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B

BBDXC

Broadband Digital Cross Connect

B-ISDN

Broadband ISDN

BER

Basic Encoding Rules - A method for encoding data in the OSI environment.

BML

Business Management Layer

BPR

Business Management Layer (TMN)

BRA

Basic Rate Access

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C

CCS7

Common Channel Signaling Sysyem no.7

CDMA

Code Division Multiple Access

CMIP

Common Management Information Protocol

 

CMIS

Common Management Information Service

CMISE

Common Management Information Service Element

CMOL CMIP Over LLC

(IEEE 802: LAN/WAN management model)

CMOT

Common Management Information Service over TCP/IP

CO

Central Office

 

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

CRC

Cyclic Redundancy Check

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D

DCE

Distributed Computing Environment

DCF

Data Communications Functions

DDS

Digital Data Service

 

DLC

Digital Loop Carrier

 

DME

Distributed Management Environment (OSF Project)

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

DN

Distinguished Name

 

DS-3

Digital Signal 3

 

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

 

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E

EB

Electronic Bonding

 

ECIC

Electronic Communications Implementation Committee

 

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

 

EFD

Event Forwarding Discriminator

EML

Element Management Layer (TMN)

EMS

Element Management System

 

EOC

Embedded Operations Channel

ETSI

          European Telecommunications Standardization Institute

EURESOM

          European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telecommunications

EWOS

           European Workshop for Open Systems

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F

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

Fiber Optic

A glass communications wire. Fiber optic transmission can be used to support 30,000 times the traffic that can be carried on copper.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

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G

GDMO

Guideline for the Definition of Managed Objects

 

GOSIP

Government Open System Interconnection Profile

GSM

Global System for Mobile Communications

GUI

Graphical User Interface

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H

HFC

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial

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I

IAB

Internet Activities Board

IC

Interexchange Carrier

IDLC

Integrated Digital Loop Carrier

 

IDT

Integrated Digital Terminal

 

IEC

International Engineering Consortium

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IN

Intelligent Network

 

INA

Intelligent Networking Architecture (Bellcore)

IP

Internet Protocol

IPng

Internet Protocol - next generation

IRTF

Internet Research Task Force

ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network

 

ISO

International Organization fro Standardization

ISP

International Standardized Profiles

ITU-T

International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector

IXC

Inter Exchange Carrier

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J

JTC

            Joint Technical Commitee

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L

LAN

Local Area Network

 

LATA

Local Access and Transport Areas

LDS

Local Digital Switch

 

LEC

Local Exchange Carrier

 

LIU

Line Interface Unit

 

LLC

Logical Link Control

LNP

Local Number Portability

 

LOS

Loss of Signal

 

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M

MAN

Metropolitan Area Network

MCF

Message Communications Functions

MF

Mediations Function Block - A TMN Function Block

MIB

Management Information Base

MIB-I

First MIB defined for managing TCP/IP based internetes;RFC-1156

MIB-II

Curretns standard MIB defined for managing TCP/IP based internets; RFC-1213

MO

Managed Object

MOCs

          Managed Object Classes

MOCS

          Managed Object Conformance Statement

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NE

Network Element

 

NEF

Network Element function block - A TMN function block

NEL

Network Element Layer

NMF

Network Management Forum

NML

NMS

          Network Managements Station

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O

OAM&P

Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning

 

Object

Any thing, entity, concept, or abstraction (real or imagined) with clear boundaries and meanings within a particular context, view, or domain (e.g. customers, vendors, locations, products, parts, services, contracts, reports, systems, resources, equipment, goals, business concepts, etc.). An object may be an instance of one (or more) classes of similar objects that share common attribute types and operations.

   

ODP

Open Distributed Processing (ISO Standard)

OMG

Object Management Group

OMNIPoint

Open Management Interoperability Point (NMF)

OO

Object-Oriented

OODBMS

Object-Oriented Data Base Management System

 

OS

Operation Support

OSF

Open Software Foundation

OSF

Operations System Function Block - A TMN function block

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection - An architectural model describing how communications can be achieved between different vendors' systems. It is a logical structure for network communications standardized within ISO, and containing seven primary layers. It enables any OSI-compliant computer or device to communicate with other OSI-compliant equipment. The seven layers, starting with the lowest are the physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation and applications.

OSS

          Operation Support System

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P

 

PBX

Private Branch Exchange

 

PCS

Personal Communications Services

 

PIC/CARE

Primary Interexchange Carrier/Customer Account Record Exchange

 

PM

Performance Monitoring

 

 

PSS

Primary Service State

 

PSTN

           Public Switched Telephone Network

PTOs

           Public Telecommunications Operators

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Q

q3TMN

R

RACE

Research on Advanced Communications

RBOCs

Regional Bell Operating Companies

RDT

Remote Digital Terminal

 

RFC

Request for Customers

RMON

Remote Network Monitoring

ROSE

Remote Operations Service Element

RPC

Remote Procedure Call

RTU

Remote Test Unit

 

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S

SCP

Service Control Point

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

 

SIF

Sonet Interoperability Forum

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SMART

Service Management Automation and Re-engineering Team/NMF (Billing, Ordering, Config.)

SMASE

Systems Management Applications Service Element

SMF

System Management Functions

SMFA

System Management Functional Area (CM, FM, PM, AM, SM)

SML

Service Management Layer

SMS

Service Management System SMS / 800 - An IBM Information Management System (IMS) interactive computer system which coordinates all national 800 numbers across all U.S. telephone companies and carriers.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNMPv2

Simple Network Management Protocol - version 2

 

SONET

Synchronous Optical NETwork

STP

Signal Transfer Point

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T

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

 

TIA

Telecommunications Industry Association

TINA

Telecommunications Information Networking Architecture

TINA-C

TINA Constortium

TL1

Transaction Language 1

 

TMC

Time-slot Management Channel

 

TMN

Telecommunications Management Network - TMN, as defined in ITU-T Recommendation M.3010:  a management communications concept that defines the relationship between basic network building blocks (network elements, different network protocols, and operations systems) in terms of standard interfaces.

 

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W

WAN