Glossary
Technology evolves at a rapid-fire pace. That’s why we’ve built an easy-to-use glossary to help you better understand the terms, technologies and trends that impact your business.Generic Framing Procedure (GFP)
Traffic adaptation protocol providing convergence between packet-switched and transmission networks. GFP elegantly maps packet-based protocols such as Ethernet, Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON and various forms of digital video into SONET/SDH, typically using virtual concatenation to provide right-sized pipes for data services.