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Acronyms
zNID Hardware Installation Guide
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Acronyms
The following acronyms are related to Zhone products and may appear
throughout this manual:
Table 1: Acronyms and their descriptions
Acronym Description
Active E Active Ethernet, also known as Gigabit Ethernet
APC Angled physical contact (for fiber connector)
Coax Coaxial cable
CNI Comfort Noise Insertion
CPE Consumer Premises Equipment
DHCP server Dynamic host configuration protocol server
EZ touch™ Zhone’s implementation for managing CPEs and zNIDs
GigE Gigabit Ethernet
GPON Gigabit passive optical network
HPNA Home phone line networking alliance
IPTV Internet protocol TV
LED Light-emitting diode
MALC Multi-access line concentrator
MDU Multiple Dwelling Unit
MIB Management information bases
MoCA Multimedia over Coax Alliance
OLT Optical Line Terminator
ONT Optical Network Terminator
ONU Optical Network Unit
PoE Power over Ethernet
PPPoE Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet
QoS Quality of service
RF Radio Frequency
RFoG Radio Frequency over Glass
SC adaptor Subscriber connector adaptor
SIP Session initiation protocol
SNMP Simple network management protocol