User's Manual

Fiber Optics Powerwave
5 - 2 Rev. P1A9-Draft 2004-11 VM100 56/EN – User’s Manual
IP Network Terminology
In the descriptions of the IP network the terminology in the following table is used.
Abbreviations
IP Internet Protocol.
W-net Wire network.
F-net Fiber network.
W-link Wire link.
F-link Fiber link.
WLI Wire Link Interface.
FLI Fiber Link Interface.
Other abbreviations used in this manual are found in the Abbreviations section in the
beginning of this manual.
Net and Link
The following two figures show what a net means and what a link means in this manual.
Figure 5-1 shows a W-net or F-net with WLI or FLI interface respectively.
Figure 5-1. W-net or F-net
Figure 5-2 shows a W-link or F-link with WLI or FLI interface respectively.
Figure 5-2. W-link or F-link
Network type IP
Protocol IP
Network name W-net F-net
Link name W-link F-link
Link media Wire Fiber
Link interface WLI FLI
FON FON FON FON