the domain name servers and gateways used to communicate with more distant systems. |
| NETCONF | Network Configuration Protocol. |
| NIP | Network Implementation Plan. (Networking, Documentation) |
| NMS | Network Management System, Network Management Station. (System that enables a user to configure and monitor network elements) |
| NTP | Network Time Protocol. Used to synchronize the system clocks of hosts on the Internet to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). |
| OBJ | Object. (API) |
| ODN | Optical Distribution Unit used in PON. (Networking) |
| OLT | Optical Line Terminal used in PON. (Networking) |
| ONT | Optical Network Terminal used in PON. (Networking) |
| ONU | Optical Network Unit used in PON. (Networking) |
| OOB | Out of Band. OoB Management is when devices (switches, servers, firewall) use a dedicated network for their management. |
| OS | Operating System. |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection model. (Networking) |
| OSPF | Open Shortest Path First. Dynamic routing protocol intended to operate within a single Autonomous System. It advertises the states of local network links within the AS and makes routing decisions based on the shortest-path-first (SPF) algorithm (also referred to as the Dijkstra algorithm). OSPF is a link-state routing protocol. (Networking) |
| P2P | Peer to Peer. |
| PAP | PAP is short for Password Authentication Protocol. It supports 2-way handshake and transmits the password in plain text. |
| PARAM | Parameter in query for example. |
| PE | Provider Edge. (Router or Switch) |
| POC | Proof of Concept. |
| PON | Passive Optical Network. (Networking) |
| PORT | Either a TCP or UDP port. (Layer 4 IP Protocol) |
| PORT | References a UNI-N/ENNI Interface for a Service. (Physical or Logical Network Connectivity) |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol. (Networking) |
| PPPoE | Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. (Networking) |
| PROP | Property in object, entity or artifact. |
| PROTO | Protocol. |
| PS | PSUEDO-WIRE Virtual Interface. (Networking) |
| QL | Query Language. (Development) |
| QoS | Quality Of Service. (Networking) |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. (part of Subscriber Management) |
| RD | Route Distinguisher. (Networking) |
| RE | Routing Engine. (Networking) |
| REST | Representational State Transfer is application programming interface that conforms to standard constraints and architecture. |
| RESTful | an application programming interface conforming to REST standards. |
| RFC | Request for Comments. (formal document from the Internet Engineering Task Force that contains specifications and organizational notes) |
| RIB | Routing Information Block. (Networking) |
| RT | Route Target. (Networking) |
| SCTP | Stream Control Transmission Protocol. (IP, Internet Protocol) |
| SGSN | Serving GPRS Support Node. (Mobile Network) |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module. (Mobile Network) |
| SMTP | Send Mail Transport Protocol. (Communicator, Ticketing...) |
| SNMP | Simple Network Management Protocol. Protocol governs network management and the monitoring of network devices and their functions. |
| SPRING | Source Packet Routing in Networking Group. (Networking) |
| SQL | Structured Query Language. (Development) |
| SRGB | Segment Routing Group Block. (Networking) |
| SRTE | Spring Traffic Engineering. (Networking) |
| SSH | Secure Shell. Protocol that uses strong authentication and encryption for remote access across a nonsecure network. SSH provides remote login, remote program execution, file copy, and other functions. |
| SSL | Secure Socket Layer. (API, Development...) |
| STP | Spanning Tree Protocol. Defined in the IEEE standard 802.1D, the Spanning Tree Protocol is an OSI Layer 2 protocol that ensures a loop-free topology for any bridged LAN. This protocol creates a spanning tree within a mesh network of connected Layer 2 bridges (typically Ethernet switches) and disables the links that are not part of that tree, leaving a single active path between any two network nodes. |
| SYSLOG | System log. (Method for sending and storing messages to a log file for troubleshooting or record-keeping) |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocl. (IP, Internet Protocol) |
| TLS | Transport Layer Security. (API, Development...) |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol. (IP, Internet Protocol) |
| UGW | Universal Gateway. (Mobile Network) |
| UI | User Interface. (such https://admin.insterstellio.io) |
| UNI | User Network Interface. (Networking) |
| UNI-C | The UNI-C is the Customer side of the UNI. (Networking) |
| UNI-N | The UNI-N is the Provider side of the UNI. (Networking) |
| VID | VLAN-ID, used to “tag” ethernet packets / mark them with a unique ID. Primarily used to assign and filter packets on interfaces. (Networking) |
| VLAN | Virtual Lan, consists of many different VIDs. (Networking) |
| VPLS | Virtual Private LAN Service is a way to provide Ethernet-based multipoint to multipoint communication over IP or MPLS networks. |
| VRF | Virtual Routing and Forwarding allows having more than one routing table (RIB). (Networking) |
| VXLAN | Virtual eXtensible Local-Area Network. |
| WAN | Wide Area Network. |
| WEB | Same as www, World Wide Web (internet) |
| WWW | World Wide Web (internet) |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language is a set of codes, or tags, that describes the text in a digital document. (API, Development...) |
| eBGP | Exterior Border Gateway Protocol. (Networking) |
| iBGP | Interior Border Gateway Protocol. (Networking) |