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ACS | Auto Configuration Server
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BSS | Business Support System
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CLI | Command Line Interface
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Control Plane | Part of network component architecture controlling the operation of the data plane through higher-level protocols
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CORD | Central Office Re-architected as a Data Center (CORD)
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COTS | Common-off-the-shelf, pre-packaged software available to purchase and use without the need for customization
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CPE | Customer Premise Equipment
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Data / Forwarding Plane | Part of network component architecture determining the handling of incoming data packets
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ILEC | Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
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MANO | Management and Orchestration of the NFVI. I.e. next generation OSS: NFV Orchestrator + VNF Manager + VIM
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NETCONF | Protocol used by Orchestrators: de facto standard for NFV
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NFV | Network Functions Virtualization: Concept of running virtualized network functions in software
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NFV-O | NFV Orchestration: Deploy, manage and combine (=service chaining) services
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NFVI | Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure: Software platform to host VNFs
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NSD | Network Service Descriptors
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OpenFlow | Communications protocol providing network-wide access to the data plane of distributed network components. De facto standard for SDN controllers
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OSS | Operations Support System
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OTT | Over-the-Top Usually describe Telco players able to deliver services over an IP network without the need for their own access network
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pCPE | Physical Customer Premise Equipment: Routers and EADs
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PNF | Physical Network Function: Embedded network function as in MSAR
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QoS | Quality of Service
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SDN | Software-Defined Networking: Separated control plane manages network resources and flows
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TR-069 | CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP)
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UTM | Unified Threat Management
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vCPE | Virtual Customer Premise Equipment: Virtual router with services
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VIM | Virtual Infrastructure Manager: Controls, manages and reports on NFVI compute, storage and network resources
Hits: 973
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VNF | Virtual Network Function: A specific network function in software, e.g. firewall, load balancer, router
Hits: 4220
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vOAM | End-to-end TWAMP service and performance measurement
Hits: 897
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VPN | Virtual Private Network
Hits: 3767
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vVPN | Managed Service and easy VPN deployment with hardware accelerated encryption
Hits: 3420
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vWOC | WAN optimization between the CPE and a central gateway
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YANG | Data modelling language for the NETCONF protocol, serving a similar function to the MIB (Management Information Base) within SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
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