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<h2>A</h2>

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<h3>A bit</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=id011275#id011275" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acknowledgement request bit</a></p>
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<h3>A interface</h3>

<p>interface between a base station controller and an exchange through which all the services and other facilities are offered to a GSM PLMN user in order to enable the use of the system</p>
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<h3>A interface circuit allocation</h3>

<p>terrestrial circuit reservation part of the GSM 08.08 assignment procedure</p>
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<h3>A' interface</h3>

<p>interface between the mobile services switching centre (MSC) and multimedia gateway (MGW)</p>
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<h3>A-alarm</h3>

<p>critical alarm generated by a fault which inhibits the normal operation of the equipment</p>
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<h3>A-GPS</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=id018293#id018293" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assisted GPS</a></p>
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<h3>A-interface gateway; <em>AGW</em></h3>

<p>gateway between an intranet and a GSM network which provides the A interface for the mobile services switching centre (MSC)</p>
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<h3>A-law; <em>compression law</em></h3>

<p>ITU-T standard for non-uniform quantising logarithmic compression</p>
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<h3>A-subscriber</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=id02380#id02380" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See calling subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>A-TRAU</h3>

<p>protocol which together with the V.110 protocol provides support for rate adapted transparent and non-transparent data rates (14.4 kbit/s and 9.6 kbit/s respectively) in the base station controller (BSC) and in the mobile services switching centre's (MSC) interworking function (IWF) interface</p>
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<h3>A-TRAU'</h3>

<p>protocol that provides support for rate-adapted transparent and non-transparent data rates (28.8kbit/s, 33.6kbit/s) in the ATM module and in the mobile services switching centre's (MSC) interworking function (IWF) interface</p>
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<h3>A/D</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=id07401#id07401" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital conversion</a></p>
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<h3>A/D conversion</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=id07401#id07401" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital conversion</a></p>
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<h3>A/D converter</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=id01671#id01671" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital converter</a></p>
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<h3>A3</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=id011718#id011718" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See A3 algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>A3 algorithm; <em>A3</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm used for subscriber authentication in a GSM public land mobile network (PLMN)</p>
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<h3>A5</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=id012994#id012994" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See algorithm A5</a></p>
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<h3>A5/3</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=id020143#id020143" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See A5/3 algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>A5/3 algorithm; <em>A5/3</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm for GSM/EDGE, which produces ciphertext out of cleartext using the ciphering key (Kc)</p>
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<h3>A8</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=id011719#id011719" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See A8 algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>A8 algorithm; <em>A8</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm used for generating cipherkeys to protect the data transfer on the radio path in a GSM public land mobile network (PLMN)</p>
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<h3>AA</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=id020435#id020435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access authentication</a></p>
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<h3>AA</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=id09950#id09950" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anonymous access</a></p>
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<h3>AAA; <em>authentication, authorisation, and accounting</em>; <em>authentication, authorization, and accounting /US/</em></h3>

<p>facility that provides an interface between the devices and security servers through which access control can be set up</p>
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<h3>AAD function</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=id05304#id05304" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscription area restriction</a></p>
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<h3>AADB</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=id09949#id09949" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See active alarms database</a></p>
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<h3>AAL</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=id04869#id04869" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer</a></p>
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<h3>AAL performance measurements</h3>

<p>feature for collecting and monitoring the AAL5, AAL2 signalling protocol at UNI, AAL2 signalling protocol at NNI, and signalling AAL (SAAL) protocol performance parameters</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2</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=id09195#id09195" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer type 2</a></p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 channel identifier; <em>AAL2 channel identifier</em>; <em>channel identifier</em>; <em>CID</em></h3>

<p>common unique identifier of an AAL type 2 channel</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 connecting point</h3>

<p>point in a connection where the two adjacent AAL type 2 links come together, providing the connecting functions</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 connection; <em>AAL2 connection</em></h3>

<p>logical concatenation of one or more AAL type 2 links between two AAL type 2 service endpoints</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 intermediate switch; <em>AAL2 intermediate switch</em></h3>

<p>AAL type 2 switch serving as an AAL type 2 signalling endpoint at an AAL type 2 connecting point</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 link; <em>AAL2 link</em></h3>

<p>logical user plane communication facility between two adjacent AAL type 2 switching points or service endpoints</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 link characteristics; <em>AAL2 link characteristics</em></h3>

<p>information used to describe attributes of the AAL type 2 link</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 path; <em>AAL2 path</em></h3>

<p>logical concatenation of one or more ATM virtual channel connections (VCC) between two AAL type 2 switches</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 path identifier; <em>AAL2 path identifier</em></h3>

<p>in an ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2) signalling protocol message, a field with a fixed size of 4 octets which identifies the AAL type 2 path</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 served user</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=id010049#id010049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 served user</a></p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 service endpoint; <em>AAL2 service endpoint</em></h3>

<p>termination point of an AAL type 2 connection, providing the connection termination functions</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 signalling protocol; <em>AAL2 signalling protocol</em></h3>

<p>control plane functions which establish and release AAL2 connections and the maintenance functions associated with the AAL2 signalling</p>
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<h3>AAL type 2 switch; <em>AAL2 switch</em></h3>

<p>system which is capable of switching AAL type 2 connections</p>
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<h3>AAL1</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=id09194#id09194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer type 1</a></p>
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<h3>AAL1 connection</h3>

<p>ATM adaptation layer type 1 (AAL1) based connection which has a constant bit rate and is suitable for carrying video and speech traffic</p>
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<h3>AAL2</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=id09195#id09195" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer type 2</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 CAC</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=id010044#id010044" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 connection admission control</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 CC</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=id010045#id010045" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 connection control</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 CC</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 channel identifier</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=id010042#id010042" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL type 2 channel identifier</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 connection</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 connection admission control; <em>AAL2 CAC</em></h3>

<p>ATM connection admission control that operates only within an existing virtual channel connection (VCC) and that decides whether the system can accommodate a new AAL2 connection within the given VCC</p>
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<h3>AAL2 connection control; <em>AAL2 CC</em></h3>

<p>feature that handles the operations (create, delete, interrogate) related to AAL2 cross-connections and the allocation of connection identifier (CID) values for the AAL2 cross-connections</p>
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<h3>AAL2 connection control function</h3>

<p>function which routes the AAL2 signalling according to the received service endpoint address so that the AAL2 transit connections can be formed between two service endpoints via the multimedia gateway (MGW)</p>
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<h3>AAL2 connection management</h3>

<p>AAL2 connection control function which provides services to manage the creation, modification, interrogation, and release of the AAL2 cross-connections</p>
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<h3>AAL2 cross-connection; <em>AAL2 CC</em></h3>

<p>cross-connection by which ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2) packets are switched between the internal N_CID and the internal 1_CID termination points</p>
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<h3>AAL2 intermediate switch</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 link</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 link characteristics</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 nodal function; <em>nodal function</em>; <em>NF</em></h3>

<p>function in the multimedia gateway (MGW) which enables any ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2) based connections to be routed via MGW without control from the MSC server</p>
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<h3>AAL2 packet switching; <em>AAL2 switching</em></h3>

<p>switching performed at ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2), in which packets that are encapsulated within an ATM cell are switched according to their virtual path identifier (VPI), virtual channel identifier (VCI), and channel identifier (CID) values</p>
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<h3>AAL2 path</h3>

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<h3>AAL2 path identifier</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=id013678#id013678" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL type 2 path identifier</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 PE</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=id020570#id020570" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 protocol entity</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 protocol entity; <em>AAL2 PE</em></h3>

<p>software which is responsible for performing AAL type 2 (AAL2) signalling protocol towards other network elements</p>
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<h3>AAL2 resource management</h3>

<p>AAL2 connection control function which provides services to manage the resources needed for AAL2 cross-connections</p>
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<h3>AAL2 resource reservation measurement</h3>

<p>measurement which enables to follow the user plane ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2) resource reservation failre reasons and success rates for the whole radio network controller (RNC) and individual AAL2 paths</p>
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<h3>AAL2 served user; <em>AAL type 2 served user</em></h3>

<p>user of an AAL2 signalling protocol</p>
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<h3>AAL2 service endpoint</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=id013681#id013681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL type 2 service endpoint</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 signalling</h3>

<p>signalling that is used to set up and release AAL2 connections inside virtual channel connections</p>
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<h3>AAL2 signalling protocol</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=id010051#id010051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL type 2 signalling protocol</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 switch</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=id013682#id013682" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL type 2 switch</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 switching</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=id015037#id015037" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 packet switching</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 termination and switching</h3>

<p>feature which implements the termination and switching function for the switching platform to support AAL2 packet based transmission</p>
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<h3>AAL2 VCC</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=id021000#id021000" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL2 virtual channel connection</a></p>
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<h3>AAL2 virtual channel connection; <em>AAL2 VCC</em></h3>

<p>ATM virtual channel connection which is based on the use of the ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2)</p>
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<h3>AAL2 VPC endpoint management</h3>

<p>AAL2 connection control function which provides services to create and delete virtual path connection (VPC) endpoints related to a given AAL2 Switching Processor (A2SP) and also services to select the proper VPC endpoint for the requested AAL2 cross-connection</p>
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<h3>AAL3/4</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=id09196#id09196" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer type 3/4</a></p>
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<h3>AAL5</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=id09197#id09197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM adaptation layer type 5</a></p>
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<h3>AAL5 common part; <em>AAL5 CP</em></h3>

<p>part of ATM adaptation layer type 5 (AAL5) which consists of segmentation and reassembly (SAR) sublayer and common part convergence sublayer (CPCS)</p>
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<h3>AAL5 CP</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=id013686#id013686" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAL5 common part</a></p>
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<h3>AAL5 profile</h3>

<p>profile which contains the parameters for configuring an ATM adaptation layer type 5 (AAL5) connection</p>
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<h3>AB</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=id011497#id011497" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access burst</a></p>
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<h3>abandoned call</h3>

<p>call registered in the automatic call distribution where the calling subscriber has hung up or queuing time has expired before the subscriber has got through to an attendant</p>
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<h3>abandoned traffic</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=id04782#id04782" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See lost traffic</a></p>
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<h3>abbreviated dialing /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=id02230#id02230" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abbreviated dialling</a></p>
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<h3>abbreviated dialing, subscriber registration /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=id02230#id02230" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abbreviated dialling</a></p>
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<h3>abbreviated dialling; <em>abbreviated dialling, subscriber registration</em>; <em>abbreviated dialing /US/</em>; <em>abbreviated dialing, subscriber registration /US/</em></h3>

<p>facility which enables a subscriber to make a call by dialling an abbreviated number instead of the full telephone number</p>
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<h3>abbreviated dialling number</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=id02229#id02229" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abbreviated number</a></p>
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<h3>abbreviated dialling, subscriber registration</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=id02230#id02230" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abbreviated dialling</a></p>
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<h3>abbreviated number; <em>abbreviated dialling number</em>; <em>ADN</em></h3>

<p>private number (short code) dialled instead of the called subscriber's telephone number, programmed in the exchange or the telephone</p>
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<h3>ABICCCH</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=id011198#id011198" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Abis interface common control channel</a></p>
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<h3>ABIECCCH</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=id011199#id011199" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Abis interface extended common control channel</a></p>
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<h3>Abis interface common control channel; <em>ABICCCH</em></h3>

<p>common control channel (CCCH) hand of the Abis interface program block (ABIPRB), which handles CCCH procedures</p>
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<h3>Abis interface extended common control channel; <em>ABIECCCH</em></h3>

<p>common control channel (CCCH) hand of the Abis interface program block (ABIPRB), which handles extended CCCH procedures</p>
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<h3>Abis interface stand-alone dedicated control channel; <em>ABISDCCH</em></h3>

<p>stand-alone dedicated control channel (SDCCH) hand of the Abis interface program block (ABIPRB), which handles SDCCH procedures</p>
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<h3>Abis interface traffic channel; <em>ABITCH</em></h3>

<p>traffic channel (TCH) hand of the Abis interface program block (ABIPRB), which handles TCH procedures</p>
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<h3>Abis signalling link</h3>

<p>signalling link in the Abis interface connecting a base transceiver station (BTS) and a base station controller (BSC)</p>
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<h3>ABISDCCH</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=id011200#id011200" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Abis interface stand-alone dedicated control channel</a></p>
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<h3>ABITCH</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=id011201#id011201" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Abis interface traffic channel</a></p>
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<h3>ABNF</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=id014755#id014755" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See augmented Backus-Naur form</a></p>
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<h3>abort</h3>

<p>terminate, in a controlled manner, a processing activity in a computer system because it is impossible or undesirable for the activity to proceed</p>
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<h3>about box</h3>

<p>window in which can be shown the Nokia logo, application name, product code, version number, copyright notice, contact point at Nokia for queries about the application, trade-mark information, licensing information, and command button to close the window</p>
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<h3>ABR</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=id09198#id09198" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See available bit rate</a></p>
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<h3>ABR</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=id09958#id09958" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See border router</a></p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service; <em>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion</em>; <em>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion to an answering service</em>; <em>manual answering service</em></h3>

<p>call forwarding which enables a subscriber to have incoming calls automatically diverted to a manual answering service</p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service - diversion on no reply, to any number</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=id04585#id04585" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call forwarding on no reply</a></p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion</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=id02233#id02233" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absent subscriber service</a></p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion to a fixed announcement without message accepting capability</h3>

<p>call forwarding which enables a subscriber to have incoming calls automatically diverted to an announcement in the terminating exchange</p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion to an answering service</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=id02233#id02233" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absent subscriber service</a></p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service - immediate diversion to any number</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=id04583#id04583" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See unconditional call forwarding</a></p>
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<h3>absent subscriber service with immediate diversion to any number</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=id04583#id04583" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See unconditional call forwarding</a></p>
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<h3>absolute address; <em>machine address</em></h3>

<p>address in a computer language that identifies a storage or a device without the use of any intermediate reference</p>
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<h3>absolute domain name</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=id014014#id014014" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See fully qualified domain name</a></p>
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<h3>absolute radio frequency channel number</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=id08851#id08851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absolute radio frequency number</a></p>
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<h3>absolute radio frequency number; <em>absolute radio frequency channel number</em>; <em>ARFN</em>; <em>ARFCN</em></h3>

<p>radio frequency used in connection with, for example, mobile originating and terminating test calls</p>
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<h3>absolute time difference; <em>ATD</em></h3>

<p>time difference that is calculated based on time stamps from a known system time in the acquired global positioning system (GPS) data</p>
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<h3>abstract data type</h3>

<p>data type that is defined solely in terms of the operations that can be performed on objects of that type, and the range of values that it can take, regardless of the method of representation of the value</p>
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<h3>abstract syntax notation; <em>ASN</em></h3>

<p>notation which enables complicated types to be defined and enables values of these types to be specified without determining the way an instance of this type is to be represented</p>
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<h3>abstract syntax notation one; <em>ASN.1</em></h3>

<p>transmission notation standardised by the International Organization for Standardization and used to describe notations generally used by the adaptation layer protocols</p>
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<h3>AC</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=id012692#id012692" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access conditions</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id013647#id013647" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See admission control</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id013902#id013902" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access controller</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id019324#id019324" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See audio codec</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id03273#id03273" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access channel</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id0777#id0777" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See area code</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id09047#id09047" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ApplyCharging</a></p>
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<h3>AC</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=id06356#id06356" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application context</a></p>
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<h3>AC alarm</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=id08388#id08388" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm-cancel alarm</a></p>
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<h3>AC band</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=id02919#id02919" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access channel band</a></p>
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<h3>AC pool</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=id011205#id011205" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See autoconfiguration pool</a></p>
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<h3>AC 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=id02794#id02794" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternating current signalling</a></p>
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<h3>AC signalling</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=id02794#id02794" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternating current signalling</a></p>
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<h3>AC statistics</h3>

<p>feature which provides statistical data through authentication</p>
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<h3>ACB</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=id012970#id012970" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anonymous call barring</a></p>
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<h3>ACC</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=id014756#id014756" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acceptable channel codings</a></p>
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<h3>ACC</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=id06799#id06799" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See account card calling</a></p>
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<h3>ACC</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=id08787#id08787" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic congestion control</a></p>
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<h3>accentuation</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=id0167#id0167" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pre-emphasis</a></p>
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<h3>accept list</h3>

<p>access control list which allows users to specify exactly which users may call them directly</p>
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<h3>acceptable cell</h3>

<p>suitable cell from which the mobile station can make emergency calls</p>
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<h3>acceptable channel codings; <em>ACC</em></h3>

<p>part of a bearer capability information element (BCIE) in a mobile-originating call set-up that indicates the channel coding methods the mobile station can use</p>
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<h3>access</h3>

<p>right or ability to enter, approach, or use something</p>
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<h3>access accept</h3>

<p>authentication phase message from the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server conveying a positive authentication reply</p>
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<h3>access administration</h3>

<p>administration of user access to resources such as systems, applications, and information</p>
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<h3>access administrator</h3>

<p>user who manages the login accounts and access rights of the service and subscription administrators and the subscriber's login accounts and access rights for self-service management purposes</p>
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<h3>access attempt</h3>

<p>process by which one or more users interact with a telecommunications system to enable initiation of user information transfer</p>
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<h3>access authentication; <em>AA</em></h3>

<p>authentication of a user's log-in name and password before they are allowed to connect to the network or to a device</p>
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<h3>access burst; <em>AB</em></h3>

<p>signal sent by the mobile station to the base transceiver station so that the base transceiver station can derive the timing advance from the delay of its arrival</p>
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<h3>access channel; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>channel marked with a special identification signal and used to gain access to a traffic channel when, for example, the mobile station initiates a call</p>
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<h3>access channel</h3>

<p>designated part of the information transfer capability having specified characteristics, provided at the user-network interface</p>
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<h3>access channel band; <em>AC band</em></h3>

<p>the frequency band in use for access channels</p>
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<h3>access code</h3>

<p>sequence of digits or characters which must be dialled, typed, or entered for using a device or a service</p>
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<h3>access concentrator</h3>

<p>network device which is used to combine multiple communications lines onto a single, high-speed output link</p>
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<h3>access conditions; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>set of security attributes associated with a file</p>
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<h3>access contention</h3>

<p>conflict between the demands made on a network termination in multipoint access</p>
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<h3>access control</h3>

<p>technique for the prevention of unauthorised use of a resource, including its use in an unauthorised manner, to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of information</p>
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<h3>access control list</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=id013938#id013938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access list</a></p>
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<h3>access control list; <em>ACL</em></h3>

<p>list of entities and their access rights that is used for the access control service</p>
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<h3>access control list application programming interface; <em>access control list management interface</em>; <em>ACL API</em></h3>

<p>application programming interface that the PoC call processor provides for updating the access control lists via the network operator's customer care system</p>
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<h3>access control list entry; <em>ACE</em></h3>

<p>entry in an access control list that usually consists of a type of entry (group or individual user), name or identity and access rights</p>
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<h3>access control list 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=id019988#id019988" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access control list application programming interface</a></p>
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<h3>access control proxy; <em>ACP</em></h3>

<p>proxy which provides access control services according to user-based and IP-based browsing policies</p>
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<h3>access control service</h3>

<p>information security service for providing access control functions</p>
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<h3>access controller; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>gateway between the Internet and wireless stations that are attached to a wireless LAN</p>
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<h3>access customer</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=id019067#id019067" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet network access customer</a></p>
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<h3>access delay</h3>

<p>time elapsed between an access request and a successful access</p>
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<h3>access denial</h3>

<p>access failure caused by the issuing of a system blocking signal by a communications system that does not have a call-originator camp-on feature or access failure caused by exceeding the maximum access time and nominal system access time fraction during an access attempt</p>
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<h3>access failure</h3>

<p>in a communications system, an unsuccessful access that results in termination of an access attempt in any manner other than initiation of user information transfer between the intended source and destination within the specified maximum access time</p>
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<h3>access grant channel; <em>AGCH</em></h3>

<p>downlink and point-to-point common control channel (CCH) reserved for assignment messages</p>
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<h3>access group</h3>

<p>in location services, a group of one or more access points with the same service characteristic in the same location</p>
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<h3>access independence</h3>

<p>shielding the higher layer protocols from the underlying access technology by means of access- independent interfaces</p>
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<h3>access independent</h3>

<p>characteristic of a technical solution that is independent of the access technology utilised</p>
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<h3>access independent interface; <em>AII</em></h3>

<p>interface that makes the network protocols transparent to the access method utilised</p>
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<h3>access key</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=id09071#id09071" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See credentials</a></p>
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<h3>access line loopback</h3>

<p>loopback in which the OAM cells are inserted by the customer or the network, and switched back by the first ATM node in the network or customer equipment respectively</p>
</div>


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<h3>access link control application protocol; <em>ALCAP</em></h3>

<p>transport signalling protocol that is used to set up and tear down transport bearers</p>
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<h3>access list; <em>access control list</em>; <em>AL</em></h3>

<p>list of statements that permits or denies packet flow across an interface based on information contained in the packet and the parameters in the list that are applied against the packet contents</p>
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<h3>access list management</h3>

<p>feature which allows users to control which incoming invitations to PoC sessions are rejected and which are accepted</p>
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<h3>access method</h3>

<p>access technology utilised to enable communication between two nodes, typically a mobile terminal and a base transceiver station</p>
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<h3>access mode</h3>

<p>technique to obtain a specific record form or to place a specific recording in a file contained in a storage device</p>
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<h3>access network; <em>AN</em></h3>

<p>telecommunications network between a local exchange and the subscriber station</p>
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<h3>access node</h3>

<p>node implemented between the local exchange (LE) and the user, replacing part or the whole of the local line distribution network</p>
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<h3>access operator</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=id019068#id019068" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet network access operator</a></p>
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<h3>access part</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=id09923#id09923" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See user access part</a></p>
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<h3>access path</h3>

<p>path to a file, which can be used for fetching a file but does not explicitly state the storage location of the file</p>
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<h3>access plan view</h3>

<p>packet core configurator view that is used to define the default parameters of the access points for a new packet network access plan, and modify or view the parameters of an existing access plan</p>
</div>


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<h3>access point; <em>AP</em></h3>

<p>physical device that connects wired and wireless networks together</p>
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<h3>access point; <em>AP</em></h3>

<p>point of entry or means of entry to a circuit</p>
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<h3>access point name; <em>APN</em></h3>

<p>logical name that describes the actual connected access point to the external packet data network according to domain name system naming conventions</p>
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<h3>access point plan view</h3>

<p>packet core configurator view that is used to modify and view the parameters of a selected access point</p>
</div>


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<h3>access point provisioning</h3>

<p>provisioning of the access points in a system so that the access point specific configuration data is consistent in different network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>access point re-hosting</h3>

<p>re-hosting that includes removing an access point from one gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) and creating an access point in another GGSN for the traffic of a specific end-user</p>
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<h3>access profile</h3>

<p>description that contains the access rights for the associated credentials and is used for authorisation, which occurs after authentication</p>
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<h3>access profile; <em>ATM access profile</em></h3>

<p>group of attributes associated with an ATM interface or with a virtual path termination point</p>
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<h3>access protocol</h3>

<p>protocol that is adopted at an interface at a specified reference point between a user and a network to enable the user to invoke the services or facilities of that network</p>
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<h3>access reject</h3>

<p>authentication phase message from the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server conveying a negative authentication reply</p>
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<h3>access request</h3>

<p>authentication phase message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server containing such attributes as the user name and password</p>
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<h3>access right; <em>permission</em></h3>

<p>defined right which controls the use of a system or its parts</p>
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<h3>access router; <em>AR</em></h3>

<p>access server that provides mobile connections to data networks and corporate local area networks from the switching centre</p>
</div>


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<h3>access security; <em>network access security</em></h3>

<p>security architecture that provides users with secure access to the network services and protects against attacks on the radio link</p>
</div>


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<h3>access server; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>server that connects the user to the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>access service</h3>

<p>part of transaction processing which starts at the reception of an access token and ends at the release of the token</p>
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<h3>access stratum; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>functional grouping consisting of the parts in the infrastructure and in the mobile station and the protocols between these parts being specific to the access technique</p>
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<h3>access stratum SDU</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=id011411#id011411" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access stratum service data unit</a></p>
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<h3>access stratum service data unit; <em>access stratum SDU</em></h3>

<p>service data unit transferred over the access stratum service access point (SAP) in the core network or in the mobile station</p>
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<h3>access tandem /US/; <em>AT</em></h3>

<p>switching system that provides a concentration and distribution function for originating and terminating traffic between end offices and a customer's location</p>
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<h3>access technology</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=id012632#id012632" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio access technology</a></p>
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<h3>access tier</h3>

<p>logical layer of a distributed system that is responsible for user authentication and service authorisation of the system</p>
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<h3>access time</h3>

<p>time interval between the instant when data is requested from a memory device to the instant when it is delivered to the central processing unit, and vice versa</p>
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<h3>access validity emulator; <em>AVE</em></h3>

<p>emulator that reads the access logs of the ICD service directory, picks out records concerning the traffic analyser, emulates the traffic analyser, and writes validity data regarding the read operation</p>
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<h3>access window method</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=id011139#id011139" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See window access control</a></p>
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<h3>access zone; <em>public access zone</em>; <em>hotspot</em>; <em>AZ</em></h3>

<p>public location, for example an office, campus, hotel or airport, where wireless LAN connections are provided to users</p>
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<h3>accessibility data</h3>

<p>data which defines connectivity between LAN switches and between LAN switches and hosts, and which defines which links are in blocked state and which in forwarding state</p>
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<h3>ACCH</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=id04434#id04434" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See associated control channel</a></p>
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<h3>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=id011906#id011906" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid account</a></p>
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<h3>account card calling; <em>ACC</em></h3>

<p>IN service feature which allows the caller to be automatically charged on a telephone account subscribed with the network operator, for any type of outgoing call</p>
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<h3>account information</h3>

<p>on the Club Nokia web pages, a subheading under club membership, for a user to see his/her credits, transactions and subscriptions</p>
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<h3>account query</h3>

<p>query for the balance of a prepaid subscription</p>
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<h3>account recharge</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=id013901#id013901" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See recharge</a></p>
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<h3>account recharging</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=id013901#id013901" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See recharge</a></p>
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<h3>accounting</h3>

<p>collection and analysis of data related to the use of the network and services to monitor the amount and monetary value of traffic</p>
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<h3>accounting counter file</h3>

<p>file that contains different kinds of accounting counter data</p>
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<h3>accounting improvement</h3>

<p>feature which enables the operator to define four separate day class groups for normal weekdays, as well as special days</p>
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<h3>accounting management</h3>

<p>set of functions which enables the use of telecommunications network services to be measured and the costs for such use to be determined and rendered</p>
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<h3>accounting OFF</h3>

<p>remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) accounting message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the RADIUS accounting server when the access point becomes inactive so that the IP addresses can be released</p>
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<h3>accounting ON</h3>

<p>remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) accounting message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the RADIUS accounting server when the access point becomes active so that the IP addresses possibly hanging can be released</p>
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<h3>accounting request</h3>

<p>accounting phase message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) server to free the IP address allocated with the access request</p>
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<h3>accounting start</h3>

<p>remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) accounting message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the RADIUS accounting server when a PDP context is created</p>
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<h3>accounting stop</h3>

<p>remote authentication dial-in user service (RADIUS) accounting message that the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) sends to the RADIUS accounting server when a PDP context is deleted</p>
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<h3>accumulated call meter; <em>ACM</em></h3>

<p>information stored on the SIM card, holding the information about the total charges for all calls made</p>
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<h3>accuracy</h3>

<p>performance criterion that describes the degree of correctness with which a function is performed</p>
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<h3>accuracy; <em>accuracy of a clock</em></h3>

<p>ability of a clock to maintain frequency and time in comparison with the national standards</p>
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<h3>accuracy of a clock</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=id014531#id014531" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See accuracy</a></p>
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<h3>ACD</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=id010741#id010741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See business automatic call distribution</a></p>
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<h3>ACD</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=id06653#id06653" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic call distribution</a></p>
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<h3>ACE</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=id012073#id012073" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access control list entry</a></p>
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<h3>ACI</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=id015945#id015945" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional call information message</a></p>
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<h3>ACI</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=id09407#id09407" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjacent channel interference</a></p>
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<h3>ACI message</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=id015945#id015945" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional call information message</a></p>
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<h3>ACID</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=id019325#id019325" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability</a></p>
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<h3>ACID</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=id021108#id021108" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ACID properties</a></p>
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<h3>ACID properties; <em>ACID</em></h3>

<p>properties that a database transaction should satisfy</p>
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<h3>ACK</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=id03187#id03187" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See positive acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>ACK packet</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=id013365#id013365" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See TFTP acknowledgement packet</a></p>
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<h3>acknowledged mode; <em>AM</em></h3>

<p>radio link control mode in which a service data unit (SDU) is transmitted to a peer which then acknowledges it</p>
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<h3>acknowledgement</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=id03187#id03187" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See positive acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>acknowledgement</h3>

<p>service of the signalling connection control part (SCCP) by which the receiver of the message informs the sender of the correct receipt</p>
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<h3>acknowledgement request bit; <em>A bit</em></h3>

<p>control field bit for the logical link control (LLC) contained in confirmed information transfer frames (I format or I frame) and supervisory functions frames (S format or S frame) to indicate whether acknowledgement is requested</p>
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<h3>ACL</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=id07434#id07434" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access control list</a></p>
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<h3>ACL API</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=id019988#id019988" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access control list application programming interface</a></p>
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<h3>ACLI</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=id012983#id012983" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional calling line identity</a></p>
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<h3>ACM</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=id01235#id01235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See address complete message</a></p>
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<h3>ACM</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=id014162#id014162" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See accumulated call meter</a></p>
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<h3>acoustic echo</h3>

<p>echo formed in the telephone set when the sound is carried from the loudspeaker to the microphone via the handset or from the environment</p>
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<h3>acoustic echo canceller; <em>AEC</em></h3>

<p>base transceiver station system feature used for removing the echo caused by coupling between the handset earpiece and mouthpiece</p>
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<h3>acoustic echo controller</h3>

<p>voice-operated device installed in audio terminals on the customer premises, used for the purpose of eliminating acoustic echoes and protecting the communication from howling due to acoustic feedback from loudspeaker to microphone</p>
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<h3>ACP</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=id013648#id013648" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjacent channel power</a></p>
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<h3>ACP</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=id016846#id016846" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access control proxy</a></p>
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<h3>AcQ</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=id010367#id010367" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See all-call-query</a></p>
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<h3>acquisition indication channel; <em>acquisition indicator channel</em>; <em>AICH</em></h3>

<p>physical channel used to carry acquisition indicators (AI)</p>
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<h3>acquisition indicator channel</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=id013649#id013649" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acquisition indication channel</a></p>
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<h3>acquisition point</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=id010445#id010445" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See issuing point</a></p>
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<h3>ACR</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=id012051#id012051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ApplyChargingReport procedure</a></p>
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<h3>ACR</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=id09675#id09675" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See allowed cell rate</a></p>
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<h3>ACSE</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=id020136#id020136" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See association control service element</a></p>
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<h3>ACSU</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=id019685#id019685" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assertion consumer service URL</a></p>
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<h3>action</h3>

<p>operation which is executed within a transition string</p>
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<h3>action</h3>

<p>type of management operation which applies to managed objects as a whole. Its impact is generally not confined to modifications of attribute values</p>
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<h3>action indication</h3>

<p>indication message which the sender uses to report about a specific event, from a range of discrete possibilities</p>
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<h3>activate</h3>

<p>to bring a service into an active state in which it will be invoked by the occurrence of a state or event determined by the nature of the service or at registration</p>
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<h3>activate a service</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=id03181#id03181" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See activate</a></p>
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<h3>ActivateServiceFiltering</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=id012194#id012194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ActivateServiceFiltering procedure</a></p>
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<h3>ActivateServiceFiltering procedure; <em>ActivateServiceFiltering</em></h3>

<p>procedure which makes the service switching function handle calls to destinations in a specified manner without requesting instructions from the service control function</p>
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<h3>activateSS</h3>

<p>operation in which a supplementary service is brought into an active state</p>
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<h3>activation; <em>service activation</em>; <em>activation of service</em></h3>

<p>process which brings a service into an active state in which it will be invoked by the occurrence of a state or event determined by the nature of the service or at registration</p>
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<h3>activation command pull interface</h3>

<p>interface that is used to transfer activation commands to the business support system and to the customer care and billing system (CCB)</p>
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<h3>activation file transfer interface</h3>

<p>interface that is used to receive activation commands from the business support system and to send back result files containing the results of the activation commands</p>
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<h3>activation of barring based on roaming</h3>

<p>feature which the operator uses to prevent subscribers from roaming outside their home network and making expensive international phone calls, and then refraining from paying them</p>
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<h3>activation of service</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=id05828#id05828" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See activation</a></p>
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<h3>activation status</h3>

<p>parameter which describes the activity of the optional feature</p>
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<h3>activation test</h3>

<p>test in which the exchange attempts a call to a subscriber and releases it before ringing phase if the terminal responds to the call attempt</p>
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<h3>active</h3>

<p>brought into an active state for invocation at the occurrence of a state or event determined by the nature of the service or at registration</p>
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<h3>active</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=id021081#id021081" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See active condition</a></p>
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<h3>active alarm polarity</h3>

<p>external alarm input characteristic which defines the logical state of the external alarm input when the corresponding alarm is set by the alarm system</p>
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<h3>active alarms database; <em>AADB</em></h3>

<p>database in which all active alarms are stored and which thus indicates the situation in the network</p>
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<h3>active alarms list</h3>

<p>list of the active alarms related to a specific part of the managed network, such as a managed object, and sorted by alarm category and time of alarm</p>
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<h3>active and operative</h3>

<p>status of the supplementary service when it is activated and the subscriber can operate with it</p>
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<h3>active and quiescent</h3>

<p>status of the supplementary service when it is activated but the subscriber cannot operate with it</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>active CG</h3>

<p>charging gateway to which charging records are sent</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>active communication</h3>

<p>communication mode in which a circuit switched connection is established</p>
</div>


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<h3>active condition; <em>active</em></h3>

<p>condition, such as an alarm, that is still open and has not been cleared</p>
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<h3>active connection</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=id018501#id018501" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See active data connection</a></p>
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<h3>active data connection; <em>active connection</em></h3>

<p>data connection which the client initiates</p>
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<h3>active group</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=id019336#id019336" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attached group</a></p>
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<h3>active incoming call barring category</h3>

<p>valid incoming call barring category activated by a user</p>
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<h3>active measurement</h3>

<p>measurement where the measurement system is in an active role generating test traffic and measuring its properties</p>
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<h3>active mode auto-tuning; <em>active mode tuning</em></h3>

<p>fast auto-tuning of the handover and the network-controlled cell re-selection (NCCRS) triggers and thresholds according to the cell status</p>
</div>


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<h3>active mode tuning</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=id016164#id016164" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See active mode auto-tuning</a></p>
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<h3>active modular process</h3>

<p>active process in a process pair</p>
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<h3>active part of time-slot</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=id04784#id04784" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See burst</a></p>
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<h3>active PDP context</h3>

<p>PDP context which is stored in the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) where the user has performed successful PDP context activation and which contains all the negotiated parameters (quality of service and access point name)</p>
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<h3>active redundancy</h3>

<p>redundancy wherein all means for performing a required function are intended to operate simultaneously</p>
</div>


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<h3>active router</h3>

<p>router selected from the router group, which is responsible for forwarding the packets that hosts send to the virtual router at any given time</p>
</div>


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<h3>active service</h3>

<p>service for which time or condition triggers have been set by a user</p>
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<h3>active set</h3>

<p>set of radio links simultaneously involved in a specific communication service between the mobile station and radio access network (RAN) access point</p>
</div>


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<h3>active software build; <em>active SW build</em></h3>

<p>software build whose load modules are default versions</p>
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<h3>Active state</h3>

<p>state into which the subscriber is placed upon making the first outgoing call enabling the subscriber to make and receive calls</p>
</div>


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<h3>active supervision</h3>

<p>supervision where the object of the supervision actively takes part in supervision by communicating with supervisor in some way</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>active SW build</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=id09044#id09044" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See active software build</a></p>
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<h3>active synchronisation unit</h3>

<p>synchronisation unit which is feeding clock signals to the exchange and is synchronised to one synchronisation signal</p>
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<h3>active threat</h3>

<p>threat of an unauthorised change to the state of the system or alternation of information contained in the system</p>
</div>


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<h3>active user monitor</h3>

<p>application which displays the current number of active users and groups in the traffic and control servers, making it possible to monitor the load of the servers</p>
</div>


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<h3>active-standby recovery group</h3>

<p>recovery group that is used to implement active-standby redundancy</p>
</div>


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<h3>active-standby redundancy</h3>

<p>standby redundancy in which the active processes form a load sharing group and replicate their state to their own dedicated standby process</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ActivityTest</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=id012049#id012049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ActivityTest procedure</a></p>
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<h3>ActivityTest procedure; <em>ActivityTest</em>; <em>AT</em></h3>

<p>procedure that is used to check for the continued existence of a relationship between the service control function (SCF) and the service switching function (SSF), between the SCF and the call unrelated service function (CUSF), or between SCFs</p>
</div>


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<h3>actor</h3>

<p>process in Chorus operating system (ChorusOS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>actor supervision</h3>

<p>part of fault management in a Chorus unit with the purpose of monitoring the operation of actors, detecting erroneous behaviour and exceptions, reporting them to the local recovery system, and restarting failed actors according to the instructions given by the recovery system</p>
</div>


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<h3>actual group member</h3>

<p>virtual private network group member included in the virtual private network (VPN) group and provided with the service</p>
</div>


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<h3>actual parameter</h3>

<p>expression given to a process or procedure for the corresponding formal parameter when the process or procedure is created or called</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AD</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=id06774#id06774" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjunct</a></p>
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<h3>ad hoc group</h3>

<p>talk group which users can establish themselves for their own use without the need to contact the operator or to use a group management system</p>
</div>


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<h3>ad hoc group pro</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=id019338#id019338" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ad hoc pro group</a></p>
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<h3>ad hoc instant talk group</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=id020753#id020753" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See temporary talk group</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ad hoc network</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=id010330#id010330" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See peer-to-peer network</a></p>
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<h3>ad hoc network</h3>

<p>network that does not have a base transceiver station, central control, or wired infrastructure, the communications of which are supported via mobile-to-mobile transmission</p>
</div>


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<h3>ad hoc pro group; <em>ad hoc group pro</em></h3>

<p>ad hoc group which professional users can establish themselves for their own use without the need to contact the operator or to use a group management system</p>
</div>


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<h3>ad hoc query</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=id014532#id014532" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ad-hoc query</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>AD&amp;C</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=id05603#id05603" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of duration and charge</a></p>
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<h3>ad-hoc query; <em>ad hoc query</em></h3>

<p>spontaneous or unplanned query carried out with dynamically constructed structured query language (SQL), often constructed by desktop-resident query tools</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptation</h3>

<p>function which changes the client-layer information into a form suitable for transfer on the server layer, or recovers the original form of information</p>
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<h3>adaptation module</h3>

<p>module consisting of a set of protocols that convert service triggers and handles to the proper syntax to support the services expected by a particular protocol</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptation sink</h3>

<p>transport processing function which presents the client layer network characteristic information at its output by processing the information presented at its input by the server layer network trail</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptation source</h3>

<p>transport processing function which accepts client layer network characteristic information at its input and processes it to allow transfer over a trail in the server layer network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>adapter</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=id019114#id019114" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adaptor</a></p>
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<h3>adapter</h3>

<p>fitting used between two sets of equipment to provide a transition from one to the other when they cannot be directly connected</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptive differential pulse code modulation; <em>ADPCM</em></h3>

<p>form of differential pulse code modulation that uses adaptive quantising</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptive equalizer</h3>

<p>device that automatically compensates for the distortion experienced by a digital signal or a digitally modulated signal in its passage through a transmission system</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptive frame alignment</h3>

<p>process where the mobile station times its transmissions to the base transceiver station in line with those received from the base transceiver station</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptive level control with quality measurement</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=id010553#id010553" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic transmit power control</a></p>
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<h3>adaptive multi-rate narrowband</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=id020542#id020542" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See UMTS adaptive multi-rate codec 2</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptive multi-rate speech codec</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=id010369#id010369" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AMR speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>adaptive multi-rate wideband</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=id019205#id019205" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See wideband adaptive multi-rate speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>adaptive multirate codec</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=id010369#id010369" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AMR speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>adaptive predictor</h3>

<p>predictor whose estimating function is made variable according to the short term spectral characteristics of the sampled signal</p>
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<h3>adaptive quantising; <em>adaptive quantizing /US/</em></h3>

<p>quantising in which some parameters are made variable according to the short term statistical characteristics of the quantised signal</p>
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<h3>adaptive quantizing /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=id03653#id03653" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adaptive quantising</a></p>
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<h3>adaptive reporting rate</h3>

<p>rate of creating measurement reports which varies according to the allowed changes with reference to the last reported value</p>
</div>


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<h3>adaptor; <em>RPC Solution Suite adaptor</em>; <em>adapter</em></h3>

<p>in a telecommunications management network (TMN), part of a distributed management application which usually resides in an external system and implements the integration interface</p>
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<h3>ADC</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=id01671#id01671" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital converter</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADC</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=id05603#id05603" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of duration and charge</a></p>
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<h3>ADC</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=id06340#id06340" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administration centre</a></p>
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<h3>AdC</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=id01674#id01674" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative computer</a></p>
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<h3>AdC 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=id012990#id012990" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative centre interface</a></p>
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<h3>add party</h3>

<p>function that extends the switched virtual circuit (SVC) to reach a new leaf to an existing point-to- multipoint connection when the root starts sending data to a new user</p>
</div>


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<h3>add-drop capacity; <em>add/drop capacity</em></h3>

<p>multiplexing function in connection with synchronous digital hierarchy that allows lower level signals to be added to or dropped from a high-speed optical carrier channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>add-drop multiplexer; <em>add-drop node</em>; <em>ADM</em></h3>

<p>multiplexer for inserting signals in and/or extracting them from an STM-N frame</p>
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<h3>add-drop node</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=id06580#id06580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See add-drop multiplexer</a></p>
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<h3>add-on charge</h3>

<p>single additional charge which does not change the current tariff</p>
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<h3>add-on conference; <em>conference calling add-on</em>; <em>CONF</em></h3>

<p>conference calling which allows the user to reserve a conference resource for making a multi-party call, indicating the date, time and conference duration. Once the conference is active, the user controls the conference, and may add, drop, isolate, reattach or split parties</p>
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<h3>add-on feature</h3>

<p>feature that supplements an existing feature</p>
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<h3>add-on program</h3>

<p>separately installed part that increases or enhances the features of a computer program which can be easily added without changing the original program</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>add/drop capacity</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=id020650#id020650" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See add-drop capacity</a></p>
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<h3>added value service /GB/</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=id02900#id02900" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See value added service</a></p>
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<h3>additional call information message; <em>ACI message</em>; <em>ACI</em></h3>

<p>message which is used to request and send supplementary call information</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional calling line identity; <em>additional calling party number</em>; <em>ACLI</em></h3>

<p>address information which identifies the additional line of a calling subscriber for calling line identification presentation (CLIP)</p>
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<h3>additional calling party number</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=id012983#id012983" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional calling line identity</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>additional charging</h3>

<p>charging determined by the origin of the call or the class of the calling party and generated by pulse train charging, time charging, or by a combination of these</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional charging point</h3>

<p>charging point in the ascending direction below the main charging point</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional charging zone</h3>

<p>charging zone, other than the main charging zone, according to which metering pulses can be generated to the call</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional dialing /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=id06461#id06461" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional dialling</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional dialling; <em>additional dialing /US/</em></h3>

<p>dialling used in activation and deactivation of facilities in cases when the use of a facility in the network requires further information</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional digit time supervision; <em>time supervision for the additional digit</em>; <em>additional number supervision</em>; <em>main number time supervision</em></h3>

<p>period in time within which the user must supply the additional digit in post-dialling</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional information</h3>

<p>information which describes current functional characteristics of a unit</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional network functions</h3>

<p>functions which increase call control possibilities in the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional number</h3>

<p>number that is defined to the same access as the main number</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional number supervision</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=id010891#id010891" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See additional digit time supervision</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional object information</h3>

<p>additional information attached to a managed object</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>additional operation</h3>

<p>functional definition element that gives additional functions to the basic operations and that can be executed only if the basic operation is executed</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional out-line number</h3>

<p>out-line number used to access a different numbering plan than the one accessed by using the main out- line number</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional output control block</h3>

<p>guidance message that indicates how to execute or cancel an MML command</p>
</div>


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<h3>additional routing info</h3>

<p>information in the database of the service routing register (SRRi DB) that is used to derive the routing address for the map application terminating function (MATF)</p>
</div>


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<h3>address</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=id010343#id010343" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See URL address</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>address</h3>

<p>character or group of characters that identifies a register, a particular part of memory or some other data source or destination</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>address</h3>

<p>data structure or logical convention used to identify a unique entity, such as a particular process, network device or user</p>
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<h3>address analysis</h3>

<p>function that finds out the possible subdestinations for the call according to the called party address</p>
</div>


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<h3>address autoconfiguration</h3>

<p>mechanism by which a node in a network can configure an IP address which is unique throughout the connected portion of the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>address complete message; <em>ACM</em></h3>

<p>signalling message sent in the backward direction indicating that all the address signals required for routing the call to the called party have been received</p>
</div>


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<h3>address conversion</h3>

<p>function which performs conversion between E.164 and NSAP (network service access point) address formats</p>
</div>


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<h3>address digits</h3>

<p>digit sequence which defines in the network the point which the call is coming from, or where the call is going to</p>
</div>


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<h3>address family</h3>

<p>set of IP addresses with common characteristics</p>
</div>


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<h3>address handling; <em>AH</em></h3>

<p>function which provides analysis, translation, modification, address portability operations, and mapping of alias addresses</p>
</div>


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<h3>address hiding</h3>

<p>function which allows the sending of anonymous messages where the sender's address or mobile subscriber international ISDN number (MSISDN) is not shown to the recipient</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>address information</h3>

<p>information defining that point in the network to which a call is destinated</p>
</div>


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<h3>address management</h3>

<p>function that manages a user's directory numbers</p>
</div>


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<h3>address mask</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=id09494#id09494" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subnet mask</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>address register</h3>

<p>register in which an address is stored</p>
</div>


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<h3>address resolution</h3>

<p>conversion of an Internet address into the corresponding physical address</p>
</div>


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<h3>address resolution protocol; <em>ARP</em></h3>

<p>protocol which operates at network layer and is used for mapping IP addresses into link layer addresses</p>
</div>


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<h3>address server</h3>

<p>server for address conversions, for example between a symbolic and a technical address</p>
</div>


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<h3>address server; <em>AdS</em></h3>

<p>in a push to talk call processor, a server in the management plane which provides mapping information needed to locate the correct authorisation server during signalling transactions</p>
</div>


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<h3>address signal</h3>

<p>element of information in a network number, sent in the forward direction in call set-up signalling</p>
</div>


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<h3>address space</h3>

<p>number of distinct locations that may be referred to</p>
</div>


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<h3>address translation</h3>

<p>GSN function which provides the means to translate an address used in GPRS backbone network to identify a PDP context into an internal address format used in SGSN and vice versa</p>
</div>


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<h3>address type analysis</h3>

<p>analysis for extracting different elements from the address</p>
</div>


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<h3>addressing</h3>

<p>process by which a calling user indicates the identity of the called user on a particular call. It includes a network addressing (numbering) component to identify the called user-network interface, and may also include further information (sub-address) to identify a particular terminal beyond the public network (ISDN)</p>
</div>


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<h3>addressing</h3>

<p>assignment of addresses to the instructions of a program</p>
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<h3>ADI</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=id014423#id014423" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application development interface</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>adjacency</h3>

<p>relationship that is defined between a wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) cell and a neighbouring cell</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>adjacency</h3>

<p>relationship between two communicating neighboring peer nodes formed for the purpose of exchanging routing information</p>
</div>


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<h3>adjacency list; <em>adjacent cell list</em></h3>

<p>list of cells and their adjacent cells used for the definition of the interference by calculating the bit error ratio (BER) between every cell for every base transceiver station (BTS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>adjacent AAL2 node identifier; <em>ANI</em></h3>

<p>parameter that identifies the adjacent ATM adaptation layer type 2 (AAL2) node by a unique string in the network</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-479" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>adjacent cell list</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=id013327#id013327" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjacency list</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>adjacent channel interference; <em>ACI</em></h3>

<p>interference caused by a transmitter operating on an adjacent radio channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>adjacent channel power; <em>ACP</em></h3>

<p>that part of the total output power of a transmitter, modulated under defined conditions, which falls within a specified bandwidth centred on the nominal frequency of either of the adjacent channels</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>adjacent signaling points /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=id01894#id01894" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjacent signalling points</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>adjacent signalling points; <em>adjacent signaling points /US/</em></h3>

<p>two signalling points that are directly interconnected by a signalling link or signalling links</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADJG</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=id019096#id019096" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See inter-system adjacency</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADJI</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=id019093#id019093" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See inter-frequency adjacency</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADJS</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=id019099#id019099" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See intra-frequency adjacency</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>adjunct; <em>AD</em></h3>

<p>entity in the intelligent network that is functionally equivalent to a service control point but is directly connected to a service switching point</p>
</div>


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<h3>adjunct platform</h3>

<p>platform for operation and maintenance application services and different network element management applications and tools</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADJUST mouse button</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=id07686#id07686" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See middle mouse button</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Adler-32 checksum; <em>ADLER32</em></h3>

<p>32-bit checksum used for the detection of data corruption</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADLER32</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=id015922#id015922" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Adler-32 checksum</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ADM</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=id06580#id06580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See add-drop multiplexer</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADMD</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=id016681#id016681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administration management domain</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>administration</h3>

<p>actions related to configuration management, security, backups, and time management of a network or network element</p>
</div>


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<h3>administration centre; <em>ADC</em></h3>

<p>a node of the TMN which provides for PLMN operator-specific requirements in the administration and commercial areas</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration entity</h3>

<p>public telecommunication administration or recognised private operating agency</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration interface</h3>

<p>interface from the network server towards the operator's administrative system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration management domain; <em>ADMD</em></h3>

<p>management domain managed by an administration which can be a telecommunication administration or a recognised private operating agency</p>
</div>


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<h3>administration node</h3>

<p>dedicated host in a clustered messaging centre through which the whole cluster can be managed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration number</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=id015956#id015956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network number</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>administration of measurements</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=id04530#id04530" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See measurement administration</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration task</h3>

<p>task which covers a broad group of functions that sustain telecommunication services once they have been established</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administration user interface; <em>AUI</em></h3>

<p>user interface for operators to do operational and administrative tasks</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative centre</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=id01674#id01674" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative computer</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>administrative centre interface; <em>AdC interface</em></h3>

<p>interface between a home location register (HLR) and an administrative centre</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative computer; <em>administrative centre</em>; <em>AdC</em></h3>

<p>network element which performs data collection to support billing and other central tasks related to service administration</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative domain</h3>

<p>collection of systems and subnetworks operated by a single organisation or administrative authority</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrative log</h3>

<p>log in which information about the operations performed with the administration interface is saved</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative protocol module; <em>APM</em></h3>

<p>connection server process that verifies the functionality of the physical connection to the host</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative state</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=id08848#id08848" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative state of the radio network object</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative state</h3>

<p>attribute which describes the functional state of managed objects</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative state of the radio network object; <em>administrative state</em></h3>

<p>functional state of a radio network object from the operator's viewpoint</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrative unit; <em>AU</em></h3>

<p>structural part of an STM-1 frame consisting of a higher order virtual container and an AU pointer</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrative unit group; <em>AUG</em></h3>

<p>administrative unit or group of administrative units with a fixed position in an STM-1 frame</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>administrative unit pointer; <em>AU pointer</em></h3>

<p>pointer added to a higher order virtual container for the location of information bits</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrator</h3>

<p>operator of a local area network or some other password-restricted communication system who takes care of issuing other users with access rights and user identifiers, and who is responsible for various kinds of maintenance tasks such as backup copying and deleting unnecessary files</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrator account</h3>

<p>built-in user account in computers that use the Windows operating system, which has full and complete rights to everything on the computer</p>
</div>


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<h3>administrator log</h3>

<p>log that consists of entries about the actions that administrators and content providers perform</p>
</div>


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<h3>admission control; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>Admission control deals with management of available resources in a cell. Whenever a request is made for resources at bearer setup, bearer re-negotiation or handover, a decision process will determine the actual allocation made. The decision will be based on available resources, the state of currently allocated resources, system load and MS capabilities.</p>
</div>


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<h3>ADN</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=id02229#id02229" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abbreviated number</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADPCM</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=id01023#id01023" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adaptive differential pulse code modulation</a></p>
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<h3>ADPFH</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=id04529#id04529" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See average of the daily peak full hour</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADPH</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=id03736#id03736" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See average daily peak hour</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADR</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=id08803#id08803" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attribute directed routing</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AdS</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=id019389#id019389" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See address server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ADSL</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=id08639#id08639" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asymmetric digital subscriber line</a></p>
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<h3>ADSL Lite</h3>

<p>version of ADSL service, where only a limited bandwidth is available, as specified in ITU-T G.992.2</p>
</div>


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<h3>advanced encryption standard; <em>AES</em></h3>

<p>US government standard for a symmetric cryptographic algorithm, being drafted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advanced forward link triangulation</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=id014458#id014458" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advanced forward link trilateration</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>advanced forward link trilateration; <em>advanced forward link triangulation</em>; <em>AFLT</em>; <em>AF-LT</em></h3>

<p>unilateral positioning technology of CDMA where the network is already synchronised and the time of arrival (TOA) is measured from the base transceiver station (BTS) pilot signals</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advanced indoor radio; <em>AIR</em></h3>

<p>signal distribution system that provides seamless indoor coverage in WCDMA networks</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advanced visualisation</h3>

<p>function that is used to provide a better visual view of the network situation and also to complete measurement data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge; <em>AoC</em></h3>

<p>indication to the user of the charge of a call</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge; <em>AOC</em></h3>

<p>ISDN supplementary service allowing the user paying for a call to be informed of usage-based charging information</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge (information); <em>AOC-I</em>; <em>AoCI</em></h3>

<p>advice of charge when the calling subscriber has a GSM connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge at call set-up time; <em>advice of charge, charging information at call setup time</em>; <em>advice of charge with charging information at call setup</em>; <em>AOC-S</em></h3>

<p>service which provides a user with the charging information rates in the call set-up phase and additional information during a call, if the charging rate is changed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge during the call; <em>advice of charge, charging information during the call</em>; <em>in-call advice of charge</em>; <em>AOC-D</em></h3>

<p>service which provides a user with cumulative charging information during a call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge with charging information at call setup</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=id05584#id05584" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge at call set-up time</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge, charging information at call setup 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=id05584#id05584" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge at call set-up time</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>advice of charge, charging information during the call</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=id07316#id07316" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge during the call</a></p>
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<h3>advice of duration and charge; <em>AD&amp;C</em>; <em>ADC</em></h3>

<p>service which provides a user with an announcement of the duration of and charge for an outgoing call after the call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AE</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=id04785#id04785" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application entity</a></p>
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<h3>AEC</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=id09010#id09010" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acoustic echo canceller</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aerial fibre-optic cable</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=id06281#id06281" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See aerial optical cable</a></p>
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<h3>aerial optical cable; <em>fibre-optic aerial cable</em>; <em>aerial fibre-optic cable</em></h3>

<p>optical cable designed for use in overhead suspension devices, such as towers or poles</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AERM</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=id03151#id03151" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alignment error rate monitoring</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AES</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=id015043#id015043" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advanced encryption standard</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AESA</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=id010059#id010059" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM end system address</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AET</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=id06715#id06715" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM exchange terminal</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AET</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=id010975#id010975" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application entity title</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AF</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=id015060#id015060" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assured forwarding PHB group</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AF</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=id09412#id09412" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See antenna filter</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AF-LT</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=id014458#id014458" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advanced forward link trilateration</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AFI</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=id05804#id05804" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authority and format identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AFLT</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=id014458#id014458" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advanced forward link trilateration</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>AGC tracking</h3>

<p>ability of the automatic gain control (AGC) circuit to follow fast changes in the level of the received signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AGCH</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=id011202#id011202" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access grant channel</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>agency URI</h3>

<p>uniform resource identifier (URI) that determines a particular Metia framework agency</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>agent</h3>

<p>web-based software application that collects alarm and performance data from network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>agent</h3>

<p>in the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>agent</h3>

<p>management information service user which, for a particular exchange of system management information, has taken the role of an agent</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>agent CGI URL</h3>

<p>URL prefix of the common gateway interface (CGI) to the Metia framework agent where the data resides</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>agent role</h3>

<p>management information system user capable of performing operations on managed objects and of emitting notifications on behalf of managed objects</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aggregate</h3>

<p>side of the node that provides the interfaces towards the centre of the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aggregate data</h3>

<p>data contained by the input or output signal at the 2 Mbit/s interface</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aggregate interface</h3>

<p>interface for the output of multiplexed signals from multiplex equipment</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aggregate signal</h3>

<p>signal transmitted over the common multiplex channel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>aggregation</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=id015174#id015174" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See link aggregation</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>aggressive mode</h3>

<p>mode of the first phase of Internet key exchange (IKE) in which the negotiating parties use the first message to propose the security policy, pass data for the key exchange, and pass the nonce for identification</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AGPS</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=id018293#id018293" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assisted GPS</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AGW</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=id018591#id018591" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application gateway</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AGW</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=id016125#id016125" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See A-interface gateway</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AH</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=id014102#id014102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See address handling</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AH</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=id019557#id019557" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application header</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AH</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=id09951#id09951" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication header</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AI</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=id07817#id07817" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AICH</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=id013649#id013649" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acquisition indication channel</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AID</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=id014170#id014170" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AIF-MTC-manager</h3>

<p>part of A interface implementation which handles the mobile-terminating call set-up</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AII</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=id014421#id014421" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access independent interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AIOD</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=id016038#id016038" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic identification of outward dialling /US/</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AIR</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=id019741#id019741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advanced indoor radio</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>air cell; <em>air-to-ground cell</em></h3>

<p>cell which offers service mainly for airborne terminals</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>air 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=id07817#id07817" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio interface</a></p>
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<h3>air interface user rate; <em>AIUR</em></h3>

<p>user rate between the mobile termination and the mobile services switching centre (MSC) or interworking function (IWF)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>air-to-ground cell</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=id020631#id020631" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See air cell</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AIS</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=id02151#id02151" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm indication signal</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AIUR</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=id012556#id012556" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See air interface user rate</a></p>
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<h3>AK</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=id016007#id016007" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anonymity key</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>AKA</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=id012562#id012562" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication and key agreement</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>AL</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=id013938#id013938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access list</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AL</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=id014537#id014537" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application launcher</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ALA</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=id020010#id020010" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm adapter</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm</h3>

<p>announcement given to the management system about abnormal functioning of the system or about a failure, or an indication of the degradation of the service level or reliability</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm acknowledgement upload</h3>

<p>function that is used to transfer acknowledgement information between the global system and regional systems in both directions</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm adapter; <em>alarm system adapter</em>; <em>ALA</em></h3>

<p>part of the alarm system which converts alarm notifications to requests for raising and clearing alarms, and passes the requests to the centralised part (CP)</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm and cancel correlation</h3>

<p>feature in which the cancellations are compared to the active alarms and if the cancellations match the alarms, the alarms are removed from the active alarms list</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm bit</h3>

<p>bit which conveys alarm information</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm blocking</h3>

<p>situation where the handling of an alarm is blocked by using a command</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm browser</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=id015556#id015556" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See fault management GUI</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm buffering</h3>

<p>storing alarms in buffers when they cannot be directly forwarded to the destination</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm bus</h3>

<p>bus in a cable that conveys alarms from a cartridge or subrack to the equipment rack top, which functions as an alarm collection point</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm call service</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=id0222#id0222" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic alarm call service</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm cancellation; <em>cancellation</em>; <em>cancelling an alarm</em></h3>

<p>removal of the effect of an alarm in the system when the program which set the alarm does not recognise the removal of the fault</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm category; <em>alarm class</em></h3>

<p>classification of alarms that consists of an alarm urgency level and alarm type</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm 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=id03070#id03070" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm category</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm condition; <em>condition</em></h3>

<p>situation that may cause an alarm</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm correlation</h3>

<p>part of alarm flow reduction in which alarms that are known to be associated with each other are combined</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm correlation rule editor</h3>

<p>application that is used for creating rules for alarm correlation</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm counter</h3>

<p>part of fault management application of the NMS database which gathers data about alarms</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm daemon</h3>

<p>daemon to which the processes send alarms, and which has a definition of how to handle each alarm</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm database cleanup</h3>

<p>function that is used to delete acknowledged and cancelled alarms from the database</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm database upload</h3>

<p>application that is used to verify that the network management system (NMS) database is consistent with the databases of the network elements</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm event; <em>error notification</em></h3>

<p>internal data object which is used by the charging gateway modules to represent an abnormal situation and which is passed from the modules to the alarm dispatcher</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm event</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=id011038#id011038" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See fault event</a></p>
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<h3>alarm event history</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=id07770#id07770" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm history</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm event interface; <em>RPC Solution Suite alarm event interface</em></h3>

<p>real-time alarm event transfer interface that sends events to the manager as they are generated in the external adaptor</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm filtering</h3>

<p>part of alarm flow reduction that allows the blocking of certain alarms from the network management system (NMS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm filtering and reclassification</h3>

<p>feature that is used in the Nokia Network Management Systems for controlling the parameters of the network element alarms and that is composed of alarm filtering and alarm reclassification</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm flow reduction</h3>

<p>process of making network monitoring more efficient through alarm filtering, correlation, and reclassification</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm flow supervision</h3>

<p>supervision that monitors the transfer of alarms from regional systems to the global cluster and generates an internal alarm if the alarm flow is delayed or interrupted</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm forwarder</h3>

<p>application that forwards certain alarms from the managed system to the personnel responsible for fault study and correction</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm forwarding to e-mail</h3>

<p>feature whereby all the alarm messages coming to the network management system are tested against a set of forwarding criteria and those matching it are forwarded via an e-mail system from the NMS workstation to a defined e-mail address or addresses</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm forwarding to paging system</h3>

<p>feature whereby all the alarm messages coming to the network management system are tested against a set of forwarding criteria and those matching it are forwarded from the NMS workstation to a defined pager or pagers</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm gravity level</h3>

<p>classification of an alarm which makes use of a numerical value when describing the criticality of the alarm from the viewpoint of the recovery system</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm group</h3>

<p>set of hardware alarms in one single cartridge</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm handling system</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=id08849#id08849" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm system</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm history; <em>alarm event history</em></h3>

<p>finite list of previous alarm events (notices, disturbances, alarms, and alarm cancellations) of a network element</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm history handling</h3>

<p>feature which is a part of fault management providing methods for controlling and organising alarms received by the network management system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm indication</h3>

<p>indication of a fault event for the operating personnel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm indication instance</h3>

<p>object to which the alarm system sends the information of the alarm if necessary</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm indication signal; <em>AIS</em></h3>

<p>signal that replaces the normal traffic signal when a maintenance alarm indication has been activated</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm information category</h3>

<p>classification of base transceiver station alarms indicating the effect of a fault or disturbance on the channel state on the basis of their existence or nature</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm information dialogue</h3>

<p>dialogue of the graphical user interface which shows all information on alarm events in the active alarms tab and alarm history tab</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm information transfer</h3>

<p>feature which enables the alarm information to be transferred from the mobile services switching centre (MSC) and home location register (HLR) to the operation and maintenance centre (OMC) by using the Q3 interface based on the common management interface protocol (CMIP)</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm input</h3>

<p>input started by an incident</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm input state change filtering</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=id013735#id013735" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See filtering of alarm input state change</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm interface</h3>

<p>part of the RPC interface which is used to transfer alarm data</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm lifting</h3>

<p>function that re-targets the alarms of one managed object class to another according to a lifting rule</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm management</h3>

<p>set of functions used to detect and recover all active alarms in run-time and search all alarms based on specific criteria</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm manager</h3>

<p>program which provides information about the current status of the nodes to the monitoring software</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm manual</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=id019147#id019147" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See modifiable alarm manual</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm monitor</h3>

<p>tool for monitoring a network fault situation, which presents the active alarm situation of the network in the form of the active alarm list</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm monitoring</h3>

<p>function of alarm surveillance in the monitor mode that checks the values of determined parameters at regular intervals</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm notification</h3>

<p>notification sent or received by the alarm system</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm notification event</h3>

<p>CORBA-structured event that contains information about system faults in a predefined format</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm number</h3>

<p>number identifying the possible reason for an alarm</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm object hierarchy</h3>

<p>list of objects showing the path to the object of the alarm</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm pipe</h3>

<p>set of processes and buffers defined in a configuration file, used for collecting, processing, and distributing alarms to recipients</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm point event</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=id011038#id011038" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See fault event</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm polarity</h3>

<p>particular state of the alarm input which the alarm system interprets as an alarm</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm printout</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=id08850#id08850" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm report</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm processing parameter</h3>

<p>alarm parameter used by the alarm system in the processing of an alarm event, such as informing about and cancelling delays</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm reclassification</h3>

<p>part of alarm flow reduction that allows the user to change the status of alarms and perform searches of existing reclassification settings</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm report; <em>alarm printout</em></h3>

<p>printout on a fault event for the operating personnel</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm reset limit</h3>

<p>percentage of reservation in the buffer, to which the alarm cancellation is set</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm set limit</h3>

<p>percentage of reservation in the buffer, to which the alarm is set</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm signal</h3>

<p>signal that indicates an alarm situation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm status</h3>

<p>attribute that describes the current status of a managed object as a result of one or more alarm events</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm surveillance</h3>

<p>set of telecommunications management network (TMN) application functions which provides, near real time, detection and indication of failures</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm system; <em>alarm handling system</em>; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>system which makes decisions on the basis of alarm indications and activates the recovery system when needed so that the automatic recovery actions are started</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm system adapter</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=id020010#id020010" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm adapter</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm system administration</h3>

<p>DX 200 command class</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm system application programming interface; <em>AS API</em></h3>

<p>application programming interface that clients, applications, and managed objects use to raise an alarm in a fault situation</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm system rulebase; <em>rulebase</em></h3>

<p>rulebase which consists of files containing support rules, prevention rules, and informing rules</p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm text</h3>

<p>brief textual description of the alarm</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm threshold</h3>

<p>predetermined value of a parameter beyond which an alarm is triggered</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm trigger</h3>

<p>tool used for starting up external and internal processes that support the daily routines of alarm handling</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm upload</h3>

<p>operation where either the alarm history or the current alarm situation is transferred from the network element to the operations system (OS)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm upload interface</h3>

<p>interface for making an alarm upload for all active alarms from an adaptor to the manager</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm urgency level</h3>

<p>classification of alarms which describes their criticality from the viewpoint of the user</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm viewer</h3>

<p>tool for monitoring alarms, warnings, cancellations, and acknowledgements in the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm weight</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=id02941#id02941" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm gravity level</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>alarm-cancel alarm; <em>AC alarm</em>; <em>alarm-cancel pair</em></h3>

<p>alarm that is cancelled immediately after it has been activated</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm-cancel pair</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=id08388#id08388" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm-cancel alarm</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alarm-information parameter</h3>

<p>alarm parameter used in alarm reports for categorising the alarms for the operating personnel</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AlarmBrowser</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=id015556#id015556" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See fault management GUI</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ALC</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=id012564#id012564" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic level control</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ALCAP</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=id011413#id011413" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access link control application protocol</a></p>
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<h3>ALCQ</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=id010553#id010553" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic transmit power control</a></p>
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<h3>alert</h3>

<p>monitor set to detect specific service events</p>
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<h3>alert box</h3>

<p>secondary window of an application used to convey a message or warning or to gather a small amount of information from the user</p>
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<h3>alert SC</h3>

<p>message sent from the network to the short message service centre (SMSC) indicating that a previously non-reachable mobile subscriber is now available to receive a message</p>
</div>


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<h3>alert type</h3>

<p>classification of notifications to enable operators and subscribers to manage delivery according to content</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm A5; <em>A5</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm that produces ciphertext out of cleartext using the ciphering key (Kc)</p>
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<h3>algorithm f1; <em>f1</em></h3>

<p>message authentication function used to compute the message authentication code (MAC)</p>
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<h3>algorithm f1*; <em>f1*</em></h3>

<p>message authentication function used to compute the message authentication code for resynchronisation (MAC-S)</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm f2; <em>f2</em></h3>

<p>message authentication function used to compute the response (RES) and the expected response (XRES)</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm f3; <em>f3</em></h3>

<p>key generating function used to compute the cipherkey (CK)</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm f4; <em>f4</em></h3>

<p>key generating function used to compute the integrity key (IK)</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm f5; <em>f5</em></h3>

<p>key generating function used to compute the anonymity key (AK) in normal procedures</p>
</div>


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<h3>algorithm f5*; <em>f5*</em></h3>

<p>key generating function used to compute the anonymity key (AK) in resynchronisation procedures</p>
</div>


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<h3>ALI</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=id019733#id019733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic location identification</a></p>
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<h3>alias</h3>

<p>alternative or additional name</p>
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<h3>alias name</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=id01290#id01290" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See extra filename</a></p>
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<h3>alignment error rate monitoring; <em>AERM</em></h3>

<p>procedure by which the error rate of a signalling link is measured during the initial alignment</p>
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<h3>all-call-query; <em>AcQ</em></h3>

<p>number portability solution in which the originating network makes a number portability check for all calls and routes calls directly towards the recipient network</p>
</div>


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<h3>All-IP network</h3>

<p>integrated telecommunications network that uses the Internet protocol (IP) for the end to end transport of all user data and signalling data, that is, including call control</p>
</div>


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<h3>All-IP radio access network; <em>All-IP RAN</em>; <em>IP RAN</em></h3>

<p>radio access network (RAN) which is fully based on the Internet protocol (IP) and optimised to carry IP packet traffic</p>
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<h3>All-IP RAN</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=id016495#id016495" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See All-IP radio access network</a></p>
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<h3>all-nodes multicast address</h3>

<p>link-local scope multicast address to reach all nodes</p>
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<h3>all-routers multicast address</h3>

<p>link-local scope multicast address to reach all routers</p>
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<h3>allocate; <em>reserve</em></h3>

<p>assign a resource to a specific task</p>
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<h3>allocation and retention priority</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=id016604#id016604" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See allocation/retention priority</a></p>
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<h3>allocation type</h3>

<p>parameter that determines whether a fixed channel is reserved for the announcement or whether a new channel is reserved for the announcement at every new announcement request</p>
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<h3>allocation/retention priority; <em>allocation and retention priority</em>; <em>ARP</em></h3>

<p>in the quality of service (QoS), a value used to differentiate between bearers when performing allocation and retention of a bearer</p>
</div>


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<h3>allomorphism</h3>

<p>ability of a managed object of a given class to resemble objects of one or more other object classes</p>
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<h3>allowable PLMN; <em>allowable public land mobile network</em></h3>

<p>public land mobile network (PLMN) which is not used in the list of forbidden PLMNs in the mobile station</p>
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<h3>allowable public land mobile network</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=id011414#id011414" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See allowable PLMN</a></p>
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<h3>allowed cell rate; <em>ACR</em></h3>

<p>current cell rate in cells/sec at which a source is allowed to send, used as an available bit rate (ABR) service parameter</p>
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<h3>alphanumeric call</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=id06062#id06062" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alphanumeric paging service</a></p>
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<h3>alphanumeric paging service; <em>alphanumeric radio paging service</em>; <em>alphanumeric call</em></h3>

<p>paging where the paging message output on the screen of the pager can contain a short text</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>alphanumeric radio paging service</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=id06062#id06062" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alphanumeric paging service</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ALR</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=id013578#id013578" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application location register</a></p>
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<h3>ALS</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=id05808#id05808" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternate line service</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ALS</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=id07928#id07928" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic laser shutdown</a></p>
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<h3>ALS MSISDN</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=id014294#id014294" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternate line service MSISDN</a></p>
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<h3>alternate code</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=id0587#id0587" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paired-disparity code</a></p>
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<h3>alternate line</h3>

<p>secondary subscription of a subscriber attached by using an alternate line service (ALS)</p>
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<h3>alternate line service; <em>dual numbering</em>; <em>ALS</em></h3>

<p>capability of the network to attach two logically separate subscriptions to a single number</p>
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<h3>alternate line service MSISDN; <em>ALS MSISDN</em></h3>

<p>mobile subscriber international ISDN number (MSISDN) of an alternate line</p>
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<h3>alternate mark inversion code; <em>AMI code</em>; <em>bipolar code</em></h3>

<p>line code that employs a ternary signal to convey binary digits, in which successive binary ones are represented by signal elements that are normally of alternating, positive and negative polarity but equal in amplitude, and in which binary zeros are represented by signal elements that have zero amplitude</p>
</div>


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<h3>alternate mark inversion signal; <em>AMI</em></h3>

<p>encoded signal produced by alternate mark inversion code</p>
</div>


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<h3>alternate mark inversion violation; <em>AMI violation</em></h3>

<p>non-zero signal element in an alternate mark inversion signal that has the same polarity as the previous non-zero signal element</p>
</div>


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<h3>alternate MSISDN</h3>

<p>mobile subscriber international ISDN number(MSISDN) assigned to the teleservice for the alternate line service (ALS) subscriber's alternate line</p>
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<h3>alternating code</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=id0587#id0587" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paired-disparity code</a></p>
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<h3>alternating current 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=id02794#id02794" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternating current signalling</a></p>
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<h3>alternating current signalling; <em>AC signalling</em>; <em>alternating current signaling /US/</em>; <em>AC signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>signalling method in which the signalling information is represented by means of pulsed alternating current having a frequency below the telephone speech band</p>
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<h3>alternative</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=id012548#id012548" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subdestination alternative</a></p>
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<h3>alternative charging index</h3>

<p>charging index included in alternative routing alternative, which together with the charging origin specifies the charging of a call</p>
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<h3>alternative route</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=id0796#id0796" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternative subdestination</a></p>
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<h3>alternative routing</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=id04851#id04851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See overflow traffic</a></p>
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<h3>alternative routing</h3>

<p>routing in which a destination's traffic is directed to a certain subdestination among primary and alternative subdestinations</p>
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<h3>alternative routing alternative</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=id04131#id04131" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See secondary routing alternative</a></p>
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<h3>alternative routing 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=id0277#id0277" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternative routing of signalling</a></p>
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<h3>alternative routing of signalling; <em>alternative routing of signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>routing of a given signalling traffic flow in case of failures affecting the signalling links or routes that are involved in the normal routing of that signalling traffic flow</p>
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<h3>alternative service source</h3>

<p>location from which an IN supported service can be started in case service initiation towards the primary location fails</p>
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<h3>alternative subdestination; <em>alternative route</em>; <em>secondary route</em>; <em>overflow route</em></h3>

<p>subdestination that is used if normal routing is not possible</p>
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<h3>Always On</h3>

<p>method according to which the connection is permanently set up and never disconnected, regardless of whether data is transmitted or not</p>
</div>


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<h3>always online; <em>always online mode</em>; <em>always online mode of connection</em></h3>

<p>connection type of general packet radio service (GPRS) in which the device is connected to the network during power-up, and the connection is kept open in the background, even when it is not used</p>
</div>


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<h3>always online mode</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=id014647#id014647" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See always online</a></p>
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<h3>always online mode of connection</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=id014647#id014647" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See always online</a></p>
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<h3>AM</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=id014278#id014278" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See acknowledged mode</a></p>
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<h3>AM</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=id018322#id018322" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asset manager</a></p>
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<h3>American National Standards Institute; <em>ANSI</em></h3>

<p>national standardization organization of the United States</p>
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<h3>AMI</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=id036#id036" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternate mark inversion signal</a></p>
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<h3>AMI code</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=id03704#id03704" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternate mark inversion code</a></p>
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<h3>AMI violation</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=id035#id035" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alternate mark inversion violation</a></p>
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<h3>AMO</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=id010643#id010643" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See multimedia gateway</a></p>
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<h3>amplification</h3>

<p>procedure to increase the power of a signal, frequently done to overcome loss of power arising from electrical resistance in the materials used in constructing a transmission channel</p>
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<h3>amplitude distortion</h3>

<p>distortion occurring in an amplifier or other device when the output amplitude is not a linear function of the input amplitude under specified conditions</p>
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<h3>amplitude fading; <em>flat fading</em></h3>

<p>fading which affects all frequencies more or less equally, so the signal is reduced in amplitude but not otherwise distorted</p>
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<h3>amplitude quantised control; <em>amplitude quantized control /US/</em></h3>

<p>synchronisation control in which the clock control signal is a quantised function of the phase difference between clocks</p>
</div>


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<h3>amplitude quantized control /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=id038#id038" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See amplitude quantised control</a></p>
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<h3>amplitude response</h3>

<p>maximum output amplitude that can be obtained at various points over the frequency range of an instrument operated under rated conditions</p>
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<h3>AMQ</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=id016848#id016848" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application message queue</a></p>
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<h3>AMR</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=id010369#id010369" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AMR speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>AMR codec</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=id010369#id010369" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AMR speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>AMR frame type; <em>frame type</em>; <em>FT</em></h3>

<p>4-bit field in an AMR speech codec payload frame, which indicates the mode of the corresponding frame</p>
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<h3>AMR NB</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=id020542#id020542" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See UMTS adaptive multi-rate codec 2</a></p>
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<h3>AMR speech codec; <em>AMR codec</em>; <em>adaptive multi-rate speech codec</em></h3>

<p>speech codec which adapts its operation optimally according to the prevailing channel conditions</p>
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<h3>AMR-WB</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=id019205#id019205" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See wideband adaptive multi-rate speech codec</a></p>
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<h3>AMX/AET channel</h3>

<p>transmission channel which is used to implement the internal data transmission connection in the system between a 386 computer and an ATM Multiplexer (AMX) and between a 386 computer and an ATM exchange terminal (AET)</p>
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<h3>AN</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=id05781#id05781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access network</a></p>
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<h3>AN</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=id013367#id013367" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application node</a></p>
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<h3>analog /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=id010852#id010852" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue</a></p>
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<h3>analog access /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=id012729#id012729" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue access</a></p>
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<h3>analog control /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=id040#id040" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue control</a></p>
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<h3>analog repeater /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=id06305#id06305" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue repeater</a></p>
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<h3>analog signal /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=id041#id041" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue signal</a></p>
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<h3>analog signaling data link /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=id04835#id04835" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue signalling data link</a></p>
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<h3>analog subscriber /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=id012715#id012715" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>analog switch matrix /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=id09514#id09514" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue switch matrix</a></p>
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<h3>analog-to-digital conversion /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=id07401#id07401" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital conversion</a></p>
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<h3>analog-to-digital converter /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=id01671#id01671" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue-to-digital converter</a></p>
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<h3>analogue; <em>analog /US/</em></h3>

<p>describing a phenomenon continuously with another phenomenon</p>
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<h3>analogue access; <em>analog access /US/</em></h3>

<p>point in an analogue telecommunication network which has an interface for terminal equipment</p>
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<h3>analogue call hold</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=id012738#id012738" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See procedure-invoked call hold</a></p>
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<h3>analogue cellular network; <em>analogue network</em></h3>

<p>network based on the transmission of information with analogue signals</p>
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<h3>analogue control; <em>analog control /US/</em></h3>

<p>synchronisation control in which the clock control signal is a continuous (monotonic) function of the phase difference between clocks, at least over a limited range</p>
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<h3>analogue network</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=id08207#id08207" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analogue cellular network</a></p>
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<h3>analogue repeater; <em>analog repeater /US/</em></h3>

<p>repeater for amplifying analogue signals or digital signals, but not capable of regenerating digital signals</p>
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<h3>analogue signal; <em>analog signal /US/</em></h3>

<p>signal one of whose characteristic quantities follows continuously the variations of another physical quantity representing information</p>
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<h3>analogue signalling data link; <em>analog signaling data link /US/</em></h3>

<p>data link that provides an interface to signalling terminals and is made up of voice-frequency analogue transmission channels and modems</p>
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<h3>analogue subscriber; <em>analog subscriber /US/</em></h3>

<p>subscriber to an analogue telecommunication service</p>
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<h3>analogue switch matrix; <em>analog switch matrix /US/</em></h3>

<p>group of relays that carry out subscriber switch from one interface to another, activated by operation and maintenance commands, due to, for example, a change in the service type or fault in the interface</p>
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<h3>analogue terminal equipment</h3>

<p>terminal equipment which connects a computer unit to analogue data network</p>
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<h3>analogue-to-digital conversion; <em>A/D conversion</em>; <em>analog-to-digital conversion /US/</em>; <em>A/D</em></h3>

<p>process designed to convert an analogue signal into a digital signal with essentially the same information</p>
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<h3>analogue-to-digital converter; <em>analog-to-digital converter /US/</em>; <em>A/D converter</em>; <em>ADC</em></h3>

<p>device which converts an analogue input signal to a digital output signal carrying equivalent information</p>
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<h3>analysis</h3>

<p>part of a diagnostic program which is to determine the location of a fault</p>
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<h3>analysis class model</h3>

<p>static class model that identifies central concepts and classes of the target system and their relationships</p>
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<h3>analysis path</h3>

<p>chain of analysis file records</p>
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<h3>analysis start point</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=id015047#id015047" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See analysis starting point</a></p>
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<h3>analysis starting point; <em>analysis start point</em></h3>

<p>entry to the data structures of the address analysis record chain</p>
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<h3>analysis starting point selection</h3>

<p>function that offers more than one address analysis starting point by enabling different analysis results for the same address information</p>
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<h3>analysis test state</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=id08821#id08821" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See test analysis</a></p>
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<h3>analysis tree</h3>

<p>chain of records in the analysis file used for analysing and identified by the number of its initial record</p>
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<h3>analysis tree dialling analysis</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=id08808#id08808" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See CTS analysis</a></p>
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<h3>analysis tree of attribute values</h3>

<p>analysis tree which indicates the starting record for an attribute analysis</p>
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<h3>analysis tree selection</h3>

<p>trigger data which expresses whether the called number will be analysed in the originally selected tree or whether it should be changed to a special IN tree</p>
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<h3>anchor mobile services switching centre; <em>anchor MSC</em>; <em>MSC-A</em>; <em>MSCA</em></h3>

<p>controlling mobile services switching centre (MSC) which first established radio connection to or from a mobile station</p>
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<h3>anchor MSC</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=id04433#id04433" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anchor mobile services switching centre</a></p>
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<h3>anchor RNC; <em>anchoring RNC</em></h3>

<p>radio network controller (RNC) which is connected to the Iu interface for a particular mobile terminal and remains as a serving RNC for the mobile terminal if relocation procedure is not supported</p>
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<h3>anchoring</h3>

<p>case where the functions of the base station gateway (BSGW) and UE control function (UCF) are provided by a base transceiver station (BTS) that does not provide radio resources to the user equipment (UE)</p>
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<h3>anchoring RNC</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=id021046#id021046" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anchor RNC</a></p>
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<h3>ANI</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=id012198#id012198" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic number identification</a></p>
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<h3>ANI</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=id018403#id018403" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See adjacent AAL2 node identifier</a></p>
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<h3>anisochronous</h3>

<p>essential characteristic of a signal such that the time intervals between consecutive significant instants do not necessarily have the same duration or durations that are integral multiples of the shortest duration</p>
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<h3>ANM</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=id012196#id012196" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See answer message</a></p>
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<h3>announcement</h3>

<p>message that is transmitted to inform the recipient about an event</p>
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<h3>announcement case</h3>

<p>category which includes certain types of announcements</p>
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<h3>announcement channel</h3>

<p>one PCM time-slot from the announcement hardware to the switching network</p>
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<h3>announcement channel measurement</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=id08781#id08781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See traffic measurement on announcement channel</a></p>
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<h3>announcement channel measurement report</h3>

<p>measurement report which shows the number and channel of announcements given during the results accumulation period</p>
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<h3>announcement device</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=id02150#id02150" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic announcement equipment</a></p>
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<h3>announcement identifier</h3>

<p>digit sequence which within the announcement analyses provides the information needed for starting the announcement</p>
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<h3>announcement index</h3>

<p>obligatory parameter used when creating announcements for an internal announcement device</p>
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<h3>announcement of chargeable service</h3>

<p>recorded announcement which tells that a service is charged for</p>
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<h3>announcement of estimated queuing time</h3>

<p>recorded announcement which tells the average length of a queue</p>
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<h3>announcement on call forwarding</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=id012889#id012889" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call forwarding announcement</a></p>
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<h3>announcement specifier</h3>

<p>specifier (a number) which is used to distinguish announcements belonging to the same announcement case</p>
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<h3>announcement terminating call</h3>

<p>call which does not reach the called subscriber due to called subscriber IMSI detach, thus creating an announcement for the calling subscriber</p>
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<h3>anonym 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=id010337#id010337" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anonymity server</a></p>
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<h3>anonymity key; <em>AK</em></h3>

<p>key which is used to conceal the sequence number (SQN)</p>
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<h3>anonymity server; <em>anonym server</em></h3>

<p>server which allows the user to be connected to different sites and servers on the network without being recognised on the basis of the user data</p>
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<h3>anonymous access; <em>AA</em></h3>

<p>function which allows a user to access the network without a subscriber identity</p>
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<h3>anonymous access indicator</h3>

<p>information in SGSN charging record (S-CDR) indicating if anonymous access has been deployed</p>
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<h3>anonymous call barring; <em>ACB</em></h3>

<p>incoming call barring which enables the prevention of calls from users who have calling line identification restriction active</p>
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<h3>anonymous communication</h3>

<p>communication in which the user identity is suppressed or replaced by an anonymous identity</p>
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<h3>anonymous message</h3>

<p>message in which the sender's MSISDN number is hidden from the recipient by replacing it with a pseudo-address</p>
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<h3>ANSI</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=id04399#id04399" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See American National Standards Institute</a></p>
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<h3>answer</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=id020547#id020547" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See SDP answer</a></p>
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<h3>answer message; <em>ANM</em></h3>

<p>signalling message sent in the backward direction indicating that the call has been answered</p>
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<h3>answer seizure ratio; <em>answer-to-seizure ratio</em>; <em>ASR</em></h3>

<p>either on a route or a destination code basis, and during a specified time interval, the ratio of the number of seizures that result in an answer signal to the total number of seizures</p>
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<h3>answer-signal delay</h3>

<p>time interval between the establishment of a connection between calling and called users, and the detection of an answer signal at the originating exchange</p>
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<h3>answer-to-seizure ratio</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=id04102#id04102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See answer seizure ratio</a></p>
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<h3>answerer</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=id020548#id020548" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See SDP answerer</a></p>
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<h3>answering machine</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=id02539#id02539" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See telephone answering set</a></p>
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<h3>antenna bearing</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=id013329#id013329" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See bearing</a></p>
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<h3>antenna branching</h3>

<p>coupling of one or more transmitters and receivers into the same antenna gate</p>
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<h3>antenna branching equipment</h3>

<p>device for coupling one or more transmitters and receivers into the same antenna gate</p>
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<h3>antenna cable; <em>antenna feeder</em></h3>

<p>cable between an antenna and radio relay equipment, transmitting the RF signal in either direction</p>
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<h3>antenna feeder</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=id06145#id06145" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See antenna cable</a></p>
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<h3>antenna filter; <em>AF</em></h3>

<p>waveguide assembly which only allows a specified frequency range to pass from the transmitter to the antenna and from the antenna to the receiver</p>
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<h3>antenna gain</h3>

<p>ratio of the maximum radiation intensity in a given direction to the maximum radiation intensity produced in the same direction from a reference antenna with the same power input</p>
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<h3>antenna sharing</h3>

<p>using an antenna for transmission and reception with at least two different technologies such as WCDMA and GSM</p>
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<h3>antenna tilting</h3>

<p>adjusting the tilt angle of an antenna</p>
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<h3>anti-virus scanner</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=id020472#id020472" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See virus scanner</a></p>
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<h3>any time interrogation; <em>ATI</em></h3>

<p>interrogation in which the service control point (SCP) enquires the subscriber's status and location information from the home location register (HLR)</p>
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<h3>any-to-any networking</h3>

<p>feature that provides a possibility to combine all network technologies</p>
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<h3>anycast</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=id019944#id019944" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See anycasting</a></p>
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<h3>anycast address</h3>

<p>IP address identifying a set of nodes of which the packet reaches only one</p>
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<h3>anycasting; <em>anycast</em></h3>

<p>unidirectional transmission of data between a single sender and the nearest of several receivers in a group</p>
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<h3>AO</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=id016682#id016682" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application-originated</a></p>
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<h3>AO-SM</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=id016683#id016683" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application-originated short message</a></p>
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<h3>AoC</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=id010435#id010435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge</a></p>
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<h3>AOC</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=id0635#id0635" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge</a></p>
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<h3>AOC-D</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=id07316#id07316" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge during the call</a></p>
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<h3>AOC-I</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=id05822#id05822" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge (information)</a></p>
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<h3>AOC-S</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=id05584#id05584" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge at call set-up time</a></p>
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<h3>AoCI</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=id05822#id05822" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See advice of charge (information)</a></p>
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<h3>AP</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=id013903#id013903" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access point</a></p>
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<h3>AP</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=id05100#id05100" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application process</a></p>
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<h3>AP</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=id09947#id09947" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access point</a></p>
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<h3>APDU</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=id05101#id05101" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>API</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=id05794#id05794" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application programming interface</a></p>
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<h3>APM</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=id015782#id015782" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application transport mechanism</a></p>
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<h3>APM</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=id08387#id08387" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative protocol module</a></p>
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<h3>APN</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=id09948#id09948" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access point name</a></p>
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<h3>APN network identifier; <em>network identifier</em>; <em>NID</em></h3>

<p>identifier that is the first part of the DNS access point name (APN) and that defines the IP network the user wants to connect to</p>
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<h3>APN operator identifier; <em>operator identifier</em></h3>

<p>identifier that is the second part of the DNS access point name (APN) and that defines the operator's backbone network</p>
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<h3>APP</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=id011513#id011513" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic picocell planning</a></p>
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<h3>APP</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=id020543#id020543" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application transport parameter</a></p>
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<h3>APPID</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=id014170#id014170" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application identifier</a></p>
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<h3>AppLauncher</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=id014537#id014537" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application launcher</a></p>
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<h3>applet</h3>

<p>application which operates only as associated with another application</p>
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<h3>application</h3>

<p>software which, together with the related hardware, performs a specific function for the user or, in some cases, for another application</p>
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<h3>application; <em>application program</em>; <em>application software</em></h3>

<p>software that forms a logical collection of features</p>
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<h3>application</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=id09072#id09072" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See database application</a></p>
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<h3>application association</h3>

<p>co-operative relationship between two application entities formed by their exchange of application protocol control information through their use of presentation services</p>
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<h3>application awareness</h3>

<p>database application that can be designed to enable and disable selective roles automatically when a user attempts to use the application</p>
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<h3>application class; <em>application QoS class</em></h3>

<p>quality of service (QoS) class in which the quality of service is defined as a set of parameters that describes the behaviour of a traffic flow through the network</p>
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<h3>application context; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>explicitly identified set of application service elements, related options, and any other necessary information for the interworking of application entities on an application association</p>
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<h3>application convention</h3>

<p>application-specific information governing the text of a document in areas that standard generalised markup language (SGML) leaves to user choice</p>
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<h3>application development interface; <em>ADI</em></h3>

<p>interface that is used in the implementation of a subsystem or application</p>
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<h3>application domain</h3>

<p>unit of processing that the common language runtime (CLR) can use to provide isolation between applications</p>
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<h3>application entity; <em>AE</em></h3>

<p>set of application service elements which together perform all or part of the communications aspects of an application process</p>
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<h3>application entity title; <em>AET</em></h3>

<p>unequivocal identifier connected with each OSI application entity in the DX system</p>
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<h3>application field</h3>

<p>group of process families performing the task of a certain group of applications</p>
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<h3>application functions</h3>

<p>one of the two major functional areas of mPlatform, enabling seamless, user-friendly services to be provided over diverse channels, handsets, and networks</p>
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<h3>application gateway; <em>AGW</em></h3>

<p>gateway which provides multimedia storage, legacy support, e-mail smart push, and multimedia voice messaging services</p>
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<h3>application group</h3>

<p>group that contains application items</p>
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<h3>application header; <em>AH</em></h3>

<p>header which contains information necessary for the application to get the data to the right part of the application on the receiving side</p>
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<h3>application icon</h3>

<p>icon representing an application that has already started, and has been minimised, while still running</p>
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<h3>application ID</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=id014170#id014170" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application identifier</a></p>
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<h3>application identifier; <em>application ID</em>; <em>AID</em>; <em>APPID</em></h3>

<p>unique identifier that refers to an application</p>
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<h3>application information</h3>

<p>application-specific information to be passed to an application or processor not appearing in the document or its document type definition (DTD)</p>
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<h3>application instance</h3>

<p>single occurrence of an application that runs on one of the nodes in a cluster</p>
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<h3>application interface</h3>

<p>interface via which the communication between the system and external applications is handled</p>
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<h3>application item</h3>

<p>application icon representing an application with specific parameters</p>
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<h3>application launcher; <em>AppLauncher</em>; <em>AL</em></h3>

<p>part of an element manager (EM) that offers an interface for installing, launching, and managing separate element manager applications</p>
</div>


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<h3>application layer</h3>

<p>layer 7 within the OSI model providing the means by which the user programs access the OSI environment</p>
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<h3>application location register; <em>ALR</em></h3>

<p>register provided with the function which associates a mobile subscriber international ISDN number (MSISDN) with the home location register (HLR) where the subscription is located resulting in the ability to move to another HLR without changing the MSISDN</p>
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<h3>application management</h3>

<p>set of functions for controlling the internal applications of a system and the external applications interacting with the system</p>
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<h3>application management</h3>

<p>functions in the application layer related to the management of OSI application processes</p>
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<h3>application manager</h3>

<p>tool that provides access to specific applications and objects</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>application message queue; <em>AMQ</em></h3>

<p>database table that the external application interface (EAIF) processes use for inter-process communication to pass messages from one process to another</p>
</div>


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<h3>application node; <em>AN</em></h3>

<p>node that uses the services provided by lower layer protocols</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application number</h3>

<p>number with which the subscriber sends the request to the short message service centre (SMSC) or multimedia message service centre (MMSC) and on to Nokia Messaging Gateway</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application prefix</h3>

<p>unique prefix defined for each application, which the short message service centre (SMSC) recognises</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application process; <em>AP</em></h3>

<p>element within a real open system which performs the information processing for a particular application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application program</h3>

<p>program that is written for a user and applies to the user's work</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application program</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=id06352#id06352" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application programming interface; <em>API</em></h3>

<p>programming interface that supports the process of developing application programs used to access various network services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application protocol</h3>

<p>protocol which determines the communication behaviour of application entities in the performance of application functions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application protocol control information</h3>

<p>information exchanged between application entities using presentation services to co-ordinate their joint operation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application protocol data unit; <em>APDU</em></h3>

<p>sequence of data elements exchanged between peer entities of application layer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application protocol version</h3>

<p>trigger data which defines the application protocol version for applications using the communication services of the application protocol</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application 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=id015424#id015424" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application class</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application response measurement</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=id020487#id020487" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application response measurement interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application response measurement interface; <em>application response measurement</em>; <em>ARM interface</em>; <em>ARM</em></h3>

<p>standard application programming interface (API) for measuring service levels of single-system and distributed applications</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application security</h3>

<p>security measures required for the protection against attacks directed at the application level</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Application Server; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>server or a program in a computer in a distributed network that provides the business logic for an application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application server; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>logical entity that serves a specific routing key</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application server node; <em>ASN</em></h3>

<p>node that serves as an application server</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application server process; <em>ASP</em></h3>

<p>process instance of an application server, serving as an active or standby process</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application service element; <em>ASE</em></h3>

<p>set of functions that provide a capability for the interworking of application entity invocations for a specific purpose on a single application association</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application service function; <em>ASF</em></h3>

<p>function providing service capabilities which offer access to network resources for external and internal services and applications</p>
</div>


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<h3>application service provider; <em>ASP</em></h3>

<p>service provider that offers computer and application software rental services for companies, allowing businesses to access and use information technology without investing by themselves</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application services</h3>

<p>service area specifically geared towards application developers' community, for example scenario manager</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application software</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=id06352#id06352" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>application supervision service; <em>supervision service</em></h3>

<p>part of the computing platform the function of which is to monitor the health of the applications running in the switching system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application timer</h3>

<p>timer that defines the waiting time in hunting for an answer when the call is connected to a hunting number</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application traffic</h3>

<p>traffic that consists of communication between the applications of a network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application transport instruction indicator; <em>ATII</em></h3>

<p>mechanism which allows an application transport mechanism user application (APM user) to instruct a receiving node how to respond to error cases</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application transport mechanism; <em>APM</em></h3>

<p>transport mechanism used by applications requiring a bearer in conjunction with the support of the application's signalling information flow</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application transport parameter; <em>APP</em></h3>

<p>application transport mechanism (APM) parameter which is used for transporting call and bearer-related correlation and binding information in narrowband ISDN</p>
</div>


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<h3>application workstation</h3>

<p>workstation that is part of the operator seat of a network management system and connected to a local area network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-level addressing</h3>

<p>addressing of push content between a particular user agent on a WAP client and a push initiator on a server</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-originated; <em>AO</em></h3>

<p>characteristic of an item initiated by an application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-originated short message; <em>AO-SM</em></h3>

<p>short message initiated by an application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-specific integrity rules</h3>

<p>database properties that concern the integrity of the database and are maintained by the application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-terminated; <em>AT</em></h3>

<p>characteristic of an item terminated by an application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>application-terminated short message; <em>AT-SM</em></h3>

<p>short message terminated to an application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>applications of charging</h3>

<p>part of charging which enables the observation of long calls, charging of operator calls, freephone service charging, and SSP charging</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>applied service</h3>

<p>logical service that is requested for an existing logical leg</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ApplyCharging; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>message that the service control point (SCP) uses to inform service switching point (SSP) of the limit that the charging for the call must not exceed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ApplyChargingReport</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=id012051#id012051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ApplyChargingReport procedure</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ApplyChargingReport procedure; <em>ApplyChargingReport</em>; <em>ACR</em></h3>

<p>procedure used by the GSM service switching function (gsmSSF) to report to the GSM service control function (gsmSCF) the information requested in the ApplyCharging</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>APPSE</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=id013984#id013984" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See IP telephony application server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>APS</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=id06540#id06540" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic protection switching</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AR</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=id011720#id011720" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access router</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AR</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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AR</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=id05818#id05818" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See audio response</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>arbiter</h3>

<p>mechanism for solving conflicts when two or more devices want to use the same resource at the same time</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>arbitration</h3>

<p>survey on competition situation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>architecture</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=id01667#id01667" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See system architecture</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>archive log</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=id019166#id019166" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See archive log file</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>archive log file; <em>archive log</em></h3>

<p>log that is saved in an archive and kept for a specified period of time</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area address</h3>

<p>part of the NSAP address, which identifies the area where the equipment is located</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area border router</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=id09958#id09958" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See border router</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area code</h3>

<p>code added to an authority system so that the authorities of a certain user can be limited to exchanges located in a certain area, and to data related to them</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area code; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>number which is dialled before the called subscriber number and which consists of the trunk prefix 0 together with the number of the called numbering area, a nationwide service number or another network's, such as a mobile network's, number</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area code analysis</h3>

<p>analysis of a dialled area code that is used for routing a call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area information</h3>

<p>information that indicates the base transceiver station initiating the signalling and prevents malfunction due to co-channel interference</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>area service number</h3>

<p>actual call number for the area service access point which the subscriber does not need to know</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARFCN</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=id08851#id08851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absolute radio frequency number</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARFN</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=id08851#id08851" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absolute radio frequency number</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARI</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=id012052#id012052" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AssistRequestInstructions procedure</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>arithmetic expression</h3>

<p>combination of arithmetic delimiters, numerals and identifiers enclosed in parentheses (in MML)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARM</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=id020487#id020487" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application response measurement interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARM 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=id020487#id020487" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application response measurement interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARNT</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=id018323#id018323" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automated radio network tuning</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARP</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=id016604#id016604" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See allocation/retention priority</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARP</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=id08958#id08958" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See address resolution protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARQ</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=id011276#id011276" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic repeat request</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>array</h3>

<p>predefined type generator which contains several values of the same type which can all be found by means of an index</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>array file</h3>

<p>one-dimensional or two-dimensional file which can contain records which, for their part, can contain subrecords</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>arrow button</h3>

<p>button that displays a triangle</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>artificial traffic</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=id03883#id03883" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See test traffic</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ARU</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=id03624#id03624" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See audio unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id011338#id011338" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access stratum</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id08396#id08396" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Application Server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id09516#id09516" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id08849#id08849" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id010646#id010646" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AS</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=id09952#id09952" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See autonomous system</a></p>
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<h3>AS</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=id015049#id015049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application server</a></p>
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<h3>AS API</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=id020334#id020334" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm system application programming interface</a></p>
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<h3>AS manager</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=id013939#id013939" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication server manager</a></p>
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<h3>ASBR</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=id09953#id09953" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See autonomous system border router</a></p>
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<h3>ascending direction</h3>

<p>direction of calls from a lower network hierarchy level to a higher one</p>
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<h3>ASCII alarm forwarding</h3>

<p>application for sending alarm information from the network management system (NMS) to a third-party network management centre (NMC) in ASCII format using TCP/IP and UNIX services</p>
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<h3>ASCII disk file editor</h3>

<p>feature which provides a screen editor for creating and editing ASCII files via an MML session in the mobile services switching centre (MSC) and home location register (HLR)</p>
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<h3>ASCII file 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=id018374#id018374" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASCII interface</a></p>
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<h3>ASCII interface; <em>ASCII file interface</em></h3>

<p>open interface that enables the transfer of ASCII files to external systems</p>
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<h3>ASCII report</h3>

<p>measurement report that is stored in American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII ) format</p>
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<h3>ASCII terminal</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=id019058#id019058" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See generic terminal</a></p>
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<h3>ASE</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=id05102#id05102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application service element</a></p>
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<h3>ASF</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=id013985#id013985" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application service function</a></p>
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<h3>ASI</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=id013987#id013987" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See auxiliary signalling index</a></p>
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<h3>ASN</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=id017129#id017129" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abstract syntax notation</a></p>
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<h3>ASN</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=id020092#id020092" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application server node</a></p>
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<h3>ASN.1</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=id06077#id06077" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See abstract syntax notation one</a></p>
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<h3>ASP</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=id011989#id011989" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application service provider</a></p>
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<h3>ASP</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=id07050#id07050" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attendant services platform</a></p>
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<h3>ASP</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=id013368#id013368" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application server process</a></p>
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<h3>ASP</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=id09683#id09683" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM switching platform</a></p>
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<h3>ASP active; <em>ASPAC</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that an application server process (ASP) sends to a signalling gateway to indicate that it is active and ready to be used</p>
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<h3>ASP active acknowledgement; <em>ASPAC ACK message</em>; <em>ASPAC ACK</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that the signalling gateway uses to acknowledge to the application server process (ASP) that it has received an ASP active message (ASPAC)</p>
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<h3>ASP down</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=id015053#id015053" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP down message</a></p>
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<h3>ASP down ACK</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=id018556#id018556" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP down acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>ASP down acknowledgement; <em>ASP down ACK</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that the signalling gateway uses to acknowledge to the application server process (ASP) that it has received an ASP down message (DOWN)</p>
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<h3>ASP down message; <em>ASP down</em>; <em>DOWN</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that an application server process (ASP) sends to a signalling gateway to indicate that it is not ready to receive traffic or maintenance messages</p>
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<h3>ASP inactive; <em>ASPIA</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that an application server process (ASP) sends to a signalling gateway to indicate that it is no longer active and cannot be used</p>
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<h3>ASP up</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=id015349#id015349" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP up message</a></p>
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<h3>ASP up acknowledgement; <em>ASPUP ACK</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that the signalling gateway uses to acknowledge to the application server process (ASP) that it has received an ASP up message (ASPUP)</p>
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<h3>ASP up message; <em>ASP up</em>; <em>ASPUP</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that an application server process (ASP) sends to a signalling gateway to indicate that it is ready to receive traffic or maintenance messages</p>
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<h3>ASPAC</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=id015052#id015052" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP active</a></p>
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<h3>ASPAC ACK</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=id018554#id018554" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP active acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>ASPAC ACK message</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=id018554#id018554" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP active acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>ASPIA</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=id015054#id015054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP inactive</a></p>
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<h3>ASPUP</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=id015349#id015349" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP up message</a></p>
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<h3>ASPUP ACK</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=id018555#id018555" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ASP up acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>ASR</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=id04102#id04102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See answer seizure ratio</a></p>
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<h3>assembler</h3>

<p>translator used to translate a program expressed in an assembly language</p>
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<h3>assembly language</h3>

<p>low-level language whose instructions are usually in one-to-one correspondence with computer instructions and which may provide facilities such as the use of macroinstructions</p>
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<h3>assertion consumer service URL; <em>ACSU</em></h3>

<p>URL address at the service provider that an identity provider should use when sending single sign-on responses</p>
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<h3>asset manager; <em>AM</em></h3>

<p>centralised inventory for managing and tracking various assets, such as hardware units or components, software licenses, or other entities which have to be tracked through their life cycle</p>
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<h3>assigned Ethernet interface</h3>

<p>Ethernet interface of a host unit that has an assigned logical IP address</p>
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<h3>assignment</h3>

<p>operation which gives a variable a value, replacing the previous value given to the variable</p>
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<h3>assignment operator</h3>

<p>part of assignment statement in a command language</p>
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<h3>assignment statement</h3>

<p>statement which assigns a value to a variable</p>
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<h3>Assist Request Instructions</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=id012052#id012052" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AssistRequestInstructions procedure</a></p>
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<h3>assistance data delivery</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=id021045#id021045" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assistance data delivery procedure</a></p>
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<h3>assistance data delivery procedure; <em>assistance data delivery</em></h3>

<p>procedure which enables the serving mobile location centre (SMLC) or radio network controller (RNC) to send positioning-related assistance data to the user equipment</p>
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<h3>assisted GPS; <em>network-assisted GPS</em>; <em>AGPS</em>; <em>A-GPS</em></h3>

<p>global positioning system (GPS) in which the mobile communications network transmits the GPS satellites' track, correction and timing data to the GPS phone in order to make positioning faster and to improve the position accuracy</p>
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<h3>assisting external IP</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=id011552#id011552" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See external assisting IP</a></p>
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<h3>assisting GSM service switching function; <em>assisting gsmSSF</em></h3>

<p>GSM service switching function (gsmSSF) which sends the AssistRequestInstructions procedure (ARI) to the GSM service control function (gsmSCF) when it receives an indication from an initiating gsmSSF indicating an assist procedure</p>
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<h3>assisting gsmSSF</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=id018482#id018482" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assisting GSM service switching function</a></p>
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<h3>AssistRequestInstructions procedure; <em>Assist Request Instructions</em>; <em>ARI</em></h3>

<p>procedure sent to the service control function (SCF) by a service switching function (SSF) or by a specialised resources function (SRF) when the assisting SSF or SRF receives an indication from an initiating SSF containing information indicating an assist or hand-off procedure</p>
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<h3>associated alarms</h3>

<p>alarms directly related to a given identified trouble</p>
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<h3>associated control channel; <em>dedicated control channel</em>; <em>ACCH</em>; <em>DCCH</em></h3>

<p>point-to-point, bidirectional control channel that is associated with the traffic channel (TCH) and that supports both signalling and packet data</p>
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<h3>associated LMU</h3>

<p>stand-alone location management unit (LMU) which gives location services at a BTS site</p>
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<h3>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=id02237#id02237" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See associated mode of signalling</a></p>
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<h3>associated mode of signalling; <em>associated mode of signaling /US/</em></h3>

<p>mode where messages for a signalling relation involving two adjacent signalling points are conveyed over a directly interconnecting signalling link</p>
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<h3>associated object</h3>

<p>managed object that is associated with a specific service or task</p>
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<h3>association</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=id013466#id013466" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See SCTP association</a></p>
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<h3>association control service element; <em>ACSE</em></h3>

<p>application service element which provides basic facilities for the control of an association among communicating application-service-objects (ASO)</p>
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<h3>association identifier</h3>

<p>identifier which unambiguously identifies an SCTP association within the computer unit</p>
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<h3>association set</h3>

<p>group of associations, usually configured to one network element</p>
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<h3>associative memory; <em>associative storage</em>; <em>content addressed storage</em>; <em>contents addressable memory</em>; <em>content addressable memory</em>; <em>CAM</em></h3>

<p>storage where hardware locates information on the basis of its content rather than its location</p>
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<h3>associative search</h3>

<p>search made on the basis of information content</p>
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<h3>associative storage</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=id01844#id01844" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See associative memory</a></p>
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<h3>assured forwarding</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=id015060#id015060" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See assured forwarding PHB group</a></p>
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<h3>assured forwarding PHB group; <em>assured forwarding</em>; <em>AF</em></h3>

<p>differentiated services per-hop-behaviour (PHB) that provides means for assured transfer of IP packets over the Internet</p>
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<h3>asymmetric algorithm; <em>asymmetric cryptographic algorithm</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic algorithm which is used in combination with two different keys to encrypt and decrypt data</p>
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<h3>asymmetric configuration</h3>

<p>configuration in which the IMA group is not required to configure all links in both the transmit and receive directions</p>
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<h3>asymmetric cryptographic algorithm</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=id018160#id018160" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asymmetric algorithm</a></p>
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<h3>asymmetric digital subscriber line; <em>asymmetric digital subscriber loop</em>; <em>ADSL</em></h3>

<p>technology which enables high-speed data communication over existing twisted pair telephone lines and supports a downstream data rate of 1.5 - 8 Mbit/s and an upstream data rate of 16 kbit/s - 1 Mbit/s</p>
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<h3>asymmetric digital subscriber loop</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=id08639#id08639" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asymmetric digital subscriber line</a></p>
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<h3>asymmetric encryption</h3>

<p>encryption that uses two mathematically related cryptographic keys: a public key and a private key</p>
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<h3>asymmetric multiprocessing</h3>

<p>multiprocessing in which processors in the same or different systems are dedicated to specific tasks</p>
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<h3>asymmetric operation</h3>

<p>operation mode in which the IMA group is allowed to carry ATM traffic over links that are not active in either the transmit or receive direction</p>
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<h3>asymmetrical through connection</h3>

<p>through connection of only one direction of transmission on a potential both-ways through connection</p>
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<h3>ASYNC</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=id04148#id04148" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asynchronous service</a></p>
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<h3>async</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=id04626#id04626" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asynchronous</a></p>
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<h3>asynchronous; <em>async</em></h3>

<p>occurrence of two or more phenomena without a common timing reference</p>
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<h3>asynchronous</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=id07481#id07481" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-synchronous</a></p>
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<h3>asynchronous announcement</h3>

<p>announcement in which the speech path connection is not aligned with the beginning of a phrase</p>
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<h3>asynchronous application</h3>

<p>application which can handle several messages at the same time</p>
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<h3>asynchronous basic PAD access</h3>

<p>access to an X.28 dial-in port in a packet switched public data network (PSPDN) without or via one or more transit ISDN or PSTN networks</p>
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<h3>asynchronous bearer service</h3>

<p>bearer service where the transmitting and receiving data terminals maintain their synchronism only over each single character</p>
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<h3>asynchronous charging</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=id0343#id0343" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Karlsson charging</a></p>
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<h3>asynchronous event; <em>push type network event</em></h3>

<p>event that is initiated by the network without any action taken by the user or client</p>
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<h3>asynchronous interface</h3>

<p>entity of a lower level than an asynchronic service definition used for handling exceptional and complicated asyncronic interface cases</p>
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<h3>asynchronous mapping</h3>

<p>SDH mapping in which justification bits are used</p>
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<h3>asynchronous network</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=id051#id051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-synchronised network</a></p>
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<h3>asynchronous service; <em>ASYNC</em></h3>

<p>service where a reply is not expected before proceeding</p>
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<h3>asynchronous service invocation</h3>

<p>service invocation in which the client of the call immediately returns from the request invocation and will be notified at a later time of the actual response.</p>
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<h3>asynchronous tandem encoding</h3>

<p>transcoding of the form ADPCM-PCM-analog signal-PCM-ADPCM</p>
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<h3>asynchronous time-division multiplexing</h3>

<p>multiplexing technique in which a transmission capability is organised in undedicated slots filled with cells with respect to each application's instantaneous real need. In this case, the terminal equipment (that is, the customer application) defines the actual transmitted bit rate, whatever this rate is, possibly variable during the communication. This technique carries a labelled interface structure over a frame or a self-delineating labelled interface</p>
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<h3>asynchronous transfer mode; <em>ATM</em></h3>

<p>transfer mode in which the information is organised into cells: it is asynchronous in the sense that the recurrence of cells containing information from an individual user is not necessarily periodic</p>
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<h3>asynchronous transfer mode switch</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=id019931#id019931" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM switch</a></p>
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<h3>AT</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=id016040#id016040" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access tandem /US/</a></p>
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<h3>AT</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=id016686#id016686" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application-terminated</a></p>
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<h3>AT</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=id012049#id012049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ActivityTest procedure</a></p>
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<h3>AT-SM</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=id016687#id016687" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application-terminated short message</a></p>
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<h3>ATC</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=id013696#id013696" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM transfer capability</a></p>
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<h3>ATD</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=id019732#id019732" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See absolute time difference</a></p>
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<h3>Ater interface</h3>

<p>interface between the base station controller (BSC) and the remote transcoder</p>
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<h3>ATI</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=id011735#id011735" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See any time interrogation</a></p>
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<h3>ATII</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=id010371#id010371" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See application transport instruction indicator</a></p>
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<h3>ATM</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=id04373#id04373" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asynchronous transfer mode</a></p>
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<h3>ATM access profile</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=id010052#id010052" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access profile</a></p>
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<h3>ATM adaptation layer; <em>AAL</em></h3>

<p>layer which enhances the service provided by the ATM layer to support functions required by the next higher layer</p>
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<h3>ATM adaptation layer type 1; <em>AAL1</em></h3>

<p>ATM adaptation layer that supports constant bit rate (CBR), connection-oriented, time-dependent data traffic</p>
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<h3>ATM adaptation layer type 2; <em>AAL type 2</em>; <em>AAL2</em></h3>

<p>ATM adaptation layer that supports variable bit rate (VBR), connection-oriented, time-dependent data traffic</p>
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<h3>ATM adaptation layer type 3/4; <em>AAL3/4</em></h3>

<p>ATM adaptation layer that supplies sequencing and error detection support to variable bit rate (VBR), time-independent data traffic. Traffic can be both connection-oriented and connectionless</p>
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<h3>ATM adaptation layer type 5; <em>simple and efficient adaptation layer</em>; <em>AAL5</em>; <em>SEAL</em></h3>

<p>ATM adaptation layer that enhances the service provided by the ATM layer by supporting variable bit rate (VBR), connection-oriented, time-independent data traffic</p>
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<h3>ATM address</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=id010059#id010059" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM end system address</a></p>
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<h3>ATM backbone; <em>ATM BB</em></h3>

<p>backbone that uses technology based on transferring data in packets of a fixed size</p>
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<h3>ATM BB</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=id014733#id014733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM backbone</a></p>
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<h3>ATM bearer service</h3>

<p>part of telecommunications service in which the switching and statistical multiplexing is done at the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) level and that provides the capability for the transmission of signals between user-network interfaces</p>
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<h3>ATM CAC</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=id010058#id010058" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM connection admission control</a></p>
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<h3>ATM CC</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=id013693#id013693" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connection</a></p>
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<h3>ATM cell; <em>cell</em></h3>

<p>block of fixed length which is identified by a label at the ATM layer of the B-ISDN protocol reference model</p>
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<h3>ATM cell counter; <em>cell counter</em></h3>

<p>counter which can be used to measure any type of ATM cell events</p>
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<h3>ATM cell header; <em>header</em></h3>

<p>protocol control information located at the beginning of an ATM cell</p>
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<h3>ATM cell stream</h3>

<p>all data transmitted through a communications line in a single read or write operation in the form of cells which arrive at known intervals</p>
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<h3>ATM cell switching</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=id09696#id09696" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See cell switching</a></p>
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<h3>ATM cell trailer; <em>trailer</em></h3>

<p>protocol control information located at the end of an ATM cell payload</p>
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<h3>ATM connection</h3>

<p>connection consisting of ATM layer links which are interconnected in order to provide an end-to-end transfer capability to access points</p>
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<h3>ATM connection admission control; <em>ATM CAC</em></h3>

<p>connection admission control which provides a set of actions during the call establishment phase or call re-negotiation phase in order to establish whether a virtual channel connection (VCC) or a virtual path connection (VPC) can be accepted or rejected or whether a request for re-allocation can be accommodated</p>
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<h3>ATM connection control; <em>connection control</em>; <em>CC</em></h3>

<p>function that keeps track of connection resources and based on those handles the operations related to different kinds of cross-connections</p>
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<h3>ATM cross connect</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=id013819#id013819" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connect</a></p>
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<h3>ATM cross-connect; <em>ATM cross connect</em>; <em>AXC node</em>; <em>AXC</em></h3>

<p>transmission node that provides semi-permanent virtual path connections (VPC) and semi-permanent virtual channel connections (VCC) according to an alterable memory map</p>
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<h3>ATM cross-connect unit; <em>AXU</em></h3>

<p>master unit of the ATM cross-connect (AXC) performing the main ATM function of communicating with the base transceiver station (BTS) and connecting to other BTSs and to the radio network controller (RNC) and controlling the Nokia AXC node</p>
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<h3>ATM cross-connection; <em>ATM CC</em>; <em>AXC</em></h3>

<p>ATM connection which for point-to-point connections represents the cross-connect relationship between two virtual path link (VPL) or virtual channel link (VCL) termination points, and for multipoint connections the cross-connect relationship between an instance of the VPL or VCL termination point and an instance of the multipoint bridge</p>
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<h3>ATM end system address; <em>ATM address</em>; <em>AESA</em></h3>

<p>number that is used to uniquely identify an ATM endpoint from any other endpoint in a global network</p>
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<h3>ATM exchange terminal; <em>AET</em></h3>

<p>exchange termination used in the ATM system</p>
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<h3>ATM frame</h3>

<p>datagram of variable length that can be transported over ATM infrastructure utilising high-speed SONET or SDH transmission facilities</p>
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<h3>ATM hub</h3>

<p>hub that provides ATM over SONET, SDH, or PDH interfaces for communications with the network</p>
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<h3>ATM interface</h3>

<p>interface in an ATM network that can be either a user-network interface (UNI) or a network node interface (NNI) and that has a unique identification code</p>
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<h3>ATM inverse multiplexing</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=id09450#id09450" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See inverse multiplexing for ATM</a></p>
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<h3>ATM layer</h3>

<p>part of ATM layers taking care of the generic flow control (GFC), cell multiplexing and switching, providing quality of service, and identifying the payload type</p>
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<h3>ATM layer connection</h3>

<p>association established by the ATM layer to support communication between two or more ATM service users</p>
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<h3>ATM layer OAM</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=id09679#id09679" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM layer OAM handling</a></p>
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<h3>ATM layer OAM handling; <em>ATM layer OAM</em></h3>

<p>Operations, Administrations and Maintenance (OAM) which covers fault management and performance-monitoring-related functions in virtual path and virtual channel levels</p>
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<h3>ATM layer performance measurement</h3>

<p>feature for collecting information about possible overload in the network element and the amount of traffic through the switching fabric, and for providing information about buffer management in the ATM layer</p>
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<h3>ATM link</h3>

<p>link that provides for the capability of transferring information transparently, and represents the association between two contiguous connecting points or between an endpoint and its contiguous connecting point</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM loop</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=id013818#id013818" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM test loop</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM management; <em>ATMM</em></h3>

<p>process that runs on an ATM switch that controls virtual channel identifier (VCI) translation and rate enforcement</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM messaging</h3>

<p>messaging in which the post office sends messages to other computers via one or more centre DMX computers that are able to route messages on behalf of other computers</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM module</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=id010643#id010643" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See multimedia gateway</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM multicasting</h3>

<p>multicasting in which a single ATM switch or an ATM network copies an input ATM cell stream and delivers it to multiple output ATM links which may or may not be on separate physical interfaces</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM node</h3>

<p>ATM switch or cross-connect which realises the data transmission in an ATM network</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM OAM</h3>

<p>Operations, Administrations and Maintenance (OAM) for performance monitoring, defect and failure detection, system protection, defect information and fault localisation in an ATM network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM over fractional E1/JT1</h3>

<p>feature that supports the insertion of ATM cells into full or partial E1/JT1 channels</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM plan</h3>

<p>plan file which contains the ATM layer parameters which a network element requires</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM protocol reference model</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=id015067#id015067" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM reference model</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM recharge; <em>ATM recharge service</em></h3>

<p>recharge where the prepaid subscriber can recharge the prepaid account via an automated teller machine (ATM) using a debit or credit card</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM recharge service</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=id013866#id013866" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM recharge</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM reference model; <em>ATM protocol reference model</em></h3>

<p>logical model that describes the functions that ATM supports and is composed of four layers and three planes</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM resource management</h3>

<p>group of resource management operations for creating and handling IMA (inverse multiplexing for ATM) groups, endpoints, endpoint groups, permanent virtual connections, ATM interfaces, access profiles associated with the interfaces, and termination points on virtual path and virtual channel level</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM route</h3>

<p>route which consists of one or more hunted virtual paths (VP) or virtual channels (VC), which connect two ATM exchanges and are using the same signalling protocol or which are associated with the same B-ISDN user (subscriber number)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM routing</h3>

<p>routing in which free resources of an ATM network are located in order to direct the user plane traffic to the desired destination</p>
</div>


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<h3>ATM statistical</h3>

<p>mode of the asynchronous transfer mode in which the information transfer capability specified for a given service that is provided to the user throughout a call is expressed in terms of values of parameters such as mean, peak, and standard deviation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM switch; <em>asynchronous transfer mode switch</em></h3>

<p>ATM functional unit that operates with cell-based signals and over standard line rates for both input and output, and passes the cells received on the input to the output</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM switching fabric supervision</h3>

<p>feature which is used to supervise the equipment functions in the ATM switching fabric</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM switching platform; <em>ASP</em></h3>

<p>switching platform that provides switching of ATM cells with flexible bandwidth allocation for different types of user traffic</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM test cell; <em>test cell</em></h3>

<p>ATM cell that is used for testing connections between the functional units of an ATM-based network element</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM test loop; <em>ATM loop</em></h3>

<p>test loop which verifies the signal path in the ATM connections</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM traffic descriptor</h3>

<p>generic list of traffic parameters that can be used to capture the intrinsic traffic characteristics of an ATM connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM transfer capability; <em>ATC</em></h3>

<p>set of ATM layer parameters and procedures that is intended to support an ATM layer service model and a range of associated quality of service (QoS) classes</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM transport layer</h3>

<p>layer 4 within the ATM reference model modelling the virtual path (VP) and virtual channel (VC) connections</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM UNI protocol</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=id014762#id014762" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM user-network interface protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM UNI signalling protocol</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=id014762#id014762" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM user-network interface protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM user-network interface protocol; <em>ATM UNI signalling protocol</em>; <em>ATM UNI protocol</em></h3>

<p>protocol that is used to establish and control switched virtual connections (SVC) through an ATM network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATM VCC bundle</h3>

<p>group of virtual channel connections (VCC) that are connected to the same endpoints but have different quality of service characteristics</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATMARP</h3>

<p>address resolution protocol (ARP) for mapping IP addresses to ATM addresses</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1162" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>ATMM</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=id09680#id09680" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM management</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>atomic database transaction; <em>atomic transaction</em></h3>

<p>database transaction which is guaranteed to be completed successfully or not at all</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>atomic request</h3>

<p>service request which includes a shared file system command or program function to complete the execution immediately, and which does not affect work in other resources of the working unit</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1165" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>atomic transaction</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=id020865#id020865" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See atomic database transaction</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>atomicity</h3>

<p>state where an event is either finished or not executed at all</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability; <em>ACID</em></h3>

<p>set of properties for related operations such that the operations are either all performed, or none of them are performed (atomicity); that the effects of the operations are performed accurately, correctly, and with validity, with respect to application semantics (consistency); that partial results of the set of operations are not accessible, except by operations of the set (isolation); and that none of the effects of the operations are altered by any sort of failure (durability)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ATPC</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=id010553#id010553" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic transmit power control</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attach to both GPRS and CS services</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=id011530#id011530" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See combined CS and GPRS attach</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attach to CS and GPRS services</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=id011530#id011530" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See combined CS and GPRS attach</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>attached group; <em>joined group</em>; <em>active group</em></h3>

<p>talk group in push to talk core network that a user is a member of and in which the user is currently attached</p>
</div>


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<h3>attached IMSI; <em>attached international mobile subscriber identity</em></h3>

<p>entry in the home location register's subscriber database containing the international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of the new SIM card</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attached international mobile subscriber identity</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=id011736#id011736" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attached IMSI</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attachment</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=id019339#id019339" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See group attachment</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attachment unit interface; <em>AUI</em></h3>

<p>interface between a media attachment unit (MAU) and a network interface card (NIC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attack</h3>

<p>intelligent act that is a deliberate attempt, especially in the sense of a method or technique, to evade security services and violate the security policy of a system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant; <em>operator</em></h3>

<p>person who offers answering and switching services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant group; <em>operator group</em></h3>

<p>group of attendants which can be freely defined</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant identifier</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=id07018#id07018" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See operator identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant incall identifier; <em>operator incall identifier</em></h3>

<p>operator number, consisting of one or two digits, that members of centrex group can use when calling to the centrex group attendant</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant incall number; <em>operator incall number</em></h3>

<p>service number corresponding to the attendant incall identifier</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1182" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant intrusion</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=id02223#id02223" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See intrusion</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant position</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=id010764#id010764" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See centrex attendant position</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant position subscriber number; <em>operator position subscriber number</em></h3>

<p>subscriber number of the subscriber line to which the attendant is attached</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1185" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant service</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=id0840#id0840" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See operator service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attendant services platform; <em>operator system</em>; <em>ASP</em></h3>

<p>system where attendants offer answering and switching services to subscribers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attenuation</h3>

<p>ratio of the output to the input values of quantities of the same kind in a device or system when less than unity</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attenuation distortion</h3>

<p>departure from uniform amplification or attenuation over the frequency range required for transmission</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute</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=id015816#id015816" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See XML attribute</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1190" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute</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=id08806#id08806" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See origin attribute</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute analysis</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=id08807#id08807" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See origin attribute analysis</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute directed routing; <em>ADR</em></h3>

<p>routing that allows the user to set logical conditions to a destination or to subdestinations included in a destination</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute identifier</h3>

<p>identifier used to distinguish an attribute of a managed object class from all other attributes defined for that object class</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1194" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute list</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=id019699#id019699" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence attribute list</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-1195" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute object</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=id015816#id015816" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See XML attribute</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute of managed object</h3>

<p>information concerning a managed object used to describe (either in part or in whole) that managed object</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute type</h3>

<p>collection of values which an instance of that type may have, and a collection of operations which may be performed on those values</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute value</h3>

<p>particular instance of the class of information indicated by an attribute type</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute value assertion; <em>AVA</em></h3>

<p>assertion that a particular attribute of a managed object has a particular value, that is a position that may be true, false, or undefined, concerning the values (or perhaps only the distinguished values) of an entry</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>attribute-value pair; <em>AV pair</em>; <em>AVP</em></h3>

<p>generic pair of values that consists of an attribute header and the corresponding value</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AU</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=id06543#id06543" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AU pointer</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=id06544#id06544" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative unit pointer</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AU-4 AIS</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=id08007#id08007" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AU-4 alarm indication signal</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AU-4 alarm indication signal; <em>AU-4 AIS</em></h3>

<p>STM-N signal at the Network Node Interface NNI in which the entire capacity of an administrative unit 4 AU-4 is set to logic "1"</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AUC</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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AuC</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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AUC data file</h3>

<p>file used as a temporary storage for the authentication centre (AUC) subscribers to be transferred from the source home location register (HLR) to the target HLR</p>
</div>


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<h3>AUC encryption</h3>

<p>optional feature which protects the confidentiality and integrity of the subscriber authentication keys (Ki) using data encryption techniques when the keys are transferred from the network element to the authentication centre (AUC) and stored in the AUC</p>
</div>


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<h3>audible tone</h3>

<p>information tone sent back to the calling telephone subscriber</p>
</div>


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<h3>audio codec; <em>voice codec</em>; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>codec which is used in the provisioning of bidirectional audio services over networks</p>
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<h3>audio performance</h3>

<p>characteristics indicating audio quality, such as distortion and noise</p>
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<h3>audio response; <em>AR</em></h3>

<p>information given to a caller in vocal form</p>
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<h3>audio response unit</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=id03624#id03624" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See audio unit</a></p>
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<h3>audio segment</h3>

<p>reference to one or more audio recordings</p>
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<h3>audio segment identifier</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=id020511#id020511" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See segment identifier</a></p>
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<h3>audio unit; <em>audio response unit</em>; <em>ARU</em></h3>

<p>device that produces vocal responses</p>
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<h3>audit</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=id021122#id021122" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See security audit</a></p>
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<h3>audit trail</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=id015069#id015069" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See security audit trail</a></p>
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<h3>auditing</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=id021122#id021122" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See security audit</a></p>
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<h3>AUG</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=id06545#id06545" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administrative unit group</a></p>
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<h3>augmented Backus-Naur form; <em>augmented BNF</em>; <em>ABNF</em></h3>

<p>modified version of Backus-Naur form, used among Internet specifications</p>
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<h3>augmented BNF</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=id014755#id014755" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See augmented Backus-Naur form</a></p>
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<h3>AUI</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=id011737#id011737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attachment unit interface</a></p>
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<h3>AUI</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=id016852#id016852" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See administration user interface</a></p>
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<h3>AuS</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=id019388#id019388" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authorization server</a></p>
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<h3>authentication</h3>

<p>corroboration that the peer entity or data source is the one it claims to be</p>
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<h3>authentication</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=id05933#id05933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See security check</a></p>
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<h3>authentication</h3>

<p>confirmation of the claimed identity of a user, or of a message not having changed after it has been sent</p>
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<h3>authentication adapter</h3>

<p>software component of the delivery server which integrates the delivery server to authentication, authorisation, and subscriber systems</p>
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<h3>authentication and key agreement; <em>AKA</em></h3>

<p>procedure which authenticates the user and establishes a new pair of cipher and integrity keys between the serving network visitor location register (SN/VLR) and the user equipment</p>
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<h3>authentication center /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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
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<h3>authentication centre; <em>authentication register</em>; <em>authentication center /US/</em>; <em>AUC</em>; <em>AuC</em>; <em>AR</em>; <em>AC</em></h3>

<p>network element of the public land mobile network (PLMN) which contains subscriber related information for authentication purposes</p>
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<h3>authentication form</h3>

<p>template which is used to ask the end-user's user name and password</p>
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<h3>authentication header; <em>IP authentication header</em>; <em>AH</em></h3>

<p>header in an IP packet that provides connectionless, strong integrity and data origin authentication for IP datagrams, and an optional antireply service</p>
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<h3>authentication in the HSS</h3>

<p>feature which provides the authentication functions that the home subscriber server (HSS) requires</p>
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<h3>authentication key</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=id04507#id04507" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscriber authentication key</a></p>
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<h3>authentication 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>authentication quintuplet; <em>quintuplet</em>; <em>authentication quintet</em>; <em>quintet</em></h3>

<p>authentication vector which consists of a random challenge (RAND), an expected user response (XRES), a cipherkey (CK), an integrity key (IK), and an authentication token (AUTN)</p>
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<h3>authentication realm</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=id013960#id013960" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See realm</a></p>
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<h3>authentication register</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=id04435#id04435" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication centre</a></p>
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<h3>authentication repetition rate</h3>

<p>parameter which tells how many times the event in question happens before an authentication needs to be performed</p>
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<h3>authentication server; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>server which provides authentication services to other systems in a network</p>
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<h3>authentication server manager; <em>AS manager</em></h3>

<p>application used to configure and manage an authentication server (AS) remotely</p>
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<h3>authentication service</h3>

<p>information security service for providing authentication</p>
</div>


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<h3>authentication synchronisation information; <em>AUTS</em></h3>

<p>information sent by the mobile station (MS) to the network when a vector used for the authentication is found to be too old</p>
</div>


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<h3>authentication token; <em>AUTN</em></h3>

<p>information that is used to authenticate its sender containing the claimant identity and ticket, as well as signed and encrypted secret key exchange messages conveying a secret key to be used in future cryptographic operations</p>
</div>


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<h3>authentication trap</h3>

<p>trap message that the system generates upon a host authorisation failure</p>
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<h3>authentication triplet; <em>triplet</em></h3>

<p>authentication vector which consists of a random number (RAND) which is sent to the mobile station, a signed response (SRES) as an answer to it, and a ciphering key (Kc) for the encryption of the signalling</p>
</div>


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<h3>authentication vector; <em>AV</em></h3>

<p>set of parameters used for authentication and key agreement</p>
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<h3>authentication, authorisation, and accounting</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=id09406#id09406" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAA</a></p>
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<h3>authentication, authorization, and accounting /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=id09406#id09406" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AAA</a></p>
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<h3>authenticator</h3>

<p>authentication server, storing the user's authentication, authorisation and account information</p>
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<h3>authorisation; <em>authorization /US/</em></h3>

<p>granting of rights to the user for the use of a resource, for example a system or information</p>
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<h3>authorisation handler</h3>

<p>logical component of Nokia Delivery Server (DLS) which is responsible for authentication and authorisation, and provides an application programming interface (API) for user database integration</p>
</div>


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<h3>authorisation requirement; <em>authorization requirement /US/</em></h3>

<p>minimum authority the user must have in order to get the command into execution phase</p>
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<h3>authorisation service</h3>

<p>part of the user management in NMS which allows the system administrator to define on the level of network management specific objects what operations a user can perform within an application</p>
</div>


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<h3>authority</h3>

<p>right to perform certain functions of a system</p>
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<h3>authority and format identifier; <em>AFI</em></h3>

<p>part of the initial domain part (IDP) of the NSAP address indicating the authority responsible for the number following it, such as X.121 or E.164, and the format of the domain-specific part (DSP)</p>
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<h3>authority certificate</h3>

<p>certificate downloaded into the mobile station by the browser from a WAP page, and used to check server certificate signatures and to guarantee that the certificate is issued by a certification authority (CA), that is, it is genuine</p>
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<h3>authority combination</h3>

<p>authority value formed from a terminal profile and a user profile</p>
</div>


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<h3>authority domain</h3>

<p>set of managed objects managed by a managing application in the context of a particular authority relationship set</p>
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<h3>authority relationship</h3>

<p>relationship between a managing application and a managed object, in which the managing application has the authority to manage the managed object</p>
</div>


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<h3>authority relationship set</h3>

<p>set of authority relationships, each authority relationship of the set being defined from some common standpoint of allocated management responsibility</p>
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<h3>authority requirement</h3>

<p>minimum requirement of a session authority in the specific command class so that an MML command can enter execution phase</p>
</div>


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<h3>authority system</h3>

<p>system for information security, adopted to prevent unauthorised access to a system</p>
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<h3>authorization /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=id07347#id07347" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authorisation</a></p>
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<h3>authorization requirement /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=id010977#id010977" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authorisation requirement</a></p>
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<h3>authorization server; <em>AuS</em></h3>

<p>in a push to talk call processor, a server in the management plane which handles and maintains the static end-user data</p>
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<h3>AUTN</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=id012563#id012563" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication token</a></p>
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<h3>auto</h3>

<p>in connection management, a connection which can be modified from a point-to-point to a point-to- multipoint connection by adding a branch</p>
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<h3>auto-ack</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=id08397#id08397" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>auto-detection</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=id021020#id021020" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network scanning</a></p>
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<h3>autoconfiguration</h3>

<p>network level feature automating the creation of transmission circuit between the base station controller and the base station</p>
</div>


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<h3>autoconfiguration pool; <em>AC pool</em></h3>

<p>block of time slots used for autoconfiguration, which are defined in the base station controller and routed through the transmission network as one block</p>
</div>


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<h3>autodialler</h3>

<p>device that automatically dials one of a set of previously recorded subscriber numbers when the appropriate button is pushed</p>
</div>


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<h3>automated adjacency management</h3>

<p>adjacency management that includes functions to create and delete adjacencies based on mobile measurement reports collected to the network management system</p>
</div>


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<h3>automated radio network tuning; <em>ARNT</em></h3>

<p>radio network tuning in which the GSM network adjacency and frequency plans are optimised based purely on measured information</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic acknowledgement; <em>auto-ack</em></h3>

<p>function of alarm filtering which allows certain alarms to be defined so that they are automatically acknowledged as they come into the NMS</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic alarm call service; <em>alarm call service</em></h3>

<p>service which allows a user to receive an alarm call at a time or times specified by the user in advance</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic announcement equipment; <em>announcement device</em></h3>

<p>equipment which sends short announcements to subscribers</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic announcement service</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=id02150#id02150" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic announcement equipment</a></p>
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<h3>automatic call back service</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=id02235#id02235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call completion to busy subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>automatic call distribution; <em>ACD</em></h3>

<p>service which provides automatic distribution of incoming calls to a centralised group of users</p>
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<h3>automatic call distribution for businesses</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=id010741#id010741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See business automatic call distribution</a></p>
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<h3>automatic congestion control; <em>ACC</em></h3>

<p>part of load supervision which is used to limit the traffic to an exchange in case of congestion</p>
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<h3>automatic exchange; <em>automatic switching exchange</em></h3>

<p>exchange in which the switching operations are performed by automatic equipment</p>
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<h3>automatic identification of outward dialling /US/; <em>automatic identified outward dialling /US/</em>; <em>AIOD</em></h3>

<p>feature which provides identification of the calling line for automatic message accounting (AMA) recording purposes for all calls directed to the public network</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic identified outward dialling /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=id016038#id016038" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic identification of outward dialling /US/</a></p>
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<h3>automatic IMSI replacement</h3>

<p>operation in which the old IMSI and SIM are automatically disabled when a subscriber receives a new SIM card</p>
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<h3>automatic IMSI-Ki replacement</h3>

<p>enhanced automatic IMSI replacement which removes the old subscriber entry also from the authentication centre (AUC)</p>
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<h3>automatic laser shutdown; <em>ALS</em></h3>

<p>function of an optical line system, which automatically switches off the transmitter of a regenerator section in case of a cable break in this section</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic level control; <em>automatic speech level control</em>; <em>ALC</em></h3>

<p>control system that adjusts the incoming signal to a predetermined level</p>
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<h3>automatic location identification; <em>ALI</em></h3>

<p>feature that provides emergency services personnel with the location of a mobile terminal user during an emergency call</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic number identification; <em>ANI</em></h3>

<p>signalling system No.7 feature in which a series of digits, either analogue or digital, are included in the call to identify the calling party number</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic overload control of statistics</h3>

<p>feature which enables the operator to switch off some measurements under high load conditions</p>
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<h3>automatic picocell planning; <em>APP</em></h3>

<p>service used in commissioning Nokia InSite base transceiver stations</p>
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<h3>automatic protection switching; <em>APS</em></h3>

<p>switching which performs the protection of a connection or a part of it automatically</p>
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<h3>automatic recall</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=id02235#id02235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call completion to busy subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>automatic repeat request; <em>automatic request for repetition</em>; <em>ARQ</em></h3>

<p>procedure that allows the receiving device to detect errors and request retransmissions</p>
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<h3>automatic request for repetition</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=id011276#id011276" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic repeat request</a></p>
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<h3>automatic ring back</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=id02235#id02235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call completion to busy subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>automatic ringback when free</h3>

<p>service which enables a user who has called a busy subscriber to wait onhook for the connection to be established without having to redial the number</p>
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<h3>automatic roaming</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=id07741#id07741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See roaming</a></p>
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<h3>automatic speech level control</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=id012564#id012564" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic level control</a></p>
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<h3>automatic switching equipment</h3>

<p>equipment in which switching operations are performed by electrically controlled apparatus</p>
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<h3>automatic switching exchange</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=id02490#id02490" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic exchange</a></p>
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<h3>automatic switching system</h3>

<p>system in which the switching operations are performed by electrically controlled devices</p>
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<h3>automatic telephone exchange</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=id02490#id02490" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See automatic exchange</a></p>
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<h3>automatic terminal detection and configuration</h3>

<p>feature used in the Nokia Terminal Management Server to detect automatically the terminal type associated with each MSISDN in the operator's network, and to provide automatic configuration based on the received information so that the appropriate default settings are sent to terminals in the form they are in the network</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic transmit power control; <em>adaptive level control with quality measurement</em>; <em>ATPC</em>; <em>ALCQ</em></h3>

<p>feature that enables the radio transmitter to increase or decrease the transmit power automatically so that the radio transmits at the minimum power needed to maintain good transmission quality</p>
</div>


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<h3>automatic view upload</h3>

<p>function that is used to transfer views from regional systems, such as a regional cluster, to the global cluster</p>
</div>


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<h3>automaton</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=id03417#id03417" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See finite state automaton</a></p>
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<h3>automaton lifetime</h3>

<p>time from the initialisation of a charging automaton to the moment when the billing information is sent</p>
</div>


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<h3>autonegotiation</h3>

<p>protocol through which two connected devices can communicate common capabilities, for example speed and duplex mode, to each other</p>
</div>


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<h3>autonomous system; <em>routing domain</em>; <em>AS</em></h3>

<p>set of routers and networks under a single administrative authority using a common interior gateway protocol for routing packets</p>
</div>


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<h3>autonomous system border router; <em>ASBR</em></h3>

<p>router in an open shortest path first area which distributes routes originating from some other routing protocol than open shortest path first</p>
</div>


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<h3>autoprovisioning</h3>

<p>process of making the resource automatically available for the user</p>
</div>


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<h3>autostarter</h3>

<p>native executable that launches and monitors system components</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AUTS</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=id016002#id016002" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication synchronisation information</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>auxiliary keyword; <em>auxiliary password</em></h3>

<p>keyword used in DX 220 with outgoing call barring service when the procedure for changing the keyword service is not provided for a user</p>
</div>


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<h3>auxiliary object; <em>grouping object</em></h3>

<p>view object used to group managed objects according to the object type or network area to enable more efficient network management</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>auxiliary password</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=id012887#id012887" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See auxiliary keyword</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>auxiliary signalling index; <em>ASI</em></h3>

<p>part of the call set-up message which is used for handling clear codes</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>auxiliary speech</h3>

<p>bearer capability used for auxiliary telephony</p>
</div>


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<h3>auxiliary telephony</h3>

<p>sole basic service for the alternate line which is otherwise equivalent to normal telephony service</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>auxiliary temporary logical link identity</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=id011277#id011277" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See auxiliary TLLI</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>auxiliary TLLI; <em>auxiliary temporary logical link identity</em></h3>

<p>temporary logical link identity selected by the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and used by the SGSN and mobile station (MS) to unambiguously identify an anonymous access mobility management (MM) and PDP context</p>
</div>


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<h3>AUXP signal</h3>

<p>unframed and continuous bitstream of alternating ones and zeros (...101010...)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AV</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=id017049#id017049" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See authentication vector</a></p>
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<h3>AV pair</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=id020843#id020843" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attribute-value pair</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AV-EX</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=id017161#id017161" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See available-executable</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AVA</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=id05346#id05346" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attribute value assertion</a></p>
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<h3>availability</h3>

<p>probability that an item can perform its required function under stated conditions for stated duration of time</p>
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<h3>availability</h3>

<p>property of both the information and the system (software and hardware) being accessible and usable upon demand by an authorised entity</p>
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<h3>availability</h3>

<p>ratio of the number of circuits that are able to switch traffic to the total number of circuits</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability information</h3>

<p>presence information about user availability and availability status</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability management</h3>

<p>set of functions for defining, tracking, and improving service availability</p>
</div>


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<h3>availability of circuit group; <em>circuit group availability</em></h3>

<p>ratio of the number of circuits that are able to switch traffic to the total number of circuits in a circuit group</p>
</div>


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<h3>availability performance</h3>

<p>ability of an item to be in a state to perform a required function at a given instant of time or at any instant of time within a given time interval, assuming that the external resources, if required, are provided</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability performance measurement</h3>

<p>in a network element, a measurement which collects information about the restarts of computer units and process families, and about the state changes of computer units, and based on the received information calculates the time the unit has been out of service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability performance of network element</h3>

<p>feature used for collecting information about restarts of computer units and process families, and of state changes of computer units, and for calculating from the received information the time which the units have been out of service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability status; <em>availability value</em></h3>

<p>presence attribute indicating the presence service publisher's willingness to the different communication sessions, for example voice calls or messages</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>availability value</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=id017081#id017081" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See availability status</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>available</h3>

<p>able to be interacted with</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>available bit rate; <em>ABR</em></h3>

<p>bit rate for which the limiting ATM layer transfer characteristics provided by the network may change subsequent to connection establishment</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>available PLMN; <em>available public land mobile network</em></h3>

<p>public land mobile network (PLMN) where the mobile station has found a suitable cell</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>available public land mobile network</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=id011415#id011415" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See available PLMN</a></p>
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<h3>available signaling link /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=id02758#id02758" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See available signalling link</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>available signalling link; <em>available signaling link /US/</em></h3>

<p>signalling link which has successfully completed the initial alignment procedures and carries, or is ready to carry, signalling traffic</p>
</div>


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<h3>available-executable; <em>AV-EX</em></h3>

<p>state of a signalling link when it is working normally</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>AVE</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=id021246#id021246" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access validity emulator</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>average daily peak hour; <em>moving average for peak hours</em>; <em>ADPH</em></h3>

<p>average of the peak hour traffic of the last ten working days</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>average holding 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=id02505#id02505" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See mean holding time per seizure</a></p>
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<h3>average of the daily peak full hour; <em>peak hour method</em>; <em>greatest full hour method</em>; <em>largest full hour method</em>; <em>ADPFH</em></h3>

<p>traffic measurement in which the average traffic intensity is continuously measured every full hour, and the hour with most intense traffic is selected out of the resulting traffic values</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>average performance</h3>

<p>data throughput of the system measured over 24 hours of sustained activity</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>average transmit power</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=id011417#id011417" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See average transmitter power</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>average transmitter power; <em>average transmit power</em></h3>

<p>mean of the total transmitted power obtained over any specified interval, including periods with no transmission</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Averell UIKON</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=id014424#id014424" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AVKON</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AVKON; <em>Averell UIKON</em>; <em>AVKON GUI library</em></h3>

<p>graphical user interface (UI) library of Symbian operating system fulfilling the requirements set by Averell UI style specifications for mobile phones</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AVKON GUI library</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=id014424#id014424" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AVKON</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AVP</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=id020843#id020843" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See attribute-value pair</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AXC</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=id013693#id013693" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AXC</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=id013819#id013819" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connect</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AXC element manager</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=id013853#id013853" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AXC manager</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AXC EM</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=id013853#id013853" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See AXC manager</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>AXC manager; <em>AXC element manager</em>; <em>AXC EM</em></h3>

<p>software application that is used to manage the ATM cross-connect (AXC)</p>
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<h3>AXC monitor</h3>

<p>in ATM cross-connect (AXC), a process which ensures that the state of the element manager is correct and handles the communication from the UI manager</p>
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<h3>AXC node</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=id013819#id013819" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connect</a></p>
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<h3>AXU</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=id016054#id016054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ATM cross-connect unit</a></p>
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<h3>AZ</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=id010842#id010842" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access zone</a></p>
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