2. Glossary

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

MAC

Media Access Control

MBPS

Mega Bits Per Second

MDC

Management Data Clock

MDIO

Management Data Input/Output

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

OUI

Organizationally unique ID

PCS

Physical Coding Sublayer

PHY

Physical layer of the OSI model

PMA

Physical Medium Attachment

PMD

Physical Medium Dependent