(Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler) A communications device that formats outgoing data into the format required by a frame relay network. It strips the data back out at the other end. It is the frame relay counterpart to the X.25 PAD. See frame relay.
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FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler/Disassembler) is a device that turns data packets into frame relay frames that can be sent over Frame Relay network and turns the received Frame Relay frames into data packets. Its assembly/disassembly functionality is similar to a PAD or Packet Assembler/Disassembler, which is used for accessing X.25 networks.
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