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Full list of abbreviations and acronyms
10 GbE
10 Gigabit Ethernet
10 GFC
10 Gigabit Fibre Channel
1000BaseT
1000 Megabits per Second, twisted-pair cable version of an IEEE 802.3 network
100BaseT
100 Megabits per Second, twisted-pair cable version of an IEEE 802.3 network
100g
100 Gigabits
10G-EPON
10 Gbits Ethernet Passive Optical Network
3G
Third-Generation wireless
4G
Fourth-Generation wireless
ADM
Add/drop multiplexing
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
APC
Angled physical contact
APD
Avalanche Photodiode
ASOF
Application specific optical fiber
ATM
Asynchronous transfer mode
AWG
Arrayed waveguide gratings
BER
Bit error rate
BERT
Bit error rate tester
CATV
Community antenna television
CD
Chromatic dispersion
CFP
100G Form-Factor Pluggables
CLEC
Competitive local exchange carrier
CSFP
Compact Small Form-Factor Pluggable
CVR
Converter Module
CWDM
Coarse wavelength division multiplexing
dB
Decibel
dBm
Decibels relative to one milliwatt
DCF
Dispersion-compensating fiber
DFB
Distributed feedback
DGD
Differential group delay
DMD
Differential mode delay
DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification
DPOE
Docsis Provisioning Over Ethernet
DSF
Dispersion-shifted fiber
DUT
Device Under Test
DWDM
Dense wavelength division multiplexing
EDFA
Erbium-doped fiber amplifier
EIA
Electronic Industries Alliance
EPON
Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
ER
Extinction Ratio
FBG
Fiber Bragg grating
FBT
Fused biconical taper
FEC
Forward Error Correction
FDDI
Fiber distributed data interface
FOTP
Fiber optic test procedure
FOTS
Fiber optic transmission system
FP
Fabry-Perot laser
FSWDM
Full spectrum wavelength division multiplexing
FTTB
Fiber to the business or building
FTTC
Fiber to the curb or customer
FTTD
Fiber to the desk
FTTH
Fiber to the home
FTTN
Fiber to the neighborhood
FTTO
Fiber to the office
FTTP
Fiber to the pedestal or pedestal
FTTx
Fiber to the user
FWM
Four wave mixing
GFF
Gain flattening filter
GHz
Gigahertz
GEPON
Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network
GPON
Gigabit Passive Optical Network
GR
General recommendation
GRIN
Graded index
HDCM
High dispersion compensating module
HFC
Hybrid Fiber Coax
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IP
Internet protocol
ISO
International Standards Organization
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
IXC
Integra Cross Connect
LAN
Local area network
LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emissions of Radiation
LED
Light-emitting diode
LGX
Light Guide Cross Connect
LOC
Latched optical coupling
LWP
Low water peak
MCPC
Mode-conditioning patchcord
MEMS
Microelectromechanical systems
MFD
Mode field diameter
MMF
Multimode fiber
MPO
Mult
MSA
Multi Source Agreement
NA
Numerical aperture
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NM
NanoMeter
NZDS
Nonzero dispersion shifted fiber
OADM
Optical add/drop multiplexer
OAM&P
Operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning
OEO
Optical electrical optical
OFL
Overfilled launch
OFSTP
Optical fiber system test procedures
OI
Optical isolator
OLT
Optical line terminal
OM2/3/4
Optical Multimode
ONT
Optical network terminal
ONU
Optical network unit
OSA
Optical spectrum analyzer, optical sub-assembly or Optical Society of America.
OSNR
Optical Signal to Noise Ratio
OTDM
Optical time division multiplexing
OTDR
Optical time domain reflectometer
OTN
Optical transport network
PDL
Polarization dependent loss
PIN
Positive intrinsic negative
PING
Packet InterNet Grouper
PLC
Planar lightwave circuit
PMD
Polarization mode dispersion
PON
Passive optical network
PRBS
Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
QSFP+
Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable
RIN
Relative intensity noise
RML
Restricted mode launch
ROADM
Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
RoHS
Restriction of Hazardous Substances
SAN
Storage area network
SDH
Synchronous digital hierarchy
SFF
Small Form Factor
SFP
Small Form-Factor Pluggable
SMF
Singlemode fiber
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio
SONET
Synchronous optical network
SWDM
Selective wavelength division multiplexing
THz
Terra Hertz
TIA
Telecommunications Industry Association
TXM
1000baseT Cross-Connect Multirate
UPC
Ultra physical contact
VCSEL
Vertical cavity surface emitting laser
VOA
Variable optical attenuator
VP
Virtual path
WAN
Wide area network
WDM
Wavelength division multiplexing
WSS
Wavelength selectable switch
XPM
Cross-phase modulation
ZWP
Zero water peak