Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server Release 8.2 Installation And Test For Single-Carrier Cabinets Manual

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-35  
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  stand ard  for wid...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-36  
network interface
 A c ommon bound ary b etween two systems in an interconnected  group  of systems.
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-37  
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-38  
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-39  
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 e d atab ase
PKTINT
Pac...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-40  
port-network connectivity
The interconnec tion of p ort networks (PNs), reg ard less of whether the c onfig uration uses direc t or 
switc hed  c onnec tivity.
PPM
1. Parts p er million
2. Periodic  pulse metering
PPN
See  
Primary Rate Interfac e (PRI).
PRI
See  
Primary Rate Interfac e (PRI).
primary extension
The main extension...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-41  
Property Management System (PMS)
A stand -alone comp uter used  b y lod ging and  health-servic es org anizations for servic es suc h as 
reservations, housekeeping , and  b illing .
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....

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
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...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
Glossary and Abbreviations 
GL-43  
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).
ROSE
See  
Remote...

DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2
Installation and Test for Single-Carrier Cabinets  555-233-120  Issue 1
April 2000
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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...