Glossary

Learn about advanced telecom and cloud-based networking functions and technologies that are enabling the latest wave of innovations in the telecom industry.​

Payload

The data in an ATM cell or Ethernet/IP packet that subscribers want to access (the message, conversation, file, etc.). Payload is used to distinguish the subscriber’s data from the “overhead,” which is data in an ATM cell or IP packet that network equipment tacks on to the payload to help guide its transmission across the network.

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