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268 Acronyms

EDFA Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers
EIA Electronics Industry Association
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM frequency division multiplexing
FM Frequency Modulation
FR Frame Relay
FSAN Full Service Access Networks
FSK Frequency Shift Keying
Gbps Gigabits Per Second
HFC Hybrid Fiber and Coax
IC Integrated Circuit
ICP Integrated Communications Provider
IEC Inter Exchange Carrier
ILEC Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IP Internet Protocol
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITU-TS ITU-Telecommunications Standardization Sector
IWU Inter-Working Unit
IXC Interexchange Carrier
Kbps Kilobits Per Second
LAN Local Area Network
LEC Local Exchange Carrier
LMDS Local Multipoint Distribution Services
LTE line terminating equipment
MAC Media Access Control
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
Mbps Megabits Per Second
MEMS Micro-Electromechanical Systems
MMDS Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Services

MOR Multi-wavelength optical repeaters
MPLS Multi-Protocol Label Switching