ADC CRA-C Manuel D’Utilisation

Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation.  A two-
dimensional line code used in ADSL.

Line noise that occurs due to coupling of signals
between pairs in the same bundle.

The direction of data reception from the Megabit
Modem CRA-C to a remote unit.

A baseband LAN specification that has become a
series of standards produced by IEEE referred to as
IEEE 802.3.

High-level Data Link Control.

A common wiring point for star-topology networks,
and a common synonym for a concentrator.

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
A professional organization that defines network
standards.

Interface or Interface Card.

Internet service provider.

Kilobits per second.  A measure of transmission
speed at 1,000 bits per second.

Kilo packets per second.

Local Area Network.  The means by which a local
community of users and workgroups can share
information and resources electronically.

Light emitting diode.

Any method of converting digital information to
analog form for transmission on a communicaton
line.

Another term used for transmission line.

Media Access Control.  Associated with Layer 2
or the Data Link Layer of the ISO 7-layer
protocol model.

An ADSL parameter, measured in dB.  It indicates
the excess SNR, relative to the performance of 10

BER, at the receiver point.