Panasonic 1200N User Manual

Answer Message: A BISUP call control message from the receiving exchange to 
the sending exchange indicating answer and that a through connection should be 
completed in both directions. 

American National Standards Institute: A U.S. standards body. 

Application Program Interface: A programming interface used for interprogram 
communications or for interfacing between protocol layers. 

Native ATM Application Program Interface Connection: API_connection is a 
relationship between an API_endpoint and other ATM devices that has the 
following characteristics: 

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Data communication may occur between the API_endpoint and the other ATM 
devices comprising the API_connection

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Each API_connection may occur over a duration of time only once; the same 
set of communicating ATM devices may form a new connection after a prior 
connection is released

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The API_connection may be presently active (able to transfer data), or merely 
anticipated for the future 

Advanced Peer to Peer Network: IBM network architecture for building dynamic 
routing across arbitrary network topologies. Intended as an eventual replacement 
for SNA, IBM's static routed, hierarchical network architecture. 

All Routes Explorer: A specific frame initiated by a source which is sent on all 
possible routes in Source Route Bridging. 

Address Resolution Protocol: The procedures and messages in a communications 
protocol which determines which physical network address (MAC) corresponds to 
the IP address in the packet.