AES	Advanced encryption standard
AON	Active optical network
ASIC	Application-specific integrated circuit
BSON	Binary JSON
BWmap	Bandwidth map
C-RAN	Cloud radio access network
COM	Component object model
CPU	Central processing unit
CWDM	Coarse wavelength division multiplexing
DBA	Dynamic bandwidth algorithm
FPGA	Field-programmable gate array
GEM	GPON encapsulation method
GPON	Gigabit-capable passive optical network
GTC	GPON Transmission Convergence
GTH	Gigabit transceiver H
GTY	Gigabit transceiver Y
HDD	Hard disk drive
ISP	Internet services provider
ITU-T	International Telecommunication Unit telecommunication section
JSON	JavaScript object notation
MS SQL	Microsoft structured query language
ODN	Optical distribution network
OLE	Object linking and embedding
ONU	Optical network unit
OLT	Optical line termination
PCIe	Peripheral Component Interconnect Express
Plend	Payload length indicator
PON	Passive optical network
Psync	Physical synchronization
PV	Preverification
QoS	Quality of Service
RAM	Random access memory
RMS	Report message scheduling
SDN	Software defined network
SFP	Small form-factor pluggable
SSD	Solid-state drive
TDM	Time division multiplex
UML	Unified modeling language
XG-PON	10Gigabit-capable passive optical network
XGS-PON	10-Gigabit-capable symmetric passive optical network