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<h2>Q</h2>

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<h3>Q interface</h3>

<p>interface for interconnecting functional entities in a telecommunications management network</p>
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<h3>Q-adapter; <em>QA</em></h3>

<p>device which connects non-TMN compatible network element (NE)like or operating system (OS) like entities (that is those with m-reference points) to Qx or Q3 interfaces</p>
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<h3>Q-adapter function; <em>QAF</em></h3>

<p>TMN function used to connect to the TMN those network element functions (NEF) and operation system functions (OSF) which do not support standard TMN interfaces</p>
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<h3>Q1</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05631#id05631" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q1 interface</a></p>
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<h3>Q1</h3>

<p>serial protocol used in transferring management information to and from a network element</p>
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<h3>Q1 agent</h3>

<p>Java based application that communicates through remote pollers with Q1 network elements by Nokia Q1 management pipe interface</p>
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<h3>Q1 bus</h3>

<p>in management equipment, the external management channel to which Q1-managed devices have been connected</p>
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<h3>Q1 ID information</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021013#id021013" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q1 identification information</a></p>
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<h3>Q1 identification information; <em>Q1 ID information</em></h3>

<p>data which describes a Nokia Q1 network element or its position in the network</p>
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<h3>Q1 interface; <em>Q1 management interface</em>; <em>interface Q1</em>; <em>Q1</em></h3>

<p>Q interface intended to connect network elements containing no mediation functions (MF) to mediation devices (MD) or to network elements containing mediation functions via a local communication network (LCN)</p>
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<h3>Q1 interface adapter; <em>Q1IA</em></h3>

<p>electronic communication device that translates the Nokia Q1 protocol commands into the RS485/RS422 protocols recognised by the various types of Nokia site support system (SiSS) and battery backup unit</p>
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<h3>Q1 loop protection</h3>

<p>Nokia proprietary loop protection that is used to protect Q1 management and synchronisation within a transmission loop based on the plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH)</p>
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<h3>Q1 management</h3>

<p>management of a node by utilising the Nokia Q1 management protocol</p>
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<h3>Q1 management interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05631#id05631" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q1 interface</a></p>
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<h3>Q1 master</h3>

<p>computer (PC) used for managing Q1 nodes</p>
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<h3>q1 reference point</h3>

<p>reference point connecting network element functions to mediation functions either directly or via the data communication function</p>
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<h3>Q1 slave</h3>

<p>node managed by the Q1 master</p>
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<h3>Q1 summing point</h3>

<p>virtual point in the network where the traffic from Q1 slaves is collected together and forwarded to the Q1 master in one leg</p>
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<h3>Q1 support function; <em>Q1SF</em></h3>

<p>function of Nokia AXC which provides access to Q1 embedded operation channels (EOC) defined on physical transmission interfaces</p>
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<h3>Q1IA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017242#id017242" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q1 interface adapter</a></p>
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<h3>Q1SF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016108#id016108" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q1 support function</a></p>
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<h3>Q2 interface; <em>interface Q2</em></h3>

<p>Q interface intended to connect mediation devices (MD) to mediation devices, network elements containing mediation functions (MF) to mediation devices or to other network elements containing mediation functions via a local communication network (LCN)</p>
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<h3>q2 reference point</h3>

<p>reference point connecting mediation functions to mediation functions either directly or via the data communication function</p>
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<h3>Q3</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06639#id06639" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q3 interface</a></p>
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<h3>Q3</h3>

<p>set of OSI standard definitions for the transfer of management information to and from a network element across the telecommuncations management network q reference points</p>
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<h3>Q3 agent</h3>

<p>application that maps the management operations to the managed resources in the network element and delivers the notifications concerning the events in the managed objects to the manager</p>
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<h3>Q3 core system</h3>

<p>feature that provides the means for a Q3 agent system to receive and handle incoming common management information service (CMIS) requests</p>
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<h3>Q3 framework</h3>

<p>framework for performing network management functions, such as alarm collection, alarm upload, topology upload, topology event collection, and file transfer, on external systems which provide a Q3 interface</p>
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<h3>Q3 interface; <em>interface Q3</em>; <em>Q3</em></h3>

<p>Q interface between the operations and maintenance centre (OMC) and the network elements (NE) in a telecommunications management network (TMN)</p>
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<h3>q3 reference point</h3>

<p>reference point connecting mediation functions to operations systems functions and operations systems functions to operations systems functions either directly or via the data communication function</p>
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<h3>Q3 server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08405#id08405" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See CMIS server</a></p>
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<h3>QA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05292#id05292" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q-adapter</a></p>
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<h3>QAF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05278#id05278" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Q-adapter function</a></p>
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<h3>QBE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013194#id013194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See query by example</a></p>
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<h3>QoHR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014331#id014331" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See query on HLR release</a></p>
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<h3>QoR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010475#id010475" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See query-on-release</a></p>
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<h3>QoS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08604#id08604" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quality of service</a></p>
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<h3>QoS class</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014864#id014864" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quality of service class</a></p>
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<h3>QoS IE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019960#id019960" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See QoS information element</a></p>
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<h3>QOS indicator</h3>

<p>measurement counter, logical counter or other indicator of the quality of service that the network provides for the mobile subscriber</p>
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<h3>QoS information element; <em>quality of service information element</em>; <em>QoS IE</em></h3>

<p>information element that is used to negotiate the quality of service class for applications and services</p>
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<h3>QoS management</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016200#id016200" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quality of service management</a></p>
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<h3>QoS monitoring</h3>

<p>monitoring package that is used to monitor the quality of service (QoS) of a specific network or system</p>
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<h3>QoS profile; <em>quality of service profile</em></h3>

<p>profile which defines the performance expectations placed on the bearer network</p>
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<h3>QoS session; <em>quality of service session</em></h3>

<p>period between the opening and closing of a network connection whose characteristics are defined by a quality of service (QoS) profile</p>
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<h3>QPSK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06195#id06195" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quadrature phase shift keying</a></p>
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<h3>QSIG</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010795#id010795" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See QSIG signalling</a></p>
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<h3>QSIG signalling; <em>Private signalling system No 1</em>; <em>QSIG</em>; <em>PSS 1</em></h3>

<p>common channel signalling system designed for the interconnection of private integrated services network exchanges (PINX) in a private integrated services network (PISN) at the Q reference point</p>
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<h3>quadrature phase shift keying; <em>quarternary phase shift keying</em>; <em>QPSK</em></h3>

<p>phase shift keying using four phase states</p>
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<h3>quality of service; <em>QoS</em></h3>

<p>collective effect of service performance, which determines the degree of satisfaction of a service user</p>
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<h3>quality of service class; <em>QoS class</em>; <em>traffic class</em>; <em>TC</em></h3>

<p>measure of the quality of service (QoS) that defines a specific combination of boundaries on the performance values</p>
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<h3>quality of service domain</h3>

<p>network domain which supports a quality of service function</p>
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<h3>quality of service information element</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019960#id019960" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See QoS information element</a></p>
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<h3>quality of service management; <em>QoS management</em></h3>

<p>functions needed to establish, modify, and maintain a bearer service with a specific quality of service (QoS)</p>
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<h3>quality of service profile</h3>

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<h3>quality of service session</h3>

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<h3>quality planner</h3>

<p>field measurement analysis tool that provides an automated analysis of the test mobile measurement files and produces diagnostic reports to solve problems in the radio access network</p>
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<h3>quantised value; <em>quantized value /US/</em></h3>

<p>single discrete value used to represent any value in a particular quantising interval</p>
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<h3>quantising; <em>quantizing /US/</em></h3>

<p>process in which a continuous range of values of a signal is divided into a number of adjacent intervals, and any value within a given interval is represented by a single predetermined value within the interval</p>
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<h3>quantising distortion; <em>quantizing distortion /US/</em></h3>

<p>distortion resulting from the process of quantising samples within the working range</p>
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<h3>quantising interval; <em>quantizing interval /US/</em></h3>

<p>one of the intervals used in quantising</p>
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<h3>quantising law; <em>quantizing law /US/</em></h3>

<p>law in quantising that defines the number of quantising intervals, the virtual decision values, the decision values, the quantised values and, where appropriate, the rules governing adaptive working</p>
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<h3>quantization</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0417#id0417" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quantising</a></p>
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<h3>quantized value /US/</h3>

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<h3>quantizing /US/</h3>

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<h3>quantizing distortion /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0418#id0418" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quantising distortion</a></p>
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<h3>quantizing interval /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0420#id0420" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quantising interval</a></p>
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<h3>quantizing law /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07410#id07410" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quantising law</a></p>
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<h3>quarternary phase shift keying</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06195#id06195" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quadrature phase shift keying</a></p>
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<h3>quasi-associated mode of signaling /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01942#id01942" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See quasi-associated mode of signalling</a></p>
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<h3>quasi-associated mode of signalling; <em>quasi-associated mode of signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>non-associated mode of signalling in which the message route is determined basically, for each signalling message, by information contained in this message (namely in its routing label) and is fixed in normal operation</p>
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<h3>QUE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0315#id0315" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See queue service</a></p>
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<h3>query</h3>

<p>request for information expressed in a formal way</p>
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<h3>query account</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020363#id020363" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See account query</a></p>
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<h3>query by example; <em>QBE</em></h3>

<p>database front end that requests the user to supply an example of the type of data the user wants to retrieve</p>
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<h3>query language; <em>database query language</em></h3>

<p>language that is used for interacting with a database by performing queries</p>
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<h3>query on HLR release; <em>QoHR</em></h3>

<p>feature which is used to support the routing of the mobile-terminating (MT) calls in the gateway MSC (GMSC)</p>
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<h3>query-on-release; <em>QoR</em></h3>

<p>number portability solution in which the originating network routes calls normally, but the donor network releases calls to ported numbers back to the originating network, which reroutes calls to the recipient network</p>
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<h3>queue</h3>

<p>ordered group of processes or items awaiting service</p>
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<h3>queue A</h3>

<p>buffer at network A for the control of completion of calls to busy subscribers (CCBS) and completion of calls on no reply (CCNR) requests associated with user A, provided on a per-ISDN number basis</p>
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<h3>queue B</h3>

<p>buffer at network B for the control of completion of calls to busy subscribers (CCBS) and completion of calls on no reply (CCNR) requests associated with user B, provided on a per-ISDN number basis</p>
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<h3>queue hunting</h3>

<p>queue in which a call stays if normal hunting is disabled</p>
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<h3>queue service; <em>call queuing</em>; <em>connect when free</em>; <em>QUE</em></h3>

<p>facility by means of which a called subscriber can have a caller placed in a queue when all his lines are busy</p>
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<h3>queue tone; <em>call on hold tone</em>; <em>tone on hold</em></h3>

<p>tone used to reassure a calling subscriber who has been placed on "hold" by a subscriber</p>
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<h3>queuing</h3>

<p>procedure in which calls, originating from a mobile station (MS) or terminating in an MS are kept pending for reasons of congestion or when the called party is occupied</p>
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<h3>queuing announcement</h3>

<p>recorded announcement which a calling subscriber hears when calling a service number and having to queue for a service</p>
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<h3>queuing time</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07026#id07026" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See waiting time</a></p>
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<h3>quick ad hoc profile</h3>

<p>pre-defined profile used for setting up a network where wireless stations communicate directly with each other without access points</p>
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<h3>quick infrastructure profile</h3>

<p>pre-defined profile used for accessing your corporate network or access zones</p>
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<h3>quick mode</h3>

<p>mode of the second phase of Internet key exchange (IKE) which is used to negotiate Internet protocol security (IPSec) services and to generate new keying material</p>
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<h3>quiescent</h3>

<p>status of the supplementary service when it cannot be invoked because it is in conflict with other services</p>
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<h3>quiet channel</h3>

<p>radio channel which has had no traffic during the latest supervision period</p>
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<h3>quiet termination test line</h3>

<p>analogue four-conductor interface terminated at a 600-ohm terminal resistor</p>
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<h3>quintet</h3>

<p>byte composed of five binary elements</p>
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<h3>quintet</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015872#id015872" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication quintuplet</a></p>
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<h3>quintuplet</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015872#id015872" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication quintuplet</a></p>
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<h3>quota</h3>

<p>certain number of units given by the online service controller (OSC) to the intelligent service node (ISN) that corresponds in the ISN to a certain entity to be measured</p>
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<h3>Qx</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015263#id015263" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Qx interface</a></p>
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<h3>Qx interface; <em>Qx</em></h3>

<p>Q interface that is intended to connect mediation devices (MD) to MDs, network elements (NE) to MDs, Q- adapters (QA) to MDs, and NEs to NEs when one or both NEs contain a mediation function</p>
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