- Industry: Telecommunications
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The next lower level of abstraction below that of the OSI--Reference Model. The OSI--Service Definitions for each layer define the layer's abstract interface and the facilities provided to the user of the service independent of the mechanism used to accomplish the service.
Industry:Telecommunications
The network of switching systems, interconnecting facilities, and equipment provided by an exchange carrier (EC) to provide telecommunications services between the exchange office (EO) and interexchange carrier point of termination (IC-POT. )
Industry:Telecommunications
The network intelligence that provides call/connection processing and control.
Industry:Telecommunications
The network element that routes a call to the release node, and informs the release node that it is capable of performing pivot functionality on that specific call. The pivot node performs the pivoting based on the new destination node information received from the release node. The pivot node must be a Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) signaling point.
Industry:Telecommunications
The network components that provide a virtual connection between two circuit sections. A network section may be either an access network section or a transit network section.
Industry:Telecommunications
The nested units of information into which a media stream can be decomposed.
Industry:Telecommunications
The NANPA gathers forecast and utilization information to monitor and project exhaust in individual NPAs/area codes as well as in the NANP overall. This semi-annual report includes number utilization information as well as a five-year forecast of demand by year. Pooling carriers report at the thousands-block level per rate center. Non-pooling carriers report at the Central Office Code level per rate center. For more detailed information, see the NRUF Reporting Guidelines.
Industry:Telecommunications
The name of a set of computers and networks used for creating, forwarding, or displaying some computer conferences.
Industry:Telecommunications
The name of a file-transfer protocol that allows a user on one host to access and transfer files to and from another host over a network.
Industry:Telecommunications
The movement of some or all of the characters or bits of a word by the same number of character or bit positions in the direction of a specified end of a word. 2. In radar, the ability to move the origin of a radial display away from the center of the cathode ray tube.
Industry:Telecommunications
