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RESTful API


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November 27, 2012 : An application programing interface (API) built on the Representational State Transfer (REST) architecture

Application Programing Interface (API)


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September 12, 2012 : An interface that allows different elements of software to more easily communicate with each other

Interlaken


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April 23, 2012 : A chip-to-chip interface useful in 100G

Docsis Provisioning of EPON (DPoE)


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February 13, 2012 : CableLabs spec that blends Docsis-style provisioning with EPON

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)


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January 24, 2012 : A modulation scheme where one high-speed signal is split into multiple lower-speed signals

EPON Protocol Over Coax (EPoC)


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January 20, 2012 : Bringing PON speeds to hybrid fiber/coax

Circuit-Switch Fallback (CSFB)


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January 18, 2012 : A standard for delivering legacy voice and SMS services to LTE devices

Mach-Zender Modulator


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November 7, 2011 : A modulator that uses a phase shift to create 1s and 0s

Spanning Tree


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October 18, 2011 : An Ethernet protocol that checks a network for loops

Trill


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October 18, 2011 : A Spanning Tree alternative in Ethernet networks

Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP)


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June 13, 2011 : A CableLabs project that reconciles the technical and operational differences between two next-gen access network initiatives originally undertaken by Comcast and Time Warner Cable

Cores


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May 9, 2011 : Semiconductor designs, as in 'multicore processors' or the interfaces Rambus makes

Near-Field Communications (NFC)


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April 15, 2011 : A short-range, contactless technology that enables mobile transactions

Geofence


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March 18, 2011 : A geofence is a software-defined location boundary

Converged Edge Services Access Router (CESAR)


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March 7, 2011 : Time Warner Cable's vision for super-dense edge devices that look to marry cable's RF legacy with newer IP-based services

Converged Multiservice Access Platform (CMAP)


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February 21, 2011 : Cable's evolving a super-dense access architecture for an all-IP world

AllVid


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February 18, 2011 : An FCC effort that would set the stage for an open, retail market for network-agnostic video gateways and adapters

Heterogeneous Network (HetNet)


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February 8, 2011 : Radio access network comprising layers of different-sized cells from large macros to small cells

Central Processing Unit (CPU)


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January 24, 2011 : The command center in a computer or mobile computing device, hosted on the device's microprocessor

Bridging the Chasm


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January 19, 2011 : Our term for the combining of service provider network and IT teams to form a single, integrated unit

Orchestration


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December 8, 2010 : The automation of back-office tasks necessary for cloud computing

Optical Transport Network (OTN)


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December 2, 2010 : A standard that puts traffic into common envelopes for transport through the optical core

FauxG


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November 15, 2010 :

Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD)


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November 15, 2010 : A version of LTE for use in unpaired spectrum

Control Plane


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November 9, 2010 : For the dynamic routing of optical wavelengths

Colorless


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November 9, 2010 : A colorless ROADM enables wavelengths to be automatically assigned

Directionless


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November 9, 2010 : Directionless ROADMs can route lightpaths to any interface port

Contentionless


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November 9, 2010 : Contentionless ROADMs enable similar wavelength lightpaths to be dropped at the same unit

Gridless


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November 9, 2010 : A gridless ROADM enables channel widths wider than 50GHz for optical transport systems running above 100 Gbit/s

Link Aggregation


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November 8, 2010 : The combining of ports to create a bigger, virtual port

OEO


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September 22, 2010 : An optical-to-electrical-to-optical conversion

Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF)


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September 13, 2010 : Dedicated policy equipment that enables the policy function for bandwidth and charging on multimedia networks

Evolved Packet Core (EPC)


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September 10, 2010 : How LTE networks will maintain mobile sessions and deliver different types of traffic

Wide Area Application Services (WAAS)


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September 10, 2010 : Cisco's mobile software service designed to optimize the performance of TCP-based apps

Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)


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September 10, 2010 : Works with the SGSN to connect cellphones and other devices to the Internet over a wireless network

Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)


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September 10, 2010 : Routes data between mobile devices and the GGSN

Home Location Registrar (HLR)


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September 8, 2010 : A central database of wireless subscriber information

Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM)


The Buzz Bin - Craig Matsumoto - Comments (2)
August 30, 2010 : An element for adding and dropping wavelengths in a DWDM stream, making the optical network more automated and more flexible

Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS)


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August 30, 2010 : The switching element at the heart of a ROADM

AdvancedTCA (ATCA)


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May 4, 2010 : A set of hardware specifications for telecom equipment

Provider Backbone Bridging – Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE)


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May 3, 2010 : A method of delivering deterministic, connection-oriented Ethernet service

Coherent


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March 16, 2010 : A coherent receiver detects the phase and polarization of an incoming optical signal

Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT)


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February 10, 2010 : Off-the-shelf hardware, sophisticated software, and data networking combine to create new and varied services on telecom networks

Network Equipment Building System (NEBS)


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January 27, 2010 : A set of standards for telecom equipment design, handed down by Telcordia

Docsis Set-Top Gateway (DSG)


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September 29, 2009 : A standards-based communications path for the latest and greatest digital cable set-tops (and some TVs, too)

God Box


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September 15, 2009 : A little bit of everything, whether you want it or not

WDM-PON


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July 29, 2009 : Passive optical networking scheme that sends a wavelength to each subscriber

Long Term Evolution (LTE)


The Buzz Bin - Michelle Donegan - Post a comment
July 27, 2009 : A next-generation radio access technology

S-CDMA


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July 21, 2009 : A Docsis 2.0 feature known for its upstream-enhancing properties

PacketCable 2.0


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July 17, 2009 : A CableLabs platform that helps cable get a grip on that urge to converge IP services and applications
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