AAL ATM Adaptation Layer ACK Acknowledgment

Abbreviations

AAL ATM Adaptation Layer ACK Acknowledgment

ADL Architecture Description Language AL Application Layer

AMS Atelier for Modeling and Simulation ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode

B-ISDN Broadband - ISDN

BAV Basic Architecture for Validation BEB Behavior Engine Block

BONeS Block Oriented Network Simulator C-DBM Current Detailed Basic Model

-DBM DBM Class

Car Cardinal CBR Constant Bit Rate

CCITT Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique CI Communication Interface

CLNP ConnectionLess Network Protocol

CM Coupled Model

CoM Composite Model

DaCaPo Dynamic Configuration of Protocols DBM Detailed Basic Model

DBM

DBM to be Verified and Validated DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus DT Data

EL Entity Layer

ENSO Ensemble Object EOM End Of Message

FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FIFO First In First Out

FTP File Transfer Protocol GeM Generic Model GENO Generic Object GSS Graphical System Support GUI Graphical User’s Interface HDLC High level Data Link Control HDTV High-Definition Television

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Abbreviations

HOPS Horizontally Oriented Protocol Structure HSM Hybrid Simulation Modeling

IB Interfaces Block

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IP Internet Protocol

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISO International Organization for Standardization ITU International Telecommunication Union LAN Local Area Network

LLC Logical Link Control LoF Library of Functions MAC Medium Access Control MAN Metropolitan Area Network MeB Measurements Block MPEG Moving Pictures Experts’ Group NAC Network Access Control

NESSY Network Simulation System NetMod Network Modeling

NL Network Layer

Noc Number of connections

OPNET Optimized Network Engineering Tool

OSI RM Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model OSISIM Open System Integrated Simulator

PDU Protocol Data Unit

PPDP Protocol Pattern Determination Process QNAP2 Queueing Networks Analysis Package 2 RBM Reduced Basic Model

RFC Request For Comment RTT Round Trip Time RTTV RTT Variance SAP Service Access Point SDU Service Data Unit SIMO Simple Object Sin Set of inputs

Sout Set of outputs SPECOBJ Specific Object

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Abbreviations

SRTT Smoothed RTT TCP Transmission Control Protocol

TiM Timers Manager

TOPNET Tool for the Object oriented, Petri net based Network Evaluation and Test

TPDU Transport PDU TTL Time To Live

UDP User Datagram Protocol UI User’s Interface UPC Usage Parameter Control VBR Variable Bit Rate

VLSI Very Large Scale Integration

VMTP Versatile Message Transaction Protocol WAN Wide Area Network

XTP Xpress Transfer Protocol

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