Lucent Technologies DEFINITY® Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Reports Guide

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Reports Guide  555-233-505  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-35  
multirate
The new N x DS0 servic e (see N x DS0).
MWL
Messag e-waiting  lamp
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Reports Guide  555-233-505  Issue 1
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-36  
network-specific facility (NSF)
An information element in an ISDN-PRI messag e that sp ecifies which p ub lic -network servic e is 
used . NSF ap plies only when Call-b y-Call Service Selection is used  to ac cess a p ublic-network 
servic e.
network interface
 A c ommon bound ary b etween two systems in an interconnected  group  of systems.
NFAS
See  Nonfac ility-assoc...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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GL-37  
O
OA
Op erator assisted
occurrence
See  ap p earanc e
.
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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P
PACCON
Pac ke t  c o nt ro l
packet
A g roup  of b its (inc lud ing  a messag e element, which is the d ata, and a c ontrol information element 
(IE), whic h is the head er) used  in pac ket switc hing  and  transmitted  as a d isc rete unit. In eac h 
p ac ket, the messag e element and c ontrol IE are arranged  in a spec ified  format. See also packet 
bus and packet...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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PEC
Pric e element c ode
PEI
Proc essor element interc hang e
personal computer (PC)
A personally controllable microc omp uter.
PGATE
Pac ket gateway
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-40  
port network (PN)
A cab inet c ontaining  a TDM b us and  pac ket b us to which the following  c omponents are 
connec ted : p ort circuit p acks, one or two tone-c loc k c ircuit p acks, a maintenanc e c irc uit pac k, 
servic e c irc uit p ac ks, and  (op tionally) up  to four exp ansion interfac e (EI) c irc uit p ac ks in DEFINITY 
ECS. Eac h PN is c ontrolled...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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GL-41  
processor port network (PPN)
A port network c ontrolled  b y a switc h-p roc essing element that is d irectly c onnec ted  to that PN’s 
TDM bus and LAN bus. See also p ort network (PN)
.
processor port network (PPN) control carrier
A  c a r r ie r  c o n ta i ni n g  t h e m ai nt e n an c e c irc ui t  p a c k ,  to n e/ c lo c k c irc u i t  p a c k ,  an d  SPE c i...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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GL-42  
R
RAM
See  rand om-ac c ess memory (RAM)
.
random-access memory (RAM)
A storag e arrang ement whereb y information c an b e retrieved  at a sp eed  ind ep endent of the 
loc ation of the stored  information.
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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RHNPA
See  remote home numb ering-p lan area c od e (RHNPA)
.
RINL
Remote ind irect neig hb or link
RISC
Reduced-instruction-set computer
RLT
Release-link trunk
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
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GL-44  
sanity and control interface (SAKI)
A custom VLSI microchip loc ated  on eac h p ort circ uit p ac k. The SAKI p rovid es add ress 
rec og nition, buffering , and  sync hronization between the ang el and  the five control time slots that 
make up  the control c hannel. The SAKI also scans and  collects status information for the ang el on 
its p ort circuit p ack and ,...