protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) and IP Protocol Suite OSPF-TE OSPF with Traffic Engineering Extension Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Optical Transport Network Optical Transport Network (OTN) (continued) Appendix F: Acronyms Acronym What Does It Stand For Where It Is Used Out of Band Crosstalk Optical Transport Network (OTN) Optical Cross Connect Optical Transport Network (OTN) Private Automatic Branch Exchange Broadband Access Provider Bridge Carrier Class Ethernet Providers Backbone Bridge Carrier Class Ethernet Personal Computer Electronic Circuits and Equalizers Photonics Crystal Fiber Fiber Optics Peripheral Component Interconnect Transmission Systems Polarization Dependent Losses Optoelectronic Components and Sub-systems Polarization Division Multiplexing Transmission Systems Polyethylene Fiber Cables P-Intrinsic-N Photodiode Optoelectronics Components and Sub-Systems Phase Lock Loop Transmission Systems Path Layer Protection Transmission Systems PLPRing Path Layer Protection Ring Transmission Systems Polarization Mode Dispersion Fiber Optics Polarization Maintaining Fiber Transmission Systems Passive Optical Network Broadband Access Packet over Sonet SDH/SONET Point to Point Protocol SDH/SONET Packet Switching Capable Port Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Principal States of Polarization Fiber Optics Polyvinyl Chloride Optical Cables Polyvinyl Difluoride Optical Cables Pure Wavelength Conversion OXC Optical Transport Network (OTN) PureWavelength Plane OXC Optical Transport Network (OTN) Quality of Service Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) and IP Protocol Suite Random Access Memory Electronic Circuits and Equalizers Regional Bell Operating Companies Telecommunication Market Resistance Capacity Circuit Electronic Circuits and Equalizers Regenerator (in SONET/SDH) SDH/SONET Relative Intensity Noise Optoelectronic Components and Sub-Systems Read Only Memory Electronic Circuits and Equalizers Reed-Solomon Code Electronic Circuits and Equalizers Resource ReSerV