Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Installation And Test For Multi-Carrier Cabinets Manual

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-35  
N
N+1
Method  of d etermining  redundant b ackup req uirements. Examp le: if four rectifier modules are 
req uired  for a DC-powered  sing le-c arrier c ab inet, a fifth rec tifier mod ule is installed for b ackup.
N x DS0
N x DS0, equivalently referred  to as N x 64 kb ps, is an emerg ing  stand ard  for wid eb and  calls 
sep arate from H0, H11, and  H12 ISDN c...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-36  
NFAS
See  Nonfac ility-assoc iated  sig naling  (NFAS)
.
NI
Network interface
NID
Network Inward  Dialing
NM
Network management
NN
National numb er
node
A switc hing or c ontrol p oint for a network. Nod es are either tand em (they rec eive signals and  p ass 
them on) or terminal (they originate or terminate a transmission p ath).
Nonfacility-associated signaling...

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OCM
Outb ound  Call Manag ement
offered load
The traffic that would  be g enerated b y all the req uests for servic e occ urring  within a monitored  
interval, usually one hour.
ONS
On-p remises station
OPS
Off-p remises station
OPX
Off-p remises extension
OQT
Old est q ueued  time
OSHA
Oc cup ational Safety and  Health Ac t
OSI
Op en Systems Interc onnec t
OSS...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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packet bus
A wid e-bandwid th b us that transmits p ackets.
packet switching
A d ata-transmission tec hnique whereb y user information is seg mented  and routed  in d iscrete data 
envelop es c alled  p ac kets, eac h with its own ap pended  control information, for routing, 
seq uencing , and  error c hec king. Pac ket switching  allows a c hannel to b e occ...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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GL-39  
PGN
Partitioned  g roup numb er
PI
Processor interface
PIB
Processor interface b oard
pickup group
A group  of ind ivid uals authorized  to answer any c all d irec ted to an extension within the g roup .
PIDB
Prod uc t imag e d atab ase
PKTINT
Pac ket interfac e
PL
Private line
PLS
Premises Lig htwave System
PMS
Prop erty Manag ement System
PN
Port network
PNA...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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GL-40  
PPM
1. Parts p er million
2. Periodic  pulse metering
PPN
See  processor p ort network (PPN)
.
PRI
See  Primary Rate Interfac e (PRI)
.
primary extension
The main extension assoc iated with the p hysic al voic e or d ata terminal.
Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
A stand ard  ISDN frame format that sp ecifies the p rotocol used  between two or more 
communications...

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GL-41  
protocol
A set of conventions or rules g overning  the format and timing  of messag e exc hanges to control 
d ata movement and  correc tion of errors.
PSC
Premises servic e c onsultant
PSDN
Pac ket-switch p ub lic  data network
PT
Personal terminal
PT C
Positive temp erature c oefficient
PT T
Postal Telep hone and  Teleg rap h
public network
The network that c an...

DEFINITY ECS Release 8.2 Installation and Test
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RBS
Robbed-bit signaling
RC
Rad io c ontroller
RCL
Restric ted  c all list
read-only memory (ROM)
A storag e arrang ement p rimarily for information-retrieval ap p lications.
recall dial tone
Tones sig nalling that the system has comp leted a func tion (suc h as hold ing  a call) and  is read y to 
accept dialing.
redirection criteria
Information ad ministered...

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RMATS
Remote Maintenanc e, Ad ministration, and  Traffic System
RNX
Route-numb er index (p rivate network offic e cod e)
ROM
See  read-only memory (ROM)
.
RPN
Routing -p lan numb er
RS-232C
A physic al interface sp ecified  by the Electronic Industries Assoc iation (EIA). RS-232C transmits 
and  rec eives async hronous d ata at sp eeds of up  to 19.2 kb p s over...

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SCD
Switc h-c ontrol driver
SCI
Switc h c ommunic ations interfac e
SCO
System c ontrol offic e
SCOTCH
Switc h Conferenc ing  for TDM Bus in Concentration Hig hway
SCSI
See  small c omp uter system interfac e (SCSI)
.
SDDN
Software-Defined  Data Network
SDI
Switc hed  Dig ital International
SDLC
Synchronous d ata-link c ontrol
SDN
Software-defined  network 
SFRL...