MW1122 Administrator Manual Copyright Nokia Networks Oy C33902001SE_00Glossary-4remote access nodeRAN accepts a high concentration of data traffic from many DSLAMs.It grooms the traffic to reduce the heavy processing load for backbonerouters which can limit the scalability of high-speed networks. RANreceives cell- or frame-based end user traffic from the DSLAM andsends the aggregated IP traffic to ISP backbone routers.serial console connectionSerial connection (CLI) on the back panel of M5122. It is used forconfiguring M5122 locally.telecommuterA person who works at home with data communications to the centraloffice.virtual channelA communications channel which provides for the sequential uni-directional transport of ATM cells.virtual channel connectionA concatenation of virtual channel links that extends between thepoints where the ATM service users access the ATM layer.virtual pathA unidirectional logical association of virtual channels.web browserA software that is used to browse the World Wide Web.
