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Appendix A - Glossary of Terms
ANFP | Access network frequency plan: a specification of the way in which DSL technologies may use the copper loop (in terms of power and frequency). |
Crosstalk | Unwanted coupling of signals between different pairs in a cable |
DP | Distribution Point |
DSLAM | Digital subscriber line access multiplexer |
FTTC | Fibre to the Cabinet |
FTTH | Fibre to the Home |
FTTP | Fibre to the Premises |
MDF | Main distribution frame. A part of the local exchange building, where all of the local loops are brought and individually joined (on a 'frame') to other wires linked to the electronics (such as a concentrator). |
MSAN | Multi service access node. An electronic device combining the functionality of multiple services access devices ( e.g. voice concentrator and DSLAM). |
PCP | Primary Cross-connect point. A cabinet at the roadside, containing a small frame on which joints are made between the individual copper wires to the MDF and copper wires to the DP. |
TPON | Telephony over Passive Optical Networks, a technology for improved telephony service in areas far from telephone exchanges. |
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