- IP: Internet Protocal
- PVC: Permanent Virtual Channel
- SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocal
- VC: Virtual Channel
- VCI: Virtual Channel Identify
- VCL: Vritual Channel Link
- VDSL: Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line
- VLAN: Virtual Local Area NetWork
- VP: Virtual Path
- VPI: Virtual Path Identifier
- OAM: Operation Administration and Maintenance
- VTU-O: VDSL Transmission Unit at the Optical network interface
- VTU-R: VDSL Transmission Unit at the remote end
- ATM: Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- AAL: ATM Adaption Layer
- xDSL: ADSL / VDSL
- ADSL: Asymmeteric Digital Subscriber Line
- ATU-C: ADSL Transceiver Unit at the central office end
- ATU-R: ADSL Transceiver Unit at the remote end
- EOA: Ethernet over ATM
- GE: Gigabit Ethernet
- EoC: Ethernet Over Coax
- EPON: Ethernet Passive Optical Network
- GPON: Gigabit Passive Optical Network
- EPCN: Ethernet Passive Coax Network
- CB: Cable Bridge
- CC: Cable Coordinator
- OLT: Optical Line Terminal
- ONU: Optical Network Unit
- DBA: Dynamic Bandwith Algorithm
- TEI: Teminal equipment Identifier
- OFDM: Orthognal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- PPPoE: Point to Point Protocal Over Ethernet
- ACS: Auto-configuration Server
- CATV: Community Antenna Television
- CDR: Call Detail Record
- CVLAN: Customer VLAN
- DA: Destination Address
- DTE: Data Terminal Equipment
- FCS: Frame Check Sequence
- FE: Fast Ethernet