Point-to-Mulitpoint Ethernet
Point-to-multipoint Ethernet networks involve data transmissions between one sender and multiple receivers. Point-to-multipoint communications can be either wired or wireless.
95th Percentile Rule
PS LIGHTWAVE uses the 95th percentile rule to bill for bandwidth that exceeds our customers’ committed rate. This calculation is primarily used to avoid penalizing customers for the occasional burst of bandwidth.
WAN (Wide Area Network)
A wide area network expands across a large geographical area, connecting multiple smaller networks, including local area networks (LANs).
VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
Deliver voice communications over internet protocol (IP) networks. These services include on-premise VoIP or digital telephony applications and cloud VoIP telephony.
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)
A VLAN enables network operators to partition their networks to meet both the security and functionality requirements of their systems without installing new fiber in the current network infrastructure.
UNI (User Network Interface)
UNI is the physical demarcation point between the responsibility of the subscriber (UNI-C, the customer edge or CE) and the responsibility of the service provider (UNI-N).
Switched Network
This network infrastructure breaks down data into smaller packets before sending these packets through network channels. Once data packets reach their destination, the data is reassembled into its original order. This network is considered to be a faster network infrastructure. Switched networks operate at Layer 2.
Switched Fabric
Switched fabric is a network topology in which network nodes interconnect via one or more network switches (particularly crossbar switches). Because a switched fabric network spreads network traffic across multiple physical links, it yields higher total throughput than broadcast networks, such as early Ethernet.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
SIP trunking is a virtual connection to the PSTN over a physical line that is often shared over an existing data connection.
SDN (Software-Defined Networking)
SDN technology is a novel approach to cloud computing that facilitates network management and enables programmatically efficient network configuration in order to improve network performance and monitoring. SDN is meant to address the fact that the static architecture of traditional networks is decentralized and complex, while current networks require more flexibility and easy troubleshooting.