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Glossary
AAA
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (Pronounced "triple 
a."). A system (or several systems) that controls what resources 
users have access to, and keeps track of the activity of users over 
the network. 
ANSI
American National Standards Institute. A voluntary organization 
composed of corporate, government, and other members that 
coordinates standards-related activities, approves U.S. national 
standards, and develops positions for the United States in 
international standards organizations. 
ARP
Address Resolution Protocol. Internet protocol used to map an IP 
address to a MAC address. Defined in RFC 826.
ARQ
Automatic Repeat reQuest. A communication technique in which the 
receiving device detects errors and requests retransmissions.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A code for 
representing English characters as numbers, with each letter 
assigned a number from 0 to 127.
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A network technology that 
dynamically allocates bandwidth. ATM uses fixed-size data packets 
and a fixed channel between two points for data transfer. ATM was 
designed to support multiple services such as voice, graphics, data, 
and full-motion video. It allows service providers to dynamically 
assign bandwidth to individual customers.
ATPC
Automatic Transmit Power Control
AU
Access Unit
AVU
Air Ventilation Unit
BE
Best effort. A service where neither throughput nor delay guarantees 
are provided. The subscriber unit sends requests for bandwidth in 
either random access slots or dedicated transmission opportunities. 
The occurrence of dedicated opportunities is subject to network 
load, and the subscriber unit cannot rely on their presence. Service 
parameters include Committed Time (CT) and Maximum Information 
Rate (MIR).