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OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 1
SCOPE .......................................................................................................................................................1
VERSION INFORMATION ...........................................................................................................................1
MANUALS ON-LINE ..................................................................................................................................1
REPORTING MANUAL ERRORS .................................................................................................................2
GENERAL SAFETY ....................................................................................................................................2
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Scope
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twisted pair cable with a maximum segment
length of 100m.
#
1+ (One Plus) A direct dialed telephone call
in which the originator dials 1 plus the
destination number; also called Direct Distance
Dialing (DDD).
100BaseT IEEE standard from proposals by
the Fast Ethernet Alliance (including 3Com and
SynOptics). It will support Category 3,4 & 5
UTP cabling.
100BaseVG AnyLan A competing proposal to
100BaseT (promoted by Hewlett Packard, IBM
and Proteon among others) to the IEEE for a 100
Mbit/s standard over voice grade UTP the cable
most users already have installed in existing
10BaseT systems. Based on Quartet Signaling
and demand priority protocol, it preserves the
infrastructure and will need only a new hub and
upgraded adapters in PCs/work stations. It
claims support for Category 3,4 & 5 UTP
cabling for both Ethernet and Token Ring.
10Base2 A form of Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
network cabling using thin coaxial. It refers to
10 Mbit/s speed Baseband transmission over 200
meters maximum length in practice 185m) and is
commonly known as Cheapernet. This is the
type of Ethernet used within an iDEN EBTS.
10Base5 A form of Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
network cabling using thick coax. It refers to
10Mbit/s speed Baseband transmission and
500m maximum length.
10BaseT A form of Ethernet and IEEE 802.3
network cabling using twisted pair cabling. It
refers to 10Mbit/s speed Baseband transmission

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10XXX Refers to the process of dialing the

Carrier Identification Code (CIC) that is
assigned to an Interexchange Carrier (IEC)
specified in the third through fifth digits. By
this means an equal access subscriber can access
an IEC other than its preselected IEC on a call
by call basis. Also allows an equal access
subscriber to access an IEC rather than the Local
Exchange Carrier for an intraLATA call.
1pps Abbreviation for 1 part per second.
NOTE: This may mean 1 pulse per second
depending on context within document.
3wc 3 Way Calling
800 MHz Defined as the frequency range
traditionally used for SMR dispatch and cellular
communication.
900 MHz Defined as the frequency range
which represents the additional frequencies
allocated for SMRs to ease the continued
demand for channels.
A
A Amperes
A Interface Switch The communications
interface that links the BSS and MSC; provides
the functions necessary to establish, maintain,
and terminate circuit-switched connections in a
PLMN. Uses Q.931 like signaling over CCS7
SCCP and MTP.
A/D Analog to Digital (converter)
AAL
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ATM Adaptation Layer

3
ABR Available Bit Rate
ADA See Average Delay to Abandon.
AC Symbol for Alternating Current
ADA American Disabilities Act
Access Channel A reverse CDMA Channel

used by a mobile station to communicate to a
base station when not assigned to a traffic
channel. The Access Channel is used for short
signaling message such as call originations,
responses to pages, and registrations.
ADC See Administrative Data Center.

Address A name which describes location
attributes. All addresses are names, but all
names are not addresses.
Access Controller Gateway Site Controller

and communications gateway between the EBTS
site and the Switching Center. The iDEN site
controller and the communications gateway
between an EBTS site and the iDEN systems
control network. The ACG is the site controller
as well as the communications gateway between
the EBTS site and the switching center. Two
platforms: VME & iSCSee ACG.
Access Probe One Access Channel
transmission consisting of a preamble and a
message. The transmission is an integer number
of frames in length and carries one Access
Channel message.
ACCH See Associated Control Channel.
ACD Automatic Call Distribution
ADN Advanced Digital Network

ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Coded
Modulation
ADSL
Line.
See Asymmetric Digital Subscriber
Advanced Packet Duplicator Duplicates

dispatch voice packets for distribution to
multiple cells involved in a call.
Advertising Router process in which routing
or service updates are sent at specified intervals
so that other routers on the network can maintain
lists of usable routes.
AFC Automatic Frequency Control
ACD Architecture Context Diagram

ACDNR
Administrative Data Center An interface to

the Dispatch Application Processor; used for
loading fleet, talkgroup and subscriber
information.
AFD Architecture Flow Diagram
ACD (Agent) Not Ready
AFRP
ACG See Access Controller Gateway.

ACIPR Adjacent Channel Interface Protection
Ratio
Automatic Fault Recovery Procedure
AG Audio Gateway
AGC Automatic Gain Control
ACK Acknowledgment
AGCH Access Grant Channel
ACP
Agglomeration If an MS requests a Group

Call and if a call for the same fleet and talkgroup
already exists elsewhere (i.e., not in the
requester's cell) the requester's call will be
agglomerated with the existing call.
Agglomeration will occur if a Local, Select
Service Area, or a Wide Area Group Call exists
in other cells. Agglomeration can occur if the
second call is a Local, Select Service Area, or a
Wide Area Group Call. Agglomeration occurs
even if the Service Areas of both calls do not
overlap; for example, two Local Area calls, one
in Milwaukee and one in Indianapolis, will
Associated Control Procedure
ACR Adjacent Channel Rejection

ACT
active
Active Set The set of pilots associated with the

CDMA Channels containing Forward Traffic
Channels assigned to a particular mobile station.
ACTS Advanced Communications
Technology Satellite
ACV Application Contact Version
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agglomerate even though the requesters of each

call had no intention of talking to one another.
Agglomeration is distinct from joining.
AMPS
Automated Multiple Site Select
AMPS
Advanced Mobile Phone System
AMTA American Mobile

Telecommunications Association
AGL Above Ground Level

AGT Audio Gateway Transcoder
Analog Paging Channel A forward analog

control channel that is used to page mobile
stations and send orders.
AIC Ampere Interrupting Capacity

AIN Advanced Intelligent Network
AIS In T1 it stands for Alarm Indication
Signal. A higher order system (e.g., a device
which combines several T1s into a DS2, DS3, or
DS4) has lost sync with its higher order line and
has no data to send down this T1. AIS is
indicated by the higher order device sending all
ones. An alarm indication signal. In a T1
transmission, an all-ones signal transmitted in
lieu of the normal signal to maintain
transmission continuity and to indicate to the
receiving terminal that there is a transmission
fault that is located either at, or upstream from,
the transmitting terminal. See also T1.
Analog Voice Channel A channel on which a

voice conversation occurs and on which brief
digital messages may be sent from a base station
to a mobile station or from a mobile station to a
base station.
ANI See Automatic Number Identification.
ANS.1
Abstract Syntac Notation
ANSI See American National Standards

Institute.
APD See Advanced Packet Duplicator.
API See Application Programmer Interface.
AIU ATM interface unit
API Advanced Provisioning Information
A-key A concealed 64-bit pattern stored in the

mobile station. It is used to generate and update
the mobile stations shared secret data, which is
used for authentication. See also Authentication
and Shared Secret Data.
Application Programmer Interface Software

developed by Motorola that provides a
provisioning client with a simple interface to
iPP, removing the necessity to understand all
layers of iPP from the client.
ALM/A ATM line module, model A
APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking
ALM/B ATM line module, model B
ARM
ALS
ARP
See Alternate Line Service.
ALT Accelerated Life Test

Alternate Line Service The Supplementary
Service that allows two telephony basic services
to be associated with one International Mobile
Identity Subscriber. A single Mobile Subscriber
may have two telephony lines: one normal and
one alternate.
AM
Amplitude Modulation
American National Standards Institute Notfor-profit organization established to develop

voluntary industry standards for various
products.
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
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Alarm Relay Module

Address Resolution Protocol
ASAI Adjunct Switching Application

Interface
ASC Axis Shelf Controller
ASCE
Alarm & State Change Events
ASCII American Standard Code for

Informational Interchange
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
increases ATM efficiency and scalability.
ASM
Alarm Service Module
Associated Control Channel If the FNE or

the MS wish to send some control information
while they have a voice channel established,
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either one of them can append a few bytes of

such data after the voice data. This is called the
ACCH. This control channel is associated with
the voice channel, sharing the same carrier and
time slot. The ACCH provides a signaling path
on a TCH. The main application of the ACCH
is to support whatever layer 3 control signaling
is requires for TCH supervision. Bandwidth for
the ACCH is obtained dynamically by symbol
stealing from the TCH.
AT Attention
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Loop is a
technology which allows the use of one existing
twisted pair local loop (between a PSTN Central
Office and an ordinary telephone) to provide
high bandwidth data and/or video services.
Supports two-way transmission of voice
(POTS), a downstream-only digital broadband
channel of up to 9 Mbit/s for data or video
distribution, and an upstream-only digital
channel of up to 640 kb/s. The rates of the
digital channels depend on the physical and
electrical characteristics of the loop (primarily
loop length) and on the ADSL technology used.
Applications for ADSL include internet access,
telecommuting, and video-on-demand.
Authentication A procedure used by base

stations to validate a mobile station identity at
system access and other times, and by mobile
stations to validate a base station identity when
ordered to update the shared secret data.
asynchronous In software, an event occurring

in an unpredictable fashion. A signal is an
example of an asynchronous event. A signal can
occur when something in the system fails, but it
is not known when the failure will occur.
In hardware, an occurrence that is not
synchronized to the local clock. Transmission
method which does not require a common clock,
but instead precedes each character by a start bit,
and follows it with one or more stop bits.
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Standard for a
packet switching technique that uses fixed
length packets (cells), resulting in lower
processing overhead and higher speeds. A highspeed, connection-oriented switching and
multiplexing technology that uses 53-byte cells
(5-byte header, 48-byte payload) to transmit
different types of traffic simultaneously,
including voice, video, and data. Information
streams can be sent independently without a
common clock.

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ATM
See Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
ATMS
ATP
Advanced Traffic Management System

Acceptance Test Plan
AUC See AUthentication Center.

AUI Attachment Unit Interface
Authentication Center Part of HLR,

generates security-related parameters that are
used to ensure that only authorized Mobile
Subscribers have access to the PLMN.
Automatic Number Identification The
process by which the calling number is
identified automatically and transmitted to the
central office accounting equipment for billing
purposes.
Autonomous Registration A method of
registration in which the mobile station registers
without an explicit command from the base
station.
Aux
Auxiliary
Availability It is a number which the APD

reports to the DAP to aid the DAP in
determining which Packet Duplicator among
many to use. The Availability number is
between zero and one and is determined by what
fraction of the APD's ports are in working order.
A four port APD with one port down would
report an Availability of 0.75. The DAP will
choose only among Packet Duplicators of the
highest availability which have not reached their
call limit and which have a valid LAPD session.
An ESPD is always assumed to have an
availability of 0.95. Since one APD should be
able to handle the traffic for an entire DAP the
ESPDs should not be selected for any new calls
after an APD has gone on-line.
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Average Delay to Abandon. Average time a

caller is held in queue before they decide to
hang up.
Avg
Average
Automatic Vehicle Location
AWG American Wire Gauge

AXU Alarm Crosspoint Unit
B
B3ZS
Binary 3-zero substitution
B8ZS Bi-Polar 8-Zero Substitution; all 8-zero

octets are replaced by coded bytes that provoke
two Bi-Polar Violations. Used in SF and ESF to
accomplish Ones Density Management
BA Billing Accumulator
BA Billing Accumulator
Backward Explicit Congestion Notification
This bit in a Frame Relay header always starts
out as false when a frame is offered to a
network. If frames traversing the same PVC but
in the opposite direction are delayed due to
congestion within the network then the network
sets this bit (not on the frames delayed but on
frames traveling toward the source of the
delayed frames) When the frame with the
BECN bit set reaches its destination, higher
level layers are thus informed that messages sent
from that end are encountering congestion and
these layers may therefore throttle back the rate
at which messages are submitted to the network.
In iDEN this is not acceptable so the network is
intended to be designed such that unacceptable
congestion never occurs.
BACP
Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol
BADM Background Download Task Manager

runs in the ACG
Balanced-line Interconnect Board Provides
interface to 12 balanced (6-pair) 120 ohm (37pin D-type connector) lines for 2 Mbit/s circuits.
Part of the BSC.
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Barred
Cell unavailable for traffic.
Base Monitor Radio A Base Monitor Radio is

a component of an EBTS. It consists of a
standard mobile radio (bandmapped to all
frequencies, and with special BMR software)
mounted in a rack mount chassis with an
interface to the ACG through its RALP
connector. The ACG uses this radio to verify
proper operation of the system by placing a
private call. The ACG does this on command
from the OMC.
AVI Automatic Vehicle Identification

AVL
BAMAF Bellcore Automatic Message

Accounting Format
Base Radio There is one Base Radio for each

carrier at each site. A Base Radio consists of
one transmitter and three receivers. Each
receiver has a separate antenna. The BRC
chooses the receiver with the strongest signal on
a symbol by symbol basis.
Base Site Controller A network element that
which controls the interconnect and handover
activities of several sites. OMC links to sites are
also routed through the BSCs. Sometimes
Dispatch frame relay is also routed through a
BSC; (This implies the absence of a groomer.)
Base Site Controller Call Processor
Responsible for connections from multiple
EBTS sites; also routes data from EBTS sties
to speech transcoder.
Base Site Controller Transcoder Converts
over-the-air protocol to protocol used by the
PSTN.
base station A fixed network transceiver
which terminates the radio path of one or more
RF channels. A BS includes at least one server
and a control entity.
Base Station Subsystem The entity
responsible for communicating with Mobile
Stations within a certain portion of a service
area. A BSS is a system of base station
equipment, such as transceivers and controllers.
The DMS-MSC communicates with a BSS over
the A-interface.
Base Transceiver Station The entity
responsible for communicating with Mobile
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area. A BSS is a system of base station
equipment, such as transceivers and controllers.
The DMS-MSC communicates with a BSS over
the A-interface.
BBU Battery Backup Unit
Business Change Control Board
bd
See Bearer channel.
Batch Change Supplement
BDA Bi-Directional Amp

Background Debug Mode
Bearer Capability A definition of the lowerlayer characteristics required within the network
(PSTN, PLMN, or ISDN).
Bearer channel A 64kb/s full duplex ISDN
user-to-network interface channel. The Basic
Rate Interface contains two B-channels, the
North American Primary Rate Interface contains
23 B-channels, and the European Primary Rate
interface contains 30 B-channels. A B-channel
transports a voice, data, or image call but not the
signaling for the call. Normally circuit-switched
by the network, the B-channel can be a switched
or dedicated access to an X.25 packet switched.
When circuit switched, the B-channel can
transport multiplexed information streams, but
only to the same destination. Since signaling is
carried on the D-channel, an ISDN B-channel
does not have any bits robbed for signaling, nor
does it have any "ones density" requirements;
therefore, a B-channel inherently has 64 kb/s
clear channel capability. However, ISDN Bchannel calls in the US may travel over nonclear channel facilities and therefore may be
limited to 56 kb/s.
BECN See Backward Explicit Congestion
Notification.
BER See Bit Error Rate.
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BHCA Busy Hour Call Attempts
Bit Error Ratio The percentage of received

bits on a digital link that are in error relative to
the number of bits received, usually expressed to
a power of 10.
baud
BDM
Border Gateway Protocol
Bit Error Rate The percentage of received

bits on a digital link that are in error relative to
the number of bits received, usually expressed to
a power of 10.
BCCH See Broadcast Control Channel.

BCS
BGP
B-interface MAP interface between a MSC

and VLR.
BCC Broadband Control Card
B-channel
BG See Browser Gateway.
BIB See Balanced-line Interconnect Board.
BC See Bearer Capability.

BCCB
BERT Bit Error Rate Test
BITS Building Integrated Timing System iDEN supports the Larus STS 5400.
BMR See Base Monitor Radio.
BNC British Naval Connector
BNC Bayonet-Neill-Concelman
BNM
Broadband Network Module
BOC Bell Operating Companies

BOML Base Operation and Maintenance
Link: 1 DS0 from OMC-R to BSC.
BOOTP
Bootstrap Protocol
BOSC Base Operable System Configuration

BOT Beginning of Transmission
BPV Bipolar Violation
BPX Cisco 8600 ATM Switch or Broadband
Packet Exchange
BR See Base Radio.
BRAM Battery-backed Random-Access
Memory, make IGX switches self sufficient.
BRC Base Radio Controller
BRI Basic Rate Interface consists Two 64
Kpbs Bearer (B) channels and one 16 Kpbs Data
(D) channel.
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Broadcast Control CHannel This is the

channel which the EBTS uses to broadcast
System Information to MSs. Messages directed
to particular MSs or groups of MSs do not
appear on the BCCH. A 3:1 (typical) interleave
for the BCCH means that one out of every three
PCCH slots is used for the BCCH and the
remaining two out of three PCCH slots are used
for CCCH. This interleave is cascaded on top of
the PCCH interleave. For example if the PCCH
interleave is 12:1 and the BCCH interleave is
3:1 then one slot in every twelve is used for
PCCH and one of every three PCCH slots is
used for BCCH.
BW
Bandwidth
BX
Branch Exchange
BXM Broadband Switch Module Channel

Frame Relay Connection Format on MGX Shelf
byte Defined as a group of eight consecutive
bits representing an information unit, such as a
character.
C
C/I See Carrier-to-interference Ratio.
Browser Gateway This field is the IPv4

address used in packet data to identify the entity
with which a MN must communicate for its
browser and OAP modifications. Inclusion of
this field is optional since some subscriber units
may be packet data capable, but not browser and
OAP capable.
C/I+N In iDEN Signal Quality; the ratio of the

power of the desired carrier over interfering
carriers plus noise; usually stated as "C to I".
Also called SQE., CINRi, or CINRo.
BSC See Base Site Controller.
CA Common Agent.
BSC-CP See Base Site Controller Call

Processor.
C/N Carrier-to-Noise Ratio

CA See Call Alert.
BSP
Board Support Package
BSP
Base Site Processor
cabinet This term is synonymous with the

term stack, used to define the Tandem DAP
enclosures. A DAP consists of two cabinets; the
main cabinet and the expansion cabinet. The
NonStop-UX operating system, including the
maintenance and diagnostics software (MDS),
uses the term stack instead of cabinet.
BSS
See Base Station Subsystem.
CAC See Connection Admission Control.
BSC-XCDR
Transcoder.
See Base Site Controller
BSSAP Base Site Subsystem Application

Processor
BSSMAP Base Station System Management
Application Part
BSY/RTS
Busy/Return To Service
BT British Telecom
BT Burst tolerance
BTA Basic Trading Area
BTC Bus Terminator Card
BTM
BTS
Broadband trunk module

See Base Transceiver Station.
BTU British Thermal Unit

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CAD Computer Aided Design

CAFTP Common Agent File Transfer
Protocol
CAI Common Air Interface
CAI Computer Aided Instruction
CALEA Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act
Call Alert A dispatch service provided by the
iDEN system in which an originator specifies
another MS by its Private ID and that MS will
emit a little beep every so often. When the
target's owner returns he knows that the
originator has been trying to reach him and he
can initiate a Private Call just by PTT-ing.
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Call Proceeding A message sent on the

CCCH in response to a Call Request or to a Page
Response. When the Call Proceeding message
is in response to a Call Request it informs the
MS that the FNE has received the Call Request
(so the MS knows that it does not have to resend it). When the Call Proceeding message is
in response to a Page Response it informs all
MSs (in that cell) which have the appropriate
Dispatch Group ID that a Page Response has
been received (so that the FNE is not flooded
with Page Response messages from many MSs).
CAP
Cellular Applications Program
CAP
Competitive Access Provider
Carrier Code An iDEN carrier is a number

from zero to 1199 (0x4af) which specifies which
pair of iDEN frequencies are used for RF
communication between a BR and an MS. Each
carrier channel is 12.5 kHz apart and has a
bandwidth of 25 kHz. Some countries use even
numbered carriers and others use odd so the
channels do not overlap in any given system.
Carrier-to-interference Ratio Also called

CIR. In the mobile cellular telephony industry,
the ratio of the amplitude of a signal strength of
a carrier, C, to the amplitude of any combined
interference, I. I includes both noise and other
carrier signals, and is dominated by co-channel
interferers (those using the same frequency in
other cells).
CAS
Common Agent Supported
CAS
See Channel Associated Signaling.
CB Channel Bank. Telephony

CBR Constant Bit Rate
CBUS
Control Bus
CBUS
Clock Bus
CBUS
Clocking Serial BUS
CC Control Component
CC See Country Code.
Carrier Detect A signal is generated by a

dial-up modem. CD indicates its connection
status. When illuminated, the modem is
speaking to another modem.
CC Compression Control
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision

Avoidance A method of network access not
covered by OSI standards and used in
AppleTalk networks.
Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
Detect A physical layer (of a network) in
which a device using the network can sense if
another device is transmitting on the network. If
not then any of multiple users can access the
network by starting to transmit data. If more
than one device tries to transmit at the same time
each device can detect this collision and stop
transmitting (and try again at a later time).
Ethernet is a CSMA/CD type of physical layer.
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with
Collision Detection) The access method used in
Ethernet. All nodes are attached to a single cable
and contend equally for access to the
transmission medium. if two nodes attempt to
send data at the same time, they "sense" each
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other's signal and immediately stop sending.

They will both try to send again after Waiting a
random number of microseconds.
CC Central Controller (Motorola Analog

Trunking)
CC Control Cabinet
CCB
Change Control Board
CCC Central Control Complex: CCC consists

of CPU, CMC, PS, & DS.
CCCH See Common Control Channel.
CCF
Conditional Call Forward
CCH See Control Channel.

CCH See Connections per Circuit per Hour.
CCIR International Radio Consultative
Committee
CCITT (Le Comitt Consultative
International du Telegraphie et Telephonie)
Consultative Committee for International
Telegraph and Telephone. An international
organization of communication carriers,
especially government telephone monopolies,
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responsible for developing telecommunication

standards by making recommendations.
one of the 30 kHz channels of the AMPS

system.
CCITT E.212 (Comite Consultatif

International de Telegraphique et Telephonique)
Current standard is ITU (International
Telecommunication Union).
CDNI Cabinetized Digital Network

Interconnection
CCITT No. 7 Consultive Committee

International Telegraph and Telephone Number
7.
CCP
See Common Controller Platform.
CDPD Cellular Digital Packet Data

CDR Call Data Record
CDR Call Detail Recording
CDVLR
CDVT
CCP Common Control Platform - Tandem

computers will be used to replace IMP
computers for DAP and to replace existing
computers for BSC.
Current DVLR address

Cell delay variation tolerance
CDMA See Code Division Multiple Access.
Cell 1. In cellular radio systems a cell is the

geographic region covered by a single cellular or
PCS base station. A CGSA (Cellular
Geographic Serving Area) is typically
subdivided into clusters of cells where each cell
uses a different set of frequencies to minimize
interference.
2. In iDEN a cell is a place covered by one
PCCH. An EBTS may have one cell (typically
with an omni-directional antenna). This is
called and omni site. An EBTS may have two or
three directional antennas. Each of these
antennas covers one cell. Minimum unit of
coverage in an iDEN system. Usually refers to
one EBTS. An omni site would have one cell, a
sectored site will normally have three cells.
3. In networking in ATM (also called cell relay)
a cell is the standard 53 byte PDU, similar in
concept to a frame (Layer 2) in frame relay or to
a packet in packet switching, into which
information is segmented for transmission using
ATM. The ATM Cell has a five byte header and
contains 48 bytes of payload.
CDMA Channel The set of channels

transmitted between the base station and the
mobile stations within a given CDMA frequency
assignment. See also Forward CDMA Channel
and Reverse CDMA Channel.
cell identifier A two-octet extension appended

to the global LAI which uniquely identifies a
cell within a location area. Where a cell is a
member of multiple location areas, that cell will
have multiple cell identifiers.
CDMA Channel Number An 11-bit number

identifying the center of the CDMA frequency
assignment.
Cell Relay A technique defined for high

speed, efficient multiplexing. Cell Relay differs
from Frame Relay in that the unit of transfer is a
fixed-size entity called a cell. Like Frame
Relay, Cell Relay defines protocols only up to
the Data Link Layer. The definition and format
of the cells is defined at this layer, as well as the
type of services that can be supported.
CCPE Cabinetized Customer Premises

Equipment
CCS
See Centi Call Seconds.
CCS
Hundred Call Seconds
CCS
See Common Channel Signaling.
CCS7 See Common Channel Signaling

Number 7.
CCSI Customer Center for Systems
Integration
CD Carrier Detect
cd
change directory
CD See Carrier Detect.

CD ROM
Computer Disk Read Only Memory
CDMA Frequency Assignment A 1.23 MHz

segment of spectrum centered at a discrete
frequency identified by the CDMA Channel
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Cell Resource Manager Cell Resource

Manager is a task which runs in the ACG and
assigns resources to channels for calls (both
Dispatch and interconnect), DCCHs etc. This
task is the cell resource manager. It handles
allocation of voice and control channels to
support ACG call processing. Including voice
channels to support dispatch and telephone calls.
It also handles prioritization of calls, busy
queuing, preemption for emergency call
services, packet channel allocation, collection of
performance statistics and broadcast of system
information type: zero, one and six messages.
The CRM also provides the interface from the
State Manager task to the other call processing
tasks to do fault recovery for active calls when a
resource failure occurs.
Cell Site The physical location of a cells
radio equipment and supporting systems. This
term is also used to refer to the equipment
located at the cell site.
cellular A mobile telephone system developed
by Bell laboratories that divides geographic
areas into cells. In each cell low powered radio
equipment is placed so the same frequencies can
be reused in nearby (but not contiguous) cells
without interference. Previously call capacity
was severely limited because each telephone call
in a city required a separate frequency. Cities
used a single powerful radio transmitter /
receiver for mobile telephone service.
CELP
CEPT1 E-carrier (E1) A rate of 2.048 Mb/s

in the European digital transmission hierarchy
defined by CEPT. Commonly known as E1.
CF
See Cross Fleet.
CF
Call Forwarding or Collection Function
CFL Cancel Fleet Location.

Channel Defined as a communication path for
one voice conversation, or data. See also
Physical and Logical Channel definitions.
Channel Associated Signaling Allows IGX
switch to offer high-quality voice carried over
digital interfaces.
Channel Service Unit The CSU provides the
EBTS with an FCC Part 68 approved interface
to T1 lines. Digital interface device that
connects user equipment at the customer site. A
device installed on a T1 line between a network
element and the outside world to help service
technicians diagnose problems.
CI Cell Identity
CIBC Customer Information & Billing
Center; also called the ADC.
See Code Excited Linear Prediction.
Cental Office Telephone company facility

that joins individual subscriber lines to
switching equipment for connecting other
subscribers to each other, locally or long
distance
CIC See Circuit Identity Code.

CINRi Carrier Power/(Interference + Noise)
Ratio for inbound, Measured Signal Quality of a
channel.
Centi Call Seconds One hundred call seconds

or one hundred seconds of telephone
conversation.
Central Processing Unit: Microprocessor that
forms the central core of a computing platform.
Uses the programs and data stored in memory
modules to respond to incoming messages from
the system and then issues commands to the
system to perform the required actions.
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CEPT The European Conference of Postal and

Telecommunications Administrations. An
association of European Telecommunications
service providers. It in turn participates in
relevant areas of the work of Cen/Cenelec.
Formerly extremely powerful and was originally
responsible for the Net standards, but these have
subsequently been passed on to ETSI.
C-Interface The Mobile Application Part

(MAP) interface between a Mobile-services
Switching Center (MSC) and a Home Location
Register (HLR) using MAP/TCAP signaling
over CCS7 SCCP and MTP.
CIOE
Cabinetized Input-Output Equipment
CIPC Call Intercept Provisioning Center

CIR See Committed Information Rate.
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CIR See Carrier-to-Interference Ratio

Circuit Data A method of moving files and
Faxes between the PSTN and iDEN datacapable MSs. A data-capable MS is assigned a
second telephone number for circuit data. When
that number is called by someone on the PSTN
the call is routed to an IWF (which has a
modem). The IWF accepts the call on behalf of
the MS and converts the data to an iDEN usable
form. The circuit data feature is usable PSTN ->
MS, MS -> PSTN, or MS -> MS.
Circuit Identity Code CICs (universally
pronounced "kicks") are used to carry
interconnect voice in digital format. On an
Enhanced configuration, a CIC identifies a
64Kbps channel on a span between an MSC and
an ERXCDR. In addition, in a basic
configuration, a CIC also refers to a 16Kbps
channel between an RXCDR and a CP-BSC. In
general use in PSTN: Carrier Identification
Code; see 10XXX.
Circuit Switched Data Circuit switched data,
available on the iDEN system, involves keeping
a circuit open between users for the duration of
the connection. This is the best method for fax
and file transfer and two of the most significant
applications defining true mobility in wireless
communications.
Circuit switching The transmission technique
in which a physical circuit is established
between sender and receiver before transmission
takes place. When the transmission is complete,
the circuit is freed.
Cisco IOS Cisco Internetwork Operating
System
Client/Server The division of an application

into two parts; a front end client and a back end
server. It allows multiple front ends running on a
PC or Unix workstation (client) to access the
same SQL based server database at the same
time over the LAN. The aim is to off-load as
much processing as possible to the intelligent
desktop leaving only the shared information and
the software for managing it at the central
server. An application that is running in such a
fashion with client and server linked by a LAN
is termed a bifurcated application.
CLIP
Calling Line Identification Presentation
CLIR
Calling Line Identification Restriction
CLIR Calling Line ID Request

CLIRSUPP Calling Line ID
Request/Suppress
CLK Clock
CLKX
Clock Extender (Located in BSC)
CLLM
Consolidated link-layer messages
CLMI Cabnetized Line Module ISDN

Clone A fraudulent subscriber station created
by copying a MIN-ESN pair from a legitimate
subscribers over-the-air transactions.
CLP
Cell loss priority
CLT Controller
CM
See Configuration Management.
CM
Computing Module
cm centimeter
CMC Central Message Controller
CL Cancel Location
Class of Service A Supplementary Service
that associates a Mobile Subscriber to a
Customer Group. When a Mobile Subscriber is
associated with a Customer Group, the Mobile
Subscriber inherits all of the services assigned to
that Customer Group.
CMIP Common Management Information

Protocol
CMIS
Cabinetized Miscellaneous Equipment
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide

Semiconductor
CMP
Control Message Protocol
CLI Command Line Interface
CMS
Commercial Mobile Service
CLI Calling Line Identifier
CMSS Cabinetized Miscellaneous Spare

Storage

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CM-SS Call Management-Supplemental

Services
code so that there is no chance of an MS

camping on the wrong cell.
CNRC See Customer Network Resolution

Center.
Comfort Noise Noise generated during

discontinuous voice transmissions to make the
audio more pleasant to the listener. When the
transmitting MS determines that the user is not
speaking it sends a comfort noise VSELP frame
to the FNE and neglects to transmit for as many
as the next three packets (in order to save battery
power). MSs receiving a Comfort Noise VSELP
packet respond by generating a little background
noise (so the MS doesn't sound dead) for the
comfort noise packet and as many as three
subsequent null packets.
CO See Central Office.

CO/NEBS Central Office/Network Equipment
Building Standard
COA Care Of Address
Code Channel One of the orthogonal
subchannels of a CDMA Forward CDMA
Channel. Code channel zero is the pilot channel.
Code channels 1 through 7 may be assigned to
either Paging Channels or Traffic Channels.
Code channel 32 may be assigned to either the
Sync Channel or to Traffic Channels.
Code Division Multiple Access Supports
applications for cellular 800 MHz and Personal
Communications Services (PCS) 1900 MHz
applications.
Code Excited Linear Prediction CELP is a
general class of enhancements to Linear
Predictive Coding (LPC) using a limed number
of excitations or codes from a codebook instead
of the simplistic noise and pitch sources used in
un-enhanced Linear Predictive Coders for
speech coding.
CODEC Coder-Decoder
Codeplug A codeplug is an area of nonvolatile
memory in an MS. The MS maintains there all
the information it needs every time the MS is
power cycled. The firmware holding the unique
personality for a system or device. The
codeplug is programmable and allows change to
system or unit parameters.
COF
Customer Order Fulfillment
Color Code The beauty of cellular

communications is that a set of frequencies used
for sites in one place can be reused a few miles
away. A color code is a four bit number
transmitted on the BCCH so that an MS can
differentiate between nearby cells reusing the
same frequency for their PCCH. A cell specifies
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Committed Information Rate The average

rate of information transfer a subscriber has
stipulated for a Frame Relay (Q.922) Permanent
Virtual Circuit. The CIR may be exceeded for
short durations without risk of the network
dropping frames. On some networks longer
bursts of data above the CIR are accommodated
by buffering or by marking it as low priority.
Provides deterministic performance and fairness
per connection and inhibits one traffic from
blocking out another.
Common Agent A DAP system feature which
includes a software library and task, providing
standard and centralized network management.
Common Channel Signaling Allows IGX
switch to offer high-quality voice carried over
digital interfaces.
Common Channel Signaling Number 7 A
message-based signaling protocol that segments
into layers the interconnection and exchange of
information that occurs between signaling points
in a network. Different standard organizations
have used the terms Common Channel Signaling
Number 7 (CCS&), Common Channel Signaling
System Number 7 (CCSS7), and Signaling
System 7 (SS&). SS7 can be substituted for
CCS7 or CCSS7.
Common Control Channel The CCCH is
reserved for data messages directed to particular
MSs or groups of MSs. It is the (outbound)
channel on which DCCH assignments, pages,
"Call Proceeding", call "Grant" messages etc.
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channels.
Common Control Channels See CCCH.
Common Controller Platform The CCP
group develops and maintains software to allow
an iDEN application to run on the Common
Controller Hardware.
Compressed Audio Routing Defined as the
digital process that reduces the bits necessary to
encode and transmit information.
Configuration management See CM.
CP Call Processing refers to the function of

getting the calls through as opposed to
downloading, handing over, reporting alarms,
etc. In the context of the ACG it refers to a set
of ACG tasks that process calls. The Digital
Multiplex System (DMS) software system that
handles the process involved in setting up
connections between calling and called parties.
CP
Circuit Pack
CP-BSC It is a Call Processing BSC, i.e., it

only processes calls, it does not include
transcoder capability.
Configuration Management The

identification and control of a system's
hardware, software, firmware, documentation,
test fixtures, and test documentation. It includes
changes made to each of these system
components throughout the development and
operational life of the system.
CPCI Cabinetized Peripheral Controller ISDN
Configuration Manager See CM.
CPR Coupled Power Ratio.
Connection Admission Control: Traffic

management feature the IGX switch employs.
CPU See Customer Replaceable Unit.
CPM
Central Processor Memory
Craftperson Refers to any person that enters

data from a terminal. In other words, it implies a
person executing ADC commands.
CRC See Cyclic Redundancy Checks.
CRC Customer Response Center
COSC Company Owned Service Center
CRM
Country Code CC is a database parameter.

The combination of 1, 2, or 3 digits that identify
the country to which the originating subscriber
is registered.
Coverage Area A geographical area in which
a mobile will receive satisfactory signal-to-noise
ratio (Eb/N0) in both forward and reverse links.
Evaluation of coverage for a CDMA system
must take into account the effects of soft handoff
and multipath, as well as signal strength.

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CPL Closed Problem List
CR Change Request
See Class of Service.
Cell-site On Wheels
CPE See Customer Premises Equipment.
CR Carriage Return
Control Channel The call setup and

management interface between the cell site and
the mobile made of common and dedicated
control channels.
COW
Cabinetized Power Distribution Center
CPU See Central Processing Unit.
Connections per Circuit per Hour How

many phone calls one circuit was able to
complete in one hour.
COS
CPDC
See Cell Resource Manager.
CRO Controlled Roll Out.

Cross Fleet A call or other operation which
involves members of two or more fleets. At this
time, Cross Fleet calls are limited to individual
services (e.g., Private Call) for fleets on the
same DAP.
CRU See Customer Replaceable Unit.
CS
Correlation Services
CS PDU Convergence Sublayer Protocol Data

Unit
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Circuit Schematic
Customer Replaceable Unit A modular

hardware assembly that is designed for easy
access, removal, and installation by a system
administrator or other system operations
personnel. No tools or specialized technical
skills are required for the physical removal and
replacement of a CRU. See also fieldreplaceable unit (FRU).
CS-ACELP Conjugate structure-algebraic

code excited linear prediction
CSC Call Status Check
CSD Circuit Switching Data
CSDDS Circuit Switched Digital Data
Services
CSDR
Customer Support Desk Representative
CSLC
Cabinetized Power Distribution Center
CSLIP Compressed Serial Line Interface

Protocol
CSMA/CA See Carrier Sense Multiple Access
with Collision Avoidance.
CVM
CSMA/CD See Carrier Sense Multiple

Access/Collision Detect.
Channelized voice module
CVO Commercial Vehicle Operations
CSR Cellular System Release
Cyclic Redundancy Checks Algorithm

included in Frame Relay for detecting corrupted
bits so bad data can be discarded.
CSU See Channel Service Unit.

CT-1
Customer Replaceable Unit A modular

hardware assembly that is designed for easy
access, removal, and installation by a system
administrator or other system operations
personnel. No tools or specialized technical
skills are required for the physical removal and
replacement of a CRU. See also fieldreplaceable
Cordless Telephone First Generation
CT-2 Cordless Telephone Second

Generation
CTI Coaxial Transceiver Interface
D/A Digital to Analog (converter)
CTI Cycle Time Inhibitor
DA Dispatch Authentication (as in DAcapable Mobile Station).
CTL Control (Base Radio Control)

CTME Cabinetized Trunk Module Equipment
CTP
CTRL
CTS
Cycle Test Plan
DACCS
Switch.
Control Router task runs in the ACG.

Clear to Send
Customer Network Resolution Center The

customer response team. For phone numbers see
the References section in this document.
DAP
Dispatch Access Function
See Dispatch Application Processor.
DAP Analysis and Response Team The team

responsible for handling third level on-call field
issues involving hardware and/or software
failures for the dispatch subsystem.
D-ARFUN
DART
Team.
DAT

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See Digital Access Cross-Connect
D-AFUN
CUG Closed User Group
Customer Premises Equipment

Communications equipment at customer's site
used to process or terminate information from
the public network, for example, a T1/E1
multiplexer or a PBX.
DA-Capable See Dispatch AuthenticationCapable.
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DAT
Dispatch Air Time (Billing)
DDM
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment For

example a modem connected to a computer; the
computer is a DTE.
Data Terminal Equipment Data
communication devices such as computers and
terminals that function at the user's end of the
user-to-network interface.
dB Decibel
DB-15
DB-9
15-pin D-subminiature connector.

9-pin D-subminiature connector.
dBc Decibel relative to carrier

DBm Decibels relative to 1mW
DBMS
DataBase Management System
dc See Direct Current.

DC See Device Controller.
DCA See Dynamic Channel Allocation.
DCAP Dynamic Channel Allocation
Procedure
DCC Digital Cross-Connect
DDS Digital data service: AT&T's Digital

Dataphone Service
DDTS See Distributed Defect Tracking
System.
DDU Digital Data Unit
DDU Disk Drive Unit
Data Transmission Defined as an iDEN data

communication service which allows faxes and
file transfers to be sent via laptop connector via
an RS232 port to the iDEN phone.
DB Database
Dual Device Module
DEA See Deactivate.

Deactivate A dispatch call service provided by
the iDEN system.
Dedicated Control Channel A channel used
to send data between two applications for a call
service. The DCCH is used for signaling
between the FNE and an individual MS. The
main application of the DCCH is to support the
more extended layer 3 control procedures which
would be inefficient if conducted on the PCCH.
It is also used for user data (the Short Message
Service).
default A pre-defined set of parameters a
device uses for its operations until other system
specific information is entered.
deg
degree
DEI DAP Enhanced Installation

Dekey In iDEN to dekey means to release the
PTT button. Keying is the opposite of dekeying.
DCC DAP Communication Composite
DEMON Delivery Of Electronic Multimedia

Over The Network
DCCH See Dedicated Control Channel.
DES
DCE See Data Circuit-Terminating

Equipment.
Device Controller A Digital Multiplex

System (DMS) circuit card that provides an
interface between the Input/Output Controller
(IOC) and external Input/Output Devices (IODs)
such as the Visual Display Unit (VDU), the
Magnetic Tape Drive (MTD), and the
Maintenance and Admin.
DCE
See Data Communications Equipment.
DCP
Data Channel Procedure
DCS
See Digital Cross-Connect System.
DCS1800
Second Generation GSM
DCSPL DC Supply
DCSPLY DC Supply
DDF
Dynamic Debugging Facility

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DF
Data Encryption Standard
Distributing Frame
DFD Delete Fleet Data

DGC Dispatch Group Call
DHCP
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DHLR See Dispatch Home Location Register.

D-HLR See Dispatch Home Location
Register.
Digital Services Level 2 Also referred to as

T2; a standard for high-speed digital
transmission. 4 DS1s (96 DSOs); 6.312 Mbps,
uses T2 cable.
DI Document Index
Dial VPNs Dial Virtual Private Networks
DID Direct Inward Dial
Digital With digital technology, sound is
converted into electronic bits, as opposed to the
waves used in analog service.
Digital Access Cross-Connect Switch A
channel bank/multiplexer that distributes DS0s
of a T1 between the ACG, EBTSs and the BSC
and/or MPS. The DACS remove the routing and
switching burden from the BSC. Its purpose is to
split the T1s coming from the EBTSs, and route
the proper channels to either the BSC or the
MPS. It routes certain channels to the MPS for
dispatch, and certain channels to the BSC for
interconnect.
Digital Cross-Connect System Transmission
equipment used to set up a semi-permanent
connection under the control of a network
manager; allows for distributed switching
within a public network; provides efficient
traffic routing by switching voice and data to
available bandwidth in DCS differs from a
normal voice switch, in that a switch sets up a
temporary connection under the control of the
end user.
Digital Multiplex System Northern Telecom
designation for its family of digital switches. A
Central Office (CO) switching system in which
all external signals are converted to digital data
and stored in assigned time slots.
Digital Multiplex System Mobile-services
Switching Center Offers all the functionality
of a Mobile-services Switching Center (MSC) in
a PLMN and contains an integrated Visitor
Location Register (VLR).
Digital Services Level 0 64kB PCM bit
stream; one 8-bit octet (byte) in the 24 octet bit
stream of the T1 carrier.

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Digital Services Level 1 24 x 64 Kpbs DS0

words (plus framing bit) = 1 Frame; 1.536 MB
PCM bit stream or 1.544 Mbps uses T1 carrier.
Digital Services Level 3 Also known as T3;

28 DS1's multiplexed together (672 DS0s);
44.736 Mbps, uses fiber optics; 672 Channels.
Digital Speech Link A 32 frame digital
multiplexed carrier with 30 DS0 level voice
channels and two message channels. 20 T1
frames = 16 DS30 carriers.
DIMM
Dual In-line Memory Module
DIN Deutsche Industrie-Norm

D-interface MAP interface between the HLR
and VLR.
DIP
Dual In-line Package
Direct Current Electric current that travels

continuously in one direction along a conductor.
Dispatch It is the original, pure purpose of
land mobile radio. A taxi company dispatches a
taxi to a customer's location; a police department
dispatches a patrol car to the scene of a crime; a
plumbing company dispatches a plumber to an
overflowing toilet. This dispatch feature has
been integrated with a cellular telephone system,
hence integrated dispatch enhanced network.
Dispatch features include Group calls (LA, SSA,
and WA) private calls, MS Status, and call alert.
Packet Data may be considered a Dispatch
feature because it uses the DAP for Packet Data
registration and the MPS for transporting data.
Dispatch Application Processor The DAP is
the brain of the iDEN dispatch function. The
DAP provides the communications processing
and database management functions necessary
for overall coordination and control of dispatch
communications.
Dispatch Authentication-Capable iDEN
radios which request authentication from the
DAP upon power up.
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Dispatch Group ID A three byte number sent

from the DAP to the MS at the time of
registration. The dispatch group ID is unique to
a fleet and talk group.
Dispatch Service Area A business/marketing

grouping of DLAs which is known to end users.
See Select Area Calls, Local Area Calls, and
Domains.
Dispatch Home Location Register The nonreal-time provisioning database for dispatch
subscribers. This database should not be
confused with the HLR or iHLR.
Dispatch Station
location.
Dispatch Individual ID Similar to Dispatch

Group ID except unique to an individual MS and
used for Private dispatch calls
Dispatch Location Area A defined
geographical area containing one or more site
controller cells. Each MS in the iDEN system
has a location area identifier (LAI) assigned to
it. This defines the general area where the MS is
currently located. The DLA is defined by the
mobility manager in the DAP. NOTE, because
the number of cells (EBTSs) provisioned on a
single DAP may be different than those
provisioned on a BSC, the DLA and ILA
(Interconnect Location Area) may be different.
Dispatch Location Area Identifier Every cell
has at least one DLAI; (a primary DLAI) many
cells can have the same DLAI. A cell can have
as many as two secondary DLAIs. All these
DLAIs are broadcast in the System Information.
When an MS registers it notes the primary DLAI
of the cell in which it has registered. When the
MS moves to another cell it looks for this same
DLAI in the new cell's Sys info. If the MS finds
it (as either primary or secondary DLAI) then it
does not do a dispatch registration, only an
interconnect registration (Location Update) if
appropriate. The DAP does not keep track of
which cell an MS is in. The DAP keeps track of
which DLAI each MS last registered in and
when the DAP pages that MS (for group calls,
private calls or call alert) it pages every cell that
has that DLAI.
Dispatch Networking The concept of
Dispatch Networking spans both Vertical and
Horizontal dimensions. Dispatch Networking
techniques will enable Mobile to Mobile
Dispatch communications between SUs in
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A subscriber unit in a fixed
Dispatch Visitor Location Register The realtime call processing database for dispatch
subscribers.
DiSS
Distributed iDEN Switching System
Distributed Defect Tracking System This is

the program iDEN uses to track defects. When a
tester or a developer finds a defect he/she enters
it into an appropriate database via this program.
As developers work on the problem DDTS
keeps track as the Defect Report (DR) moves
from state to state and informs interested parties
via email.
div
division
DL DAP Link
DLA See Dispatch Location Area.
DLAI See Dispatch Location Area Identifier.
DLCI Data Link Control/Connection
Identifier
DLM
Digital Line Module
DLSw Data Link Switching

DM
Delta Modulation
DM
Database Manager
DM
Digital Module
DMA Direct Memory Access

DMA Deferred Maintenance Alarm
DME Distributed Management Environment
DMOs Data Modification Orders
DMS
See Digital Multiplex System.
DMS-HLR See Digital Multiplex System

Home Location Register.
DMS-MSC See Digital Multiplex System
Mobile-services Switching Center.
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DMT Discrete Multi Tone also known as

multi-carrier
DS1C Two DS1s: 48 DS0s; 3.52 Mbps, uses

T1C cable.
DMT Discrete Multi Tone Multicarrier
DS2
See Digital Services Level 2.
DMT Database Migration Tool
DS3
DN Directory Number
DS30, DS30A See Digital Speech Link.
DNC Dynamic Network Controller
DS4 Six DS3s (4032 DS0s) 274,176 Mbps,

uses T4M coax or WT4 waveguide.
DNI Digital Network Interface - network and

frame relay reference.
DNI Digital Network Interconnect (for
cabinetized equipment)
DNS
DSD Delete Subsciber Data

DSE
Domain Name System
DSIP
DOD Direct Outward Dial
DOME Customers OMC statistics collection

server
Dilution of Precision
DPC Destination Point Code

DPCC
Dual Plane Combined Core
DPP
Data Processing Peripheral
DPS
Digital Power Supply Module
DPSO Dispatch Packet Switching Office

DRA Digitally Recorded Announcement.
Also known as RAN.
DRAM See Dynamic Random Access
Memory.
DRx
Discontinue Receive
DS
See Dispatch Station.
DS
Digital Standard
DS
Digital Signal
DS
Data Store
DS0
DS1

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Data Switching Equipment

Digital Set Interface Processor
DSN Double Shelf Network
Domain A feature which allows iDEN service

providers to limit the area in which a fleet of
dispatch subscribers can gain access to dispatch
services. A domain consists of one or more
dispatch service areas.
DOP
DSA See Dispatch Service Area.
DSP
DSRR
Digital Signal Processor

Digital Short Range Radio
DSS Data Subchannel Symbol conveys four

bits of information.
DSU Data service unit
DSX
DTAP
Digital Service Cross Connect

Direct Transfer Application Protocol
DTC Digital Trunk Controller handles 20 T1

trunks (480 DS0s).
DTCI ISDN Digital Trunk Controller
DTE See Data Terminal Equipment.
DTE Digital Trunk Equipment
DTH Digital Test Head
DTMF See Dual Tone Multi-Frequency.
DTMF-IVR Dual Tone Multi-frequency
interactive voice response
DTTA Duplexed Tower-Top Amplifier
DTx
Discontinuous Transmit
Dual Tone Multi-Frequency A signaling

format that uses specific pairs of audio tones to
represent decimal digits 0 through 9 and certain
auxiliaries; commonly used to transmit
telephone dialing to a Private Branch Exchange
(PBX) or central office. Applies to microphones
and key-pads.
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Duplex Simultaneous, two way independent

transmission of data. Example: a normal
telephone call. Duplex is the same as "full
duplex". Distinct from half duplex and simplex.
DVL
EBRC Enhanced Base Radio Controller

EBSC Enhanced Base Site Controller
Digital Volt Meter
EBTS See Enhanced Base Transceiver

System.
Large SDH backbone nodes
Dynamic Channel Allocation Dynamic

Channel Allocation is an activity, performed by
the CRM in the ACG, which allocates resources
as needed. This sometimes involves combining
or splitting unused channels. There exists a
DCA Tool within the Lab tool which allows you
to predict how the DCA task will respond to any
configuration when the configured "Optimal
Num. of BRs For a Given Cell" does not match
the actual number of BRs available.
Dynamic Random Access Memory A
memory chip using a constant refresh to
maintain its data.
E
e.i.r.p.
Power
Enhanced Advanced Mobile Phone
EAS See Environmental Alarm System or

External Alarm System.
D-VLR See Dispatch Visitor Location

Register.
DXX-S
EA Equal Access
EAMPS
System
Digital Voice Logging
DVLR See Dispatch Visitor Location

Register.
DVM
Consists of 16 E1s, plus overhead, also called

CEPT3.
EC Encryption Control
ECC Error Correction Code
ECD Engineering Change Document
Echo cancellation A technique used in highspeed modems to isolate and remove unwanted
signal energy created by echoes of the
transmitted signal. (An echo is the return of a
transmitted signal). It would be noticeable by its
absence on transatlantic or other time
differentiated phone conversations.
ECM
Error Correction Mode
ECM
Engineering Change Memorandum
ECN Explicit congestion notification

ECP
Equivalent Isotropically Radiated
Encryption Compression Processor
E-CPBSC Enhanced Call Processing Base

Site Controller
E1 European format for digital transmission:

Similar to a T1 but with 32 channels - used in
Europe. A rate of 2.048 Mb/s in the European
digital transmission hierarchy defined by CEPT.
Consists of thirty 64 kb/s digital channels for
voice and data connections, plus 64 kb/s
channels for signaling (timeslot 16) and for
framing and maintenance (timeslot 0). Also
known as CEPE1-t. Basic telecommunications
transport scheme, widely used outside North
America. 32 8-bit octets in the PCM bit stream;
transmitted at 2.048 Mbps.
ECS-10T Base unit for X.50 converter module
E3 A rate of 34.368 Mb/s in the European

digital transmission hierarchy defined by CEPT.
EGB Exterior Ground Bar

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ECS-5T Base unit for X.50 converter module

EDACS Enhanced Digital Access
Communications System
EDSP
ESMR Dispatch Service Provider
EEPROM See Electronically Erasable

Programmable Read Only Memory.
EFCI Explicit Forward Congestion Indication
EGA Enhanced Geographic Area
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EGP
Enhanced General Purpose Processor
EGPROC
Enhanced Generic Processor Card
EIA Electronic Industries Association

EIR See Equipment Identity Register..
EIU Ethernet Interface Unit
ELCM
Enhanced Line Concentrating Module
Electromagnetic Interference The leakage of

radiation outside a transmission medium due to
high-frequency energy.
Electronically Erasable Programmable Read
Only Memory An EEPROM is a non-volatile
chip using current to erase the memory before
re-programming. The chip is read/write capable
and electrically erasable. A non-volatile,
read/write capable, and electrically erasable chip
which uses current to erase the memory before
reprogramming.
ELMI See Enhanced LMI.
ELP
EM
Ethernet LAN PCI card

Event Manager
EMBARC Electronic Mail Broadcast to A

Roaming Computer
Emergency Calls It is an iDEN feature in
which advanced feature MSs can be provisioned
such that they can make Emergency Group Calls
of such over-riding priority that existing calls
are torn down (if necessary) in order to release
resources for the Emergency Call. Also known
as EAC.
EMI See Electromagnetic Interference.
EMSP
EMX
Engineering Manual Section

Expanded Mobile Service Provider
Electronic Mobile Exchange
Encapsulation The process of sending data

encoded in one protocol format across a network
operating a different protocol, where it is not
possible or desirable to convert between the two
protocols. For example, where Ethernet LANs
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Enchanced LMI Enables IGX switch and

router to dynamically exchange traffic shaping
information for the various PVCs on the
interface.
ENET See Enhanced Network.
E-NET Ethernet
Enhanced Base Transceiver System The
iDEN Radio Frequency (RF)
transmission/receiver site consisting of a set of
radio transceivers, controlling equipment and
antennas; provides radio coverage for a specific
geographic area. This site contains the ACG,
BR and other controlling equipment.
Enhanced Network A channel-matrixed time
switch that provides pulse code modulated voice
and data connections between peripheral
modules (PMs); also provides message paths to
the Digital Multiplex System (DMS)-bus
components.
Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio An
ESMR is an updated, integrated radio-telephone
and dispatch communications system.
Environmental Alarm System or External
Alarm System Located in the EBTS cabinet,
the EAS provides a central location for
processing alarm signals for the EBTS.
Hardware on the EBTS that allows the ACG to
monitor and modify the site environment.
EMK Emergency Key

EMS
convert between the different packet formats, so

the Ethernet packet is encapsulated in its entirety
inside an FDDI packet as it crosses the bridge on
to the FDDI network. When the encapsulated
Ethernet packet reaches the bridge connecting
the destination Ethernet LAN to the FDDI
network, the Ethernet packet is stripped out of
the FDDI packet and put, unchanged, on to the
destination Ethernet LAN. Also known as
protocol tunneling.
EOML EBTS OMC Link is the link between

the OMC and an EBTS in a system. Physically,
it's a timeslot on a T1.
EOT End of Transmission - A message from
the MS indicating that it is done transmitting
voice packets. Compare to LOT.
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EPROM See Erasable Programmable Read

Only Memory.
Equipment Identity Register Functional unit
that stores International Mobile Equipment
Identities (IMEIs) for mobile stations and is
accessed by a Mobile-services Switching Center
to validate mobile station equipment.
Equipment Serial Number The ESN consists
of a four digit Equipment Manufacturer's Code,
an eight digit Manufacturer's Serial Number and
a two digit Equipment Class Code. Fourteen of
the 15 digit IMEI number.
ER Explicit Rate
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
A non-volatile, read-only chip (with a quartz
window on the top) which requires UV-light to
erase memory before reprogramming
ERFC Expansion RF Cabinet
Effective Radiated Power
Error control A means of ensuring that

information received across a transmission link
is correct. The techniques involved typically use
error detection to detect if the transmitted data
has been corrupted. The error control technique
involves asking for data to be retransmitted until
a correct version is received.
Error correction A technique to restore data
integrity in received data that has been corrupted
during transmission. Error correction techniques
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Error detection A set of techniques that can

be used to detect errors in received data.
Techniques that are applicable include parity
checks involving parity bits, checksums or a
Cyclic Redundancy Check.
ERXCDR Enhanced Remote Transcoder also known as E-XCDR.
ESA Emergency Stand Alone
ESBC Enhanced Single Board Computer
Erlang A dimensionless unit of measure of

bearer channel (generally voice) load. For
instance offered load may be defined by the
product of the average arrival rate and average
holding time and if these two quantities are
expressed in the same units (i.e., per second and
seconds) then the result is the dimensionless
Erlang offered load. Erlangs are named in honor
of A. K Erlang, a Danish mathematician who is
considered the founder of traffic theory. The
international, dimensionless unit of traffic
intensity, known as a traffic unit (TU) in the US,
which is the ratio of time a facility is occupied to
the time it is available for occupancy. One
Erlang implies 100 percent occupancy of a
traffic channel. 1 Erlang = 36 CCS.
ERP
involve sending extra data along with the

original data being sent. It allows the correct
form of the data to be reconstructed from the
extra information if the original has been
corrupted. This extra information is calculated
using particular error correction algorithms such
as Hamming Code. It allows errors to be
detected and the original data reconstructed.
This is sometimes termed forward error
correction.
ESD Electro-Static Discharge

ESF
See Extended Super Frame.
ESI Ethernet Serial Interface

ESMR See Enhanced Specialized Mobile
Radio.
ESN See Equipment Serial Number.
ESPD See Extended Sites Packet Duplicator.
ESPD-3
Expanded Sites Packet Duplicator 3
ET Engineering Trouble Report.

Ethernet The principle use of Ethernet in the
iDEN system is between components in the
EBTS. The EBTS uses Ethernet for traffic and
control by running Carrier Sense Multiple
Access/Collision Detect (CSMA/CD) protocol.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) is supported in the Ethernet
environment in accordance with IEEE 802.X.
The TDAP to OMC interface is Ethernet running
X.25 protocol.
ETSI European Telecommunications
Standards Institute
ETTM Electronic Toll and Traffic
Management System
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EV Equipment View
FCS
event log A record of events that have

occurred on the system. Events are logged for
and by various system resources. The event log
can aid in the analysis of complex problems, and
it allows gathering and generating statistics on
system components.
FD Functional Description
EX
FDL Facility Data Link

FDM
Frequency Division Multiplex
FEA Field Equipment Account

FEC Forward Error Correction
Extended Sites Packet Duplicator An ESPD

may be configured with one, two, or three ports
(numbered zero through two). It can
communicate with its DAP only on port zero.
The platform for an ESPD is a VME. The
phrase "Extended Sites" refers to the fact that
these packet duplicators can work with 500 sites.
ESPD3 can have as many as three ports.
Extended Super Frame A type of T1
protocol. In ESF the extended super frame is 24
frames long. The framing pattern sequence
(0,0,1,0,1,1) occurs in the framing bit for frames
4,8,12,16,20, and 24. If in-band signaling is
used (never on iDEN) it uses the least significant
bit in each channel in frames 6, 12, 18, and 24.
CRC-6 uses frames 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, and 22.
ZBTSI uses frames 1,5, 9, 13, 17, and 21.
F
Farad
FA Foreign Agent
FACCH Fast Associated Control Channel
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
Fax
FDDI See Fiber Distributed Data Interface.
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
Exciter
E-XCDR Enhanced Transcoder, a.k.a.

ERXCDR.
Frame Check Sequence
Facsimile
FB feedback
FCC Federal Communications Commission:
US federal agency responsible for regulation of
the public-sector communications industry, such
as telephone companies and long-distance
carriers.
FCI Forward congestion indicator
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FECN See Forward Explicit Congestion

Notification.
FEP
Front End Processor
FER See Frame Error Rate.

Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDI is
compatible with the standards for the physical
layer of the OSI model. An FDDI LAN is often
known as a "backbone" LAN. It is used to join
file servers together and to join LANs together.
FID Feature Implementation Document
FIDC
Fast Intelligent Disk Controller
Field Replacement Unit A portion of the

Tandem DAP hardware that is not customer
serviceable. Removing or replacing a FRU
always requires the use of tools and might
involve exposing energy hazards or dealing with
complicated assembly and disassembly
procedures. FRU removal or replacement
requires a Motorola Field Engineer (MFE) or
Tandem customer engineer (CE) or other
technically trained and qualified service
personnel. See also CRU (customer-replaceable
unit).
Field Test Application A program that runs in
a laptop which connects to an iDEN MS which
monitors call activity and signal strength. It
outputs this information on the screen and can
save it in a text file as well. When connected to
an optional GPS receiver it includes in each line
the longitude and latitude. This program
replaces an earlier program (MACMIRS) which
ran on a Macintosh (without the GPS feature).
The MACMIRS program was similar to the
RALP analyzer program which runs on your
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SUN workstation under "stmenu". The FTA

program is also often called iFTA.
time or to the Fleet ID which is sent encoded in

the FMI field in Dispatch Messages.
FIFO See First In, First Out.
Fleet Member Identifier A five-octet mobile

station name which is assigned for dispatch and
other individual and group oriented (multicast)
services managed by HLRD or equivalent
control entity. FMIs are commonly assigned on
a quasipermanent basis, though dynamic
reassignments are possible. There are two types
of FMIs: Legacy FMIs (LFMI) and Universal
FMIs (UFMI).
File Transfer Protocol A means of

transferring a file between two computers which
do not have a common file server but are
connected by some other means. For more
information use man page. FTP is defined in
RFC 959.
firmware Programmable and nonprogrammable chips with integrated circuitry
(ICs) which contain the operating program.
Flexmux
First In, First Out. In a busy trunked system,

radio service requests are handled in the order
they are received. Radio service requests are
handled in the order they are received in a busy
trunkated system.
FISO Fault Isolation
Fault Management
FMI See Fleet Member Identifier.

FNE See Fixed Network Equipment.
FOA First Office Application: The first field
deployment of a release and/or a patch.
FOB Field Operations Bureau
FISU Fill-in Status Unit

Fixed Network Equipment sites. The nonmobile infrastructure associated with providing
radio communications services to mobile
stations.
Flash An indication sent on a CDMA Traffic
Channel indicating that the user directed the
mobile station to invoke special processing.
Fleet Every MS which is provisioned for
Dispatch capability (in the DAP) is assigned to
one specific fleet. An MS can make Dispatch
calls (and Call Alerts) only to members of the
same fleet. Do not delete other people's fleets
lightly.
Fleet ID Different forms of Fleet ID are used
in the LFMI and UFMI branches of the FMI
numbering plans. In Legacy Systems (pre-Cross
Fleet), where LFMIs are used, Fleet IDs refer to
either the Fleet ID entered by the operator at
provisioning time or to the Fleet ID (with a
$A00000 offset) which is sent encoded within
the FMI field in Dispatch Messages. In UFMIcapable systems, where UFMIs and LFMIs are
used, the Fleet IDs belong to the middle tier of
the UFMI numbering plan. Fleet IDs refer to the
Fleet ID entered by the operator at provisioning
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FM
Flexible Multiplexer
Foreign NID Roamer A mobile station

operating in the same system (SID) but a
different network (NID) from the one in which
server was subscribed. See also Foreign SID
Roamer.
Foreign SID Roamer A mobile station
operating in a system (SID) other than the one in
which service was subscribed. See also Foreign
NID Roamer.
Forward CDMA Channel A CDMA Channel
from a base station to mobile stations. The
Forward CDMA Channel comprises one or more
code channels that are transmitted on a CDMA
frequency assignment using a particular pilot PN
offset. The code channels are associated with the
Pilot Channel, Sync Channel, Paging Channels,
and Traffic Channels. The Forward CDMA
Channel always includes a Pilot Channel and
may include a Sync Channel, up to seven Paging
Channels, and up to 63 Traffic Channels. The
total number of code channels, including the
Pilot Channel, cannot exceed 64.
Forward Explicit Congestion Notification
This bit in a Frame Relay header always starts
out as false when a frame is offered to a
network. If the frame is delayed in transit due to
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congestion within the network then the network

sets this bit. When the frame reaches its
destination, higher level layers may infer that
messages sent from that end could also
encounter congestion and the software at these
layers may throttle back the rate at which
messages are submitted to the network. In iDEN
this is not acceptable so the network is intended
to be designed such that unacceptable
congestion never occurs.
Forward Traffic Channel A code channel
used to transport service option (usually voice)
and signaling traffic from the base station to the
mobile station.
FP Fast Packet is a high speed packet
switching technology
Frame Relay Module A Frame Relay Module

is a VCOM-34 communications controller
providing front end processing power to the
DAP.
Frame Supervisory Panel A DMS facility
that accepts the frame battery feed and ground
return from the power distribution center.
Distributes the battery feed, by means of
subsidiary fuses and feed, to the shelves of the
frame or bay in which it is mounted; also
contains alarm.
Freq
FPLMTS Future Public Land Mobile

Telecommunication System.
FR See Frame Relay.
FRAD
Frame relay handles dispatch control (between

DAP and EBTS and between DAP and packet
duplicators) and voice (between EBTS and
packet duplicators) messages.
Frame Relay access device
FRAME 24 8-bit DS0 words (192 bits) plus

one framing bit for 193 bites per frame (T1)
Frame A basic timing interval in a CDMA
system, For the Access Channel, Paging
Channel, and Traffic Channels, a frame is 20 ms
in duration. For the Sync Channel, a frame is
80/3=26.666 ms in duration.
frequency
Frequency Shift Keying A technique for

modulating data that use two frequencies.
Frequency shifts between the two frequencies
are generated when the binary digital level
changes. So one particular frequency is used to
represent a binary one, and a second frequency
is used to indicate a binary zero. FSK is used in
low speed modems when, in full duplex
transmission, two different frequencies are used
in each direction, resulting in four different
frequencies being used.
FRF.9
Frame Relay Forum.9
Frame Erasure Rate Ratio of erased frames

to total frames. Care should be used to
distinguish between frame erasure rate and
frame error rate. They are similar, but not
identical. Erased Frames usually are counted as
error frames, but not all error frames are erased,
that is, some may be undetected by the receiver.
FRI Frame Relay Interface
Frame Error Rate Ratio of error frames to

total frames. For purposes of this calculation,
erased frames counted as errors.
FS
Frame Offset A time skewing of Traffic

Channel frames from System Time in integer
multiples of 1.25 ms. The maximum frame
offset is 18.75 ms.
Frame Relay Frame relay is a standard for
packet switching between a limited number of
network elements.
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FRM
Frame Relay module
FRP
Frame Relay Pad
FRSM
Frame Relay Service Module
FRU See Field Replaceable Unit.

Functional Schematic
FSA Facility Service Agreement

FSI Fleet ID Size Indicator
FSK See Frequency Shift Keying
FSP
Frame Supervisory Panel
FT1
Fractional T1, typically a DS0.
FTA See Field Test Application.
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FTAM File Transfer Access/Applications

Management/Method
FTM
FTP
Factory Test Module

See File Transfer Protocol.
FTTH Fiber To The Home

FTU First Time User
Full duplex A channel capable of transmitting
in both directions at the same time. "Full
duplex" is the same as just "duplex"; the word
"full" is used to make it clear that the speaker is
not referring to "Half duplex". See Duplex.
FXO Foreign Exchange Office
FXS
Foreign Exchange Station
G
GA General Availability
GB Giga-Byte
Gbps Gigabits per second
GC Group Call.
to and routes messages between both the MSC

and EBTS. A GPROC also controls handovers
from site to site (EBTS) and from radio channel
to radio channel as well as manages EBTS sites
connected to it. Specifically, a GPROC in the
BSC-CP runs the call processing software. It
controls the setup of the DS0s for voice as well
as the KSW switching for those DS0s. A
GPROC in the BSC-XCDR takes care of all
XCDR control functions which includes
carrying voice traffic and signaling data.
General (or Generic) Processor Generally
speaking, a GPROC handles many software
tasks and performs switching control. It speaks
to and routes messages between both the MSC
and EBTS. A GPROC also controls handovers
from site to site (EBTS) and from radio channel
to radio channel as well as manages EBTS sites
connected to it. Specifically, a GPROC in the
BSC-CP runs the call processing software. It
controls the setup of the DS0s for voice as well
as the KSW switching for those DS0s. A
GPROC in the BSC-XCDR takes care of all
XCDR control functions which includes
carrying voice traffic and signaling data.
GCI See Group Call ID.
GENESIS A configuration tool located within

an OMC for the purpose of producing
configuration files iDEN NEs (network
elements).
GCLK Generic Clock Board (located in BSC)
GFI Ground Fault Interrupting.
GDM Guidelines for the Definition of

Managed Objects
GHz Giga-Hertz =109
GCDR GSM Call Detail Record
GDMO Guidelines for Development of

Managed Objects
GDN Government Data Network (UK)
Gen 3 SC Generation 3 Site Controller
Gen2 BR Refers to the new second generation
single carrier BR composed of a Legacy BR
with an Enhanced BRC. The Gen2 BR replaces
the Legacy BR. A Legacy BR becomes a Gen2
BR when its Legacy BRC is replaced with an
Enhanced BRC.
General (or Generic) PROCessor Generally
speaking, a GPROC handles many software
tasks and performs switching control. It speaks
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Global Challenge Procedure An exchange of

information between a mobile station and a base
station for the purpose of authenticating the
mobile station identity. The base station
broadcasts a challenge and each mobile station
responds with its unique response while
performing a system access.
global location area identifier An address
which designates a location area in a unique and
unambiguous manner. The global location area
identifier must support title translation to
identify the signaling plane destination address
of the VLR call control entity which controls the
location area.
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Global Positioning System A US government

satellite system that provides location and time
information to users. See Navstar GPS Space
Segment/Navigation User Interfaces ICD-GPS200 for specifications.
Global Titling Translation Table Tool A
user interface which provides for creation,
validation and deployment of the GTT table to
the DAP for iHLR to or from DVLR routing.
GMM
T1 base unit
GMT Greenwich Mean Time

GMU SDH base unit
GND Ground
GOS
Grade of Service
GPROC See General (or Generic) Processor.

GPS
See Global Positioning System.
GPSR Global Positioning Satellite Receiver

GQM
Goal, Question, Metric
GR General Release
Group Call A type of dispatch call which is
similar to older, analog products in which
everyone in the fleet has a two-way radio tuned
to a common frequency and everybody tuned to
that frequency can hear both sides of a
conversation. For example, dispatcher: "Taxi
number twelve go to 123 north state street",
Taxi: "I'm on my way". An iDEN group call is
similar except only iDEN MSs provisioned for
the specific fleet and talkgroup can hear the call.
Non-iDEN radios and even iDEN MSs in
different fleets and talk groups cannot hear the
conversation. iDEN group calls come in three
kinds: Wide Area, Local Area, and Selected
Service Area. As in all Dispatch voice services,
only one MS can talk at a time. See PRO-PAC012. There are also Private Calls.
Group Call ID A number assigned by a DAP
to a Dispatch call, group or private, as soon as a
call request comes to the DAP.
group identifier An abbreviated three-octet
mobile station name which is assigned for
dispatch and other group oriented services
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managed by the DAP/HLRD or equivalent

control entity. A group identifier is
unambiguous only within the domain of the
DAP/HLRD entity which assigned it and
possible unambiguous only within the dispatch
location area in which it was assigned. Group
identifiers are commonly assigned on a quasipermanent basis, though dynamic reassignments
are possible. An individual mobile station may
simultaneously support multiple group
identifiers.
Groupe Speciale Mobile or Global System of
Mobile Communications Standard for
cellular telephones and their interconnection
with the PSTN. GSM is also used to refer to the
software which runs this function. Here is a
European explanation: GSM (Global System for
Mobile communications) A two-way, panEuropean digital cellular system. Its
specification is in line with ISDN and ITU-TS
System 7 signaling and approved by almost all
European countries. GSM operates at 900 MHz
and is a forerunner to the mass market Personal
Communications Networks, based on the same
set of standards. GSM services include current
digital subscriber services and the unique Short
Message Service - a superior form of paging
offering up to 160 alphanumeric characters with
guaranteed delivery.
GS
General Specification
GSM See Groupe Speciale Mobile or Global

System of Mobile Communications.
GSP
General-purpose Signal Processor
GT20 BSC Greater Than 20 BSCs (20 CPs

and 20 XCDRs) per OMC.
GT4 See Global Titling Translation Table
Tool.
GTMS Greater Than One Million Subscribers
GTT Global Title Translation
GTT Data
Global Title Translation Table
GTT Tool Global Title Translation Table

(Same as GT4)
GUI Graphical User Interface
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H
HA Home Agent
HABC High Availability Bus Controller
Half Duplex A two-way means of
transmission, but data can only travel in one
direction at a time. Example: walkie talkies.
Handoff The act of transferring control of a
mobile station from one base station to another.
See also Soft Handoff, Hard Handoff.
Handover In broad terms handover refers to
an MS changing cells in order to take advantage
of a strong signal over a weaker one. In narrow
terms handover refers to changing cells while an
interconnect call is in progress. If the changing
of cells occurs during a dispatch call it is called
reconnect. If the changing of cells occurs while
the MS is idle it is called reselect. Synonym for
Handoff.
state. Instead the resources are kept in the

TCCH state in the expectation that someone
involved in the call will key within a few
seconds. It is faster to reassign a call than to
start it over again (typically 200 milliseconds
verses 500 milliseconds). Another advantage is
that a listener can respond to previous talker
without fear that another call will snatch the last
resource. The timer for this function resides in
the DAP and is called the Hang Timer. (There
are separate ones for Group and Private calls.)
Hard Handoff A handoff characterized by a
temporary disconnection of the Traffic Channel.
Hard handoffs occur when the mobile station is
transferred between disjoint Active Sets, the
CDMA frequency assignment changes, the
frame offset changes, or the mobile station is
directed from a CDMA Traffic Channel to an
analog voice channel.
hardware The physical components of a
system, such as boards and cables.
handover number A directory number which

is temporarily assigned to support a mobile
station call when that call requires handover to a
cell controlled by another MSC/VLR. When
such a transfer is required, the VLR in the
originating domain requests a handover number
from the VLR managing that target domain. The
handover number, a directory number which
terminates on the target MSC/VLR, is then used
to route the mobile termination through the
PSTN (i.e., forward the call) to the target
MSC/VLR which completes the connection to
the target cell to support the handover. Upon
completion of the call, the handover number is
returned to the MSC/VLR which assigned it.
HCA Home Cell Affinity
Handshake Part of the procedure to set up a

data communications link. The handshake can
be part of the protocol itself or an introductory
process: the computers wishing to talk to each
other set out the conditions they can operate
under. Sometimes, the handshake is just a
warning that a communication is imminent.
Header The control information added to the

beginning of a transmitted message. This may
consist of packet or block address, destination,
message number and routing instructions.
Hang Time When an MS involved in a

Dispatch Call dekeys, the resources allocated for
that call are not immediately returned to the idle
HIE Host Interface Equipment

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HCDS
HCS
High Capacity Digital Service

Header Check Sequence
HDB3 Line code type used on E1 circuits. A

European digital network transmission protocol
which allows information and control data to be
embedded in the transmission bit stream.
HDB3
High-Density Bipolar of Order 3
HDLC See High Level Data link Control.

HDM
High-speed data module
HDSL See High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber

Line.
HEC Header error control

HFR High Speed Frame Relay
High Level Data link Control An ISO
standard set of protocols for carrying data over a
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link with error and flow control. Similar to

IBM's SDLC, versions of HDLC are under
development for multipoint lines. The ITU-TS
later adapted HDLC for its Link Access Protocol
used for X.25 networks. It is a bit oriented data
link control procedure under which all data
transfer takes place in frames. Each frame ends
with a frame check sequence for error detection.
There is a control field at the start of each frame
that allows error detection, and data link setup
and data link termination. HDLC is, in fact, a
misnomer, as it is not a high level protocol.
High speed Synchronous Serial Interface
Interface for transferring data to or from a WAN
leased line (E2, E3), or to and from a LAN via
an HSSI-capable DSU and HSSI router. In
iDEN, APDs are connected to the MPS via
HSSI.
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
Emerging standard for transmitting full-duplex
at speeds up to 772 kbps over a single,
unconditioned copper pair; for half-duplex
transmission, HDSL allows for up to full T1/E1
link speeds.
HIPERLAN High Performance Radio Based
Local Area Networks
HLR See Home Location Register.
HLR address A directory number which
uniquely identifies an HLR in the ISDN/PSTN
network. These numbers are used for MAP
message routing when a HLR resets and needs
to recover information. The HLR addresses
must support global title translation to identify
the SS7 signaling plane destination address of
the associated device.
HMI Human Machine Interface
HMSC High Level Message Sequence Chart
HN Horizontal Networking
HN 1B Horizontal Networking Phase 1B
HO Handoff or Handover
Home Cell Affinity It is a feature of iDEN
such that a fleet or individual talk groups within
a fleet can be provisioned such that they will

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camp on a specified cell in preference to other

cells.
Home Location Register A database oriented
processing entity which contains the service
authorization and personality parameter
databases and which performs mobility
management services for a set of mobile stations
which are administratively associated with it
(i.e., registered to it the home units.) Where
multiple telecommunications services are
supported, a mobile station may be registered in
more than one HLR (though never more than
one for a given telecommunications service).
Home RNC Home Regional Networking
Code
Home System The system that is transmitting
a system identification (SID) which is
recognized by the mobile station as its Home
SID, normally the system in which server was
subscribed. (See System Identification)
HOMI Higher Order Manager (HOM)
Interface
Horizontal Dispatch Networking Refers to
techniques used to enable Dispatch
communications between MSs in a coverage
area that is partitioned into multiple sets of
ACGs where each set of ACGs is under the
control of a different set of Dispatch call
processing functional entities. For example,
horizontal techniques can be used to enable
Dispatch communications between MSs in
different Urbans by connecting each Urban's set
of dispatch call processing functional elements
and allowing more than one Dispatch call
processing element to be utilized in an instance
of an inter-Urban call. Note that Urbans in this
example could each be a separate vertical
Dispatch network. In other words, Horizontal
Dispatch Networking allows Inter-Urban
Dispatch services. Compare to Vertical
Dispatch Networking.
Horizontal Networking Phase A A feature
which provides the capability to perform Cross
Fleet individual services (e.g., Private Call, Call
Alert, MS Status) across all DAPs within the
same Urban (Intra-Urban/Inter-DAP).
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hot pull Modules or boards that do not require

powering down the equipment when pulling out
and replacing them.
HRTN High Speed Redundant Transport
Network allows for seamless network between
two independent and geographically separated
iDEN MSOs. Requirements for this network
may be found in PRO-TRD-046. Please note
that the two MSOs may be co-located within the
same building, or be geographically separated.
HSC Hot Swappable Controller
HSMR High Elevation Specialized Mobile
Radio
HSO High Stability Oscillator
HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol
HSSI See High speed Synchronous Serial

Interface.
HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air
Conditioning
HVS
Hospitality Voice Services
HXCDR Half-rate Transcoder Card (Dualmode)
ICMP
ICS
Internet Control Message Protocol

Intertask Communication Service
ID Identifier. A name used to distinguish

objects.
IDAP
IMP DAP as opposed to TDAP.
IDCC InterDigital Communications Corp.

IDE
Integrated Drive Electronics
IDEA Intelligent Data Equipment Adapter

iDEN See Integrated Digital Enhanced
Network.
iDEN Home Location Register The Home
Location Register database for DACapable and
Packet Data provisioning for subscribers on the
iDEN system. This database should not be
confused with the HLR or DHLR.
iDEN menu The DAP main menu for normal
operations. Also known as the SAMT menu.
iDEN Provisioning Protocol Protocol used
between a provisioning client, or API, and the
iHLR provisioning server.
iDEN-HLR See iDEN Home Location
Register.
Hz Hertz
I
I DAP
ICD Interface Control Document
IMP Dispatch Application Processor
Idle Handoff The act of transferring reception

of the Paging Channel from one base station to
another, when the mobile station is in the
Mobile Station Idle State.
I/O Input/Output
IDMT iDEN Database Migration Tool
I12
IDP
Interleave 12 (twelve to one)
Installation & Deployment Plan
I3
Interleave 3 (three to one)
IE Information Element.
I6
Interleave 6 (six to one)
IEC Inter-exchange Carrier
IAM
IAP
Initial Address Message

Interconnect Application Processor
IEC International Electrotechnical

Commission
IBN Integrated Business Network
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic

Engineers
IC Integrated Circuit
IETF
ICB
IF
ICCP
Incoming Calls Barred

iDEN CPX Common Platform

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Internet Engineering Task Force
Intermediate Frequency
IFD Insert Fleet Data
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domain of the DAP/HLRD entity which

assigned it and possible unambiguous only
within the dispatch location area in which it was
assigned. Individual identifiers are commonly
assigned on a quasi-permanent basis, though
dynamic reassignments are possible.
iFMT iDEN Field Management Tool

iGPROC
IGRP
IGX
iDEN General Purpose Processor
Interior Gateway Routing Protocol

Integrated Gigabit Exchange
iGX Switch Integrated GigaBit Exchange

iHLR See iDEN Home Location Register.
ILA Interconnect Location Area
ILMI Integrated Local Management Interface
IM
Information Model
IM
Intermodulation
INS
IMEI See International Mobile Equipment

Identifier.
International Mobile Machines
IMP
Imperial Computer
IMP
See Integrated Micro Products.
Integrated Micro Products The platform the

HLR exists.
Implicit Registration A registration achieved

by a successful transmission of an origination or
page response on the Access Channel.
IMR Intermodulation Rejection
IMSI See International Mobile Subscriber
Identifier.
IMTS
Improved Mobile Telephone System
iMU iDEN(r) Monitor Unit

IN Intelligent Network
IN Interrogating Node: Switching node that
interrogates an HLR to route a call for a Mobile
Station to the DMS-MSC.
in
inches or injection
INA Information Networking Architecture

INCATOT
Incoming Attempts Total
individual identifier An abbreviated threeoctet mobile station name which is assigned for
dispatch, packet data, and other group oriented
services managed by the DAP/HLRD or
equivalent control entity. An individual
identifier is unambiguous only within the
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In Service
Integrated Digital Enhanced Network One

of the most advanced wireless digital systems in
the world, combining two-way radio with
telephone interconnect, messaging and data
communications capabilities on a single
network, using one subscriber device
IMA Inverse multiplexing over ATM
IMM
Initial Program Load iDEN Software Feature

Classification. The IPL is the Software
delivered with the Initial System and includes
the software necessary to support all major
subsystems or components of the iDEN Network
System.
Integrated Services Digital Network An

approach to switched digital networking that can
handle a range of digital voice, data and digital
image transmission. It is intended to provide
end-to-end, simultaneous handling of digitized
voice and data traffic on the same digital links
via integrated switches. There are different
access channels, according to geographic
location. These include Basic Rate Access (2 x
64Kbit/s 161 + 16Kbit/s) and Primary Rate
Access (1.544 (US) and 2.048 Mbit/s (Europe).
ISDN standards are defined in the ITU-TS's ISeries Recommendations.
Integrated Site Controller The iSC replaces
the VME based ACG. The iSG discriminates
between Dispatch, Interconnect and Packet data
calls and routes traffic accordingly. It also
controls network timing and terminates transport
facilities. An ACG platform which integrates
the ACG, TFR, also called iSC2.
Integrity S4000 A Tandem Integrity-series
computer based on the ServerNet SAN
architecture and equipped with one or more
R4400 CPU CRUs. Integrity S4000 systems run
the NonStop-UX operating system.
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Interconnect Short for Telephone

Interconnect. A circuit administration point,
other than a cross connect or an information
outlet, that provides capability for routing and
re-routing circuits. It does not use patch coreds
or jumper wires, and typically is a jack-and-plug
device used insmaller distribution arrangements
or that connects circuits in large cables to those
in smaller cables.
Interexchange Carrier Telephone company
that is allowed to provide long-distance
telephone services between LATAs, but not
within one LATA.
interface Common boundary between two
associated systems; translator between unequal
and dissimilar objects in a communication
hierarchy
International Mobile Equipment Identity It
consists of a fourteen digit BCD ESN number
and a one digit BCD extension number. The
ESN consists of a four digit Equipment
Manufacturer's code, and eight digit
Manufacturer's Serial Number, and a two digit
Equipment Class Code. An IMEI is a unique
number identifying one and only one MS. The
number is assigned to, and burned into, the MS
as part of the manufacturing process.
International Mobile Station
Identity/Identifier It is normally fifteen BCD
digits. Parts of the number are assigned by
Motorola and part are provided by the service
providers. The IMSI consists of a three digit
BCD Mobile Country code (MCC), a two digit
National Domain Code (NDC), a n-BCD Service
Domain Code (SDC), and a 10-n Local Mobile
Station Identifier (LMSI). An MS is told its
IMSI as a result of an IMEI registration.
Thereafter it will use its IMSI for further
registrations. Before powering down, the MS
will store its IMSI in its codeplug so that it can
do an IMSI registration when it powers up.
International Standards Organization
Group that defines standards for the Open
Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model;
best known for its OSI model that describes the
conceptual organization of protocols and
standards for network protocols. Also known as
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the International Organization for

Standardization
Internet Protocol A method or protocol by
which data is sent from one computer to another
on the Internet. Each computer (known as a
host) on the Internet has at least one address that
uniquely identifies it from all other computers
on the Internet. When data is sent or received,
the message gets divided into packets. Each
packet contains both the senders Internet
address and the receivers address. Any packet is
sent first to a gateway computer that understands
a small part of the Internet. The gateway
computer reads the destination address and
forwards the packet to an adjacent gateway that
in turn reads the destination address and so forth
across the Internet until one gateway recognizes
the packet as belonging to a computer within its
immediate neighborhood or domain. That
gateway then forwards the packet directly to the
computer whose address is specified.
Internet Protocol address A 4-byte address
assigned to a station on the Internet. Every
station must have a unique address, as seen from
the Internet. To prevent address conflicts
between linked networks, addresses (or blocks
of addresses) are assigned by a central authority.
An IP address is typically represented by four
decimal values with period (.) separators, such
as 192.74.127.32.
Inter-Task Communication header A part of
most inter-task messages in the iDEN system
that identifies the source and destination of the
message.
interworking General term used to describe
the inter-operation of networks, services, and
Supplementary Services; enables processes on
different systems and networks to interact in a
uniform way and carry out their tasks.
Inter-Working Function A computer (or
group of computers) in an MSO which accepts
data calls with modems and convert this data to
iDEN usable format. This computer also
initiates calls on a MS's behalf and converts the
data from iDEN to modem usable. The IWF is
used in the Circuit Data feature.
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IO Input/Output
ISSEI All Fleet Group Call
IOC/IOD Input/Output Controller Device
Issei Call A unique system wide call feature

developed for the Japan market.
IOE Input/Output Equipment
ISUP
IP Intelligent Peripherals or Initialization

Process
IP
Integrated Service Users Part
ITC Inter-Task Communication
See Internet Protocol.
IPC Inter Process Communication
ITC header Inter-Task Communication

header: A part of most inter-task messages in the
iDEN system that identifies the source and
destination of the message.
IPL See Initial Program Load.
ITG Integrated Test Group
IPMC Inter PM Message Links
ITMS Intelligent Temperature Monitoring

System
IP address See Internet Protocol address.
IPO Initial Public Offering

iPP
See iDEN Provisioning Protocol.
IPP
iDEN Provisioning Protocol
ITU International Telecommunications Union

ITU TS International Telecommunication
Union Telecommunication Standard.
(Replaces CCITT.)
IPR Information and Problem Report or

Intellectual Property
IPX
ITU-T International Telecommunications

Union-Telecommunications Standardization
Sector: A committee of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) that issues
and maintains international communications
standards, known as Recommendations. These
include the V-Series Recommendations
(including V.35) and the X-Series
recommendations (including X.25). ITU-T is
the successor to CCITT, and the former CCITT
Recommendations are now ITU-T
Recommendations. ITU-T is often abbreviated
as ITU.
Internetwork Packet Exchange
IR Internet Router
IR Intranet (Protocol) Router
IR Incident Report
IRB
IS
Integrated Bridging and Routing

Intraconnect Schematic
ISA Industry Standard Architecture

iSC See integrated Site Controller.
ISD Insert Subscriber Data
ISD-LT
IUL
ISDN-U interface, line termination
Individual Update Location
IVD Integrated Voice and Data
ISDN See Integrated Services Digital

Network.
IVDPC Integrated Voice and Data Port Cards
ISD-NT ISDN-U Interface, network

termination
IVR Interactive Voice Response device
iSG iDEN Surveillance Gateway - a part of

CALEA which resides in an MSO and provides
a gateway to all LEMs
IXC See Interexchange Carrier.
IWF
ISL Inter-Switch Link
See Inter-Working Function.
iXCDR iDEN Transcoder Card (Dual-Mode

48)
ISO Isolated Site Operation: Site Trunking

ISO See International Standards Organization.

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LA See Location Area.
J
JF
LAC Local Area Controller/Code

LAI See Location Area Identity.
Journal File
LAM
K
k
kilo=10
Local Assignment Module
LAN See Local Area Network.
LAN-IC
LAN-Interconnection
LANIIC
Local Area Network Interface IC
kbps kilo-bit per second
LANX
LAN Extender half size board
kg
LANX
Local Area Network eXtender
kilogram
KHz Kilohertz (103 Hertz).
LAP Link Access Protocol, e.g. LAPB,

LAPD, LAPM or LAPX.
Ki Authentication Algorithm (also called K

sub I): A temporary security code used to
authenticate a MS (mobile Subscriber). During
initial registration, the MS identifies itself with
its IMEI and a Ki. The HLR uses the MS
signature algorithm to generate a set of 32
signature numbers from a set of 32 random
numbers. Both number sets are transferred to a
lookup table in the VLR.
LAPB Link Access Procedure "B" (balanced)

channel
LAPD See Link Access Procedure.
LAPF
LAPi Link Access Protocol iDEN
Kiloport Switch A KSW card is this in a

nutshell: It is a card that controls one of 2
redundant TDM highways within a BSC/XCDR
cage. It makes connections and between
terrestrial links (cics or trunks) and the traffic
channels on the air interface.
KSW
Kiloport Switch Extender (located in
KSWXL Local kilo-port switch extender

KSWXR Remote kilo-port switch extender
KW kilowatt
lbs pounds
LC Logical Channel
LCA Line Concentrating Array
LCF
Link Control Function
LCIH Location Confirmed in iHLR

LCM
Line Concentrating Module
LCME Line Concentration Module

Equipment
L
Layer 2 Forwarding
L2RCOP
Protocol
LAU Location Area Update
LCEI Line Concentration Equipment ISDN
KSWXE Expansion kilo-port switch extender
L2F
LATA Local Access and Transport Area:

Geographical area served by a single local
telephone company
LC Line Card
See Kiloport Switch.
KSWX
BSC)
Enhanced LAPD for Frame Relay
Layer 2 Relay Character Oriented

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LCME Enhanced ISDN Line Concentrating

Module
LCONS
Logical Connections
LD Line Drawer
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LD-CELP
production
Low-delay code excited linear
LDI Locked, Disabled, Idle

LDI Low-speed data interface
LDM
Low-speed data module
LDM
Load Management
LDM
Linear Driver Module
LDRI Logical DPSO Routing ID

LEA Law Enforcement Agency
LEC See Local Exchange Carrier.
LED See Light-Emitting Diode.
Legacy BR Refers to the existing singlecarrier BR with a Legacy BRC.
Legacy Fleet Member Identifier A five-octet
mobile station name which is assigned for
dispatch and other individual and group oriented
(multicast) services managed by HLRD or
equivalent control entity. A LFMI is
unambiguous only within the domain of the
DAP/HLRD entity which assigned it. LFMIs are
commonly assigned on a quasi-permanent basis,
though dynamic reassignments are possible.
LEI Locked, Enabled, Idle
LEM
Law Enforcement Monitor
Link Layer The link layer of the IS-95 air

interface provides for the reliable transmission
and reception of signaling messages, including
error detection, partial duplicate detection and
loss.
LEN Line Equipment Number

LFA Loss of Frame alignment
LFM
Linear Final Module
LFMI See Legacy Fleet Member Identifier.

LGC Line Group Controller
LI Length Indicator
Light-Emitting Diode Semiconductor diode
that emits light when a current is passed through
it and used as a source for optical data link
applications in which the data rates are less than
about 500 Mb/s and the transmission distances
do not exceed a few kilometers
LINK Refers to software program in MS
Link Access Procedure Link Access

Procedure on the D-channel is a connection
based Data Link Layer Protocol. In iDEN,
LAPD is used, for example, between DAP EBTS. When the DAP comes up it sends
SABME messages to each EBTS. Normally the
EBTS responds with a UA message. Then the
EBTS asks the DAP for its version number.
Thereafter the DAP will send an RR message
periodically (typically two seconds) to the EBTS
to which the EBTS will respond with an RR
message. This periodic exchange of RR
messages keeps both parties aware that they are
in communication. The EBTS has a timer and if
the RR message doesn't come from the DAP the
EBTS knows that the link or the DAP is down.
Likewise the DAP has a timer and if the DAP
doesn't get its RR message it knows that the
EBTS or the link is down. The DAP responds to
a link down by periodically sending SABME
messages. The EBTS responds to a link down
state by sending three SABMEs then giving up
and waiting for a SABME from the DAP.
LAPD is a protocol that operates at the data link
layer of the OSI architecture. LAPD is a layer
two protocol. The purpose of LAPD is to
convey information between layer 3 entities.
LAPD is described in CCITT Q.920-Q.921
which is available in the LMPS library.
Link Peripheral Processor DMS-MSC PM

cabinet that provides the signaling interface
between the DMS-MSC/HLR and the CCS7
signaling network. One Local Message Switch
shelf consists of two LMS units and frame bus
hardware.
LIU Line Interface Unit
LLC Link Layer Controller
LM
L-M
Load Manager task runs in the ACG.

Abbreviation for Land to Mobile
LMI See Local Management Interface.

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LMI Line Module ISDN

LMRN
Location Area Identity A global LAI consists

of a three digit BCD MCC & a two digit NDC.
In addition, a two octet Local Location Area
Identifier is appended to define the mobile
station down to a unique LA.
Land Mobile Radio Network
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal

LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LOGUTIL Log Utility
LO Local Oscillator
LOS
LOC Lines of Code
Loss of Signal in a T1/E1 Line.
Loss of Transmission A message sent by the

BRC indicating the MS has stopped sending
voice packets. Compare to EOT.
Local Access and Transport Area

Geographical area served by a single local
telephone company.
Local Area Network A communications
system that links computers into a network,
usually via a wiring-based cabling scheme.
LANs connect PCs, workstations and servers
together to allow users to communicate and
share resources like hard disk storage and
printers. Devices linked by a LAN may be on
the same floor or within a building or campus. It
is resend and does not run over leased lines,
though a LAN may have gateways to the PSTN
or other, private, networks.
Local Dispatch Communication Service
From a customer billing perspective, it is a
Dispatch call initiated and contained within the
current Urban.
LOT Loss of Transmission: A message sent

by the BRC indicating the MS has stopped
sending voice packets. Compare to EOT.
LPP
See Link Peripheral Processor.
LPP/ LIM
Link Peripheral Processor
LR Location Register
LRE Logic Return Equalizer Bus
LSB Least significant bit
LTC Link Trunk Controller
LTU Line Test Unit
LVCP
Local Exchange Carrier Local phone

company that provides local transmission
services.
Link Version Check Protocol.
Local Management Interface A Motorola

connection uses DLCI 1023.
M16QAM See Multiple Carrier Quadrature

Amplitude Modulation.
Location Area
omni site.
MAC See Media Access Control.
The area covers by a single
MAHO See Mobile Assisted Handoff.
Location Area A contiguous radio coverage

area comprising a set of cells (e.g., one or more)
through which a mobile station may move freely
without the need to update the controlling VLR
entity. All of the cells in a location area must be
contained within a single radio subnetwork (i.e.,
they must be managed by a single VLR entity).
Where multiple service specific VLR functions
support a radio subnetwork, each VLR entity
may support a different set of (normally
overlapping) location areas and each cell would
belong to one location area for each VLR entity.
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Maintenance and Administration Position

DMS-MSC Control Terminal. It provides the
DMS MMI between the wireless system and
operating company personnel. Basic
components include a CDU with a keyboard, a
voice communications module and printers used
in conjunction with the VDU.
Maintenance and Administration Position
Command Interpreter Main interface
between the DMS Maintenance and
Administration Position (MAP) terminal and the
user. Main function is to read lines from the
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items, and invoke the commands.
MCT A maintenance level command for the

MAP
Maintenance Trunk Module PM that

contains special buses to accommodate test and
service circuit cards for maintenance; provides
and interface between the switching network and
the test and service circuits.
MDC Message Device Controller (shelf)
Man-Machine Interface Series of commands

and responses used by operating company
personnel to communicate with a DMS switch;
achieved through the Maintenance and
Administration Position (MAP) terminal and
other Input/Output Devices (IODs)
MAP
See Mobile Application Part.
MAP See Maintenance and Administration

Position.
MAPCI See Maintenance and Administration
Position Command Interpreter.
MAPT Mobile Application Part Task
Motorola Business Exchange
MC Multicoupler
Motorola Cellular Advanced Processor
MCC See Mobile Country Code.

MCCM
Meridian Cabinet Core Module
MCDM
Meridian Cabinetized Data Module
MCDR
Meridian Cabinet Digital Remote
MCGM
Meridian Cabinet General Module
MCLM
Meridian Cabinet Line Module
MCP
MCPM
Maintenance and Diagnostics Software
MDS
Modular Documentation System
MDT Mobile Data Terminal

MEB Mate Exchange Bus
Media Access Control A sub-layer of the ISO
data link layer for media-specific data link
functions.
Megahertz: A measurement of frequency
equal to one million (106) hertz. One hertz
equals one cycle per second.
MEI Maintenance Event Information
Memory
Message In IS-95, a data structure consisting

of a length field, message body (or payload), and
CRC for detection of errors.
Mbps Megabits per second
MCAP
MDS
MEO Medium Earth Orbit
maximum
MBX
Main Distribution Frame
MDG See Mobile Data Gateway.
MEM
MAU Media Access Unit

Max
MDF
Message Waiting Indication Data to be

stored in the HLR and VLR with which a
Mobile Station is associated, indicating there is
one or more messages waiting in a set of Service
Centers to be delivered to the Mobile station due
to unsuccessful delivery attempt(s)
Method of Procedure The detailed set of
procedures which are customized for each
specific customer installation.
Metro Packet Switch A high speed digital
switch providing virtual circuit connectivity
between cell sites and the DAP. Provides both
voice and control packet switching for dispatch
call services.
Motorola Cellular Planner

Meridian Cabinet Power Module
MCR See Minimum Cell Rate.
MF
MCRU
MFE-R2
Meridian Cabinet Remote Module
MCS/DMS Mobile Switching Center/Digital

Multiplex Switch

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See Multi-frequency signaling.

Trunk Signaling System
MGB Master Ground Bar

MGMT-FUN Management Function
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MGN Multi-Grounded Neutral
MN Mobile Node
MGX
MNC Mobile Network Code
See Multi-Gigabyte Exchange.
MHz See Megahertz.
MNS
MIB Management Information Base
Mobile Application Part The application

layer of the protocol stack between the iDEN
DVLR and the iDEN DHLR (similar to GSM) in
order to support the delivery of packet data
provisioning and authentication information for
subscribers. Set of CCITT CCS7 protocols used
to handle the special information transfer
requirements of Mobile Subscribers in a PLMN.
Defines the interfaces among network nodes.
MiBAS Motorola Integrated Billing and

Administration System
Micro Node Small node for mobile networks
Midi Node User access node
MII Media Independent Interface
MIN See Mobile Identification Number.
min
Mobile Assisted Handoff A means of

initiating handoff based on signal quality
measurements performed by the mobile station
and reported by the base station.
minute; minimum
Minimum Cell Rate Provides deterministic

performance and fairness per connection and
inhibits one traffic from blocking out another
Mobile Country Code Code identifying the

home country of the Mobile Subscriber; part of
the International Mobile Subscriber Identity
(IMSI); three BCD digits.
Minimum Cell Rate Provides deterministic

performance and fairness per connection and
inhibits one traffic from blocking out another
MIP
Mobile Internet Protocol
mips Millions of instructions per second

MIRS
MIS
See Motorola Integrated Radio System.

Miscellaneous Equipment
MISO Master In/Slave Out

MIT Mobile Interface Trunk
Mobility Management
mm millimeter
M-M
Mobile to Mobile
MMAC Multi-media Access Chassis

MMF
Multimode fiber
MMI Man-Machine Interface: Series of

commands and responses used by operating
company personnel to communicate with a DMS
switch; achieved through the Maintenance and
Administration Position (MAP) terminal and
other Input/Output Devices (IODs).
MMP Multi Chassis Multilink Point-to-Point
Protocol
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Mobile Data Gateway An iDEN network

element to handle the packet data service via the
internet. The MDG stores a provisioned MSs IP
address in a database. This IP address is used to
identify permissions and route data packets from
the Internet to the MS during packet data
operations.
Mobile Identification Number The 34-bit
number that is a digital representation of the 10digit directory number assigned to a mobile
station.
M-L Mobile to Land

MM
Managed Network Services
Mobile Station A subscriber station in the

Domestic Public Cellular Radio
Telecommunications Service normally intended
to be used while in motion or during halts at
unspecified points. The category may include
true mobile stations, handheld portable stations,
fixed stations, and other devices. The
intermediate or end system equipment used to
terminate the radio path at the mobile end. It
includes the functions required to support the
wireless link to the radio subnetwork and to
provide services to the mobile station operator or
to end systems connected to the mobile station.
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Mobile Station An iDEN Subscriber Unit. In

the iDEN Network System, this could be a
portable, mobile or desktop radio. The radio
equipment a subscriber uses to access the iDEN
system. Each MS uses a unique number that
identifies membership in a predefined fleet and
TalkGroup, its provisioned call features and its
service calling area.
Mobile Station Class A code that defines
mobile station maximum transmitter power,
slotted operation capability, and dual-mode
CDMA/ AMPS capability.
Mobile Switching Office For iDEN, the MSO

includes MSC, OMC and dispatch subsystem(s). In the iDEN Network System, the
MSO includes MSC, OMC and dispatch
subsystem(s).
Mobile Telephone Switching Office An outof-fashion synonym for Mobile Switching
Center.
Mobile Station International ISDN Number

An ISDN directory number which uniquely
identifies a mobile station in the ISDN / PSTN
naming domain. The call originator dials this
number in order to reach a target iDEN mobile
station.
Mobile Station Roaming Number A
directory number which is temporarily assigned
to support a call directed to a mobile station.
When such a call request is generated, the
mobiles HLR is interrogated for routing
instructions. The HLR determines where the
target MS is located and requests a MSRN from
the VLR managing that coverage domain. The
MSRN, a directory number which terminates on
the target MSC/VLR, is then used to route the
mobile termination through the PSTN (i.e.,
forward the call) to the target MSC/VLR, which
completes the connection to the target MS in the
appropriate cell. Upon completion of the call,
the MSRN is returned to the VLR which
assigned it.
Mobile Subscriber Identification Number A
part of the E. 212 IMSI identifying the mobile
station within its home network. See ITU-T
Recommendation E.212.
Mobile Switching Center A configuration of
the equipment designed to provide
interconnection services among wireless
subscriber stations, and between wireless
subscriber stations and the public switched
telephone network via one or more base stations
under its control. Mobile telephone switching
system that acts as a key component of the
PLMN; performs the functions of switching,
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routing, and control of the call, charging, and

accounting, and the interworking with public
switched telephone networks.
mobility management The process whereby

the binding between a mobile station name and
its radio subnetwork point of attachment address
is established and maintained as the mobile
station moves from server to server within a
radio subnetwork or from a server in one radio
subnetwork to another server in another radio
subnetwork.
MOBIS
See Motorola ABIS.
Mode A mode is a collection of up to four

Talk Groups which can be monitored together
by an MS using the MSTG feature. Modes are
created in the ADC. MSs using MSTG select a
mode instead of a Talk Group. When an MS
registers in a particular mode it is given a list of
the Dispatch Group IDs for all the Talk Groups
in that mode. The MS then listens for Pages and
Grants for all those Talk Groups.
MOI Managed Object Instance
MOP
See Method of Procedure.
MOSI Master Out/Slave In

Motorola ABIS Motorola adaption of the
GSM A.bis protocol.
Motorola Integrated Radio System Highcapacity digital-radio technology offering four
integrated services for high-demand business
applications through wireless voice and data
communications and multi-site roaming
capabilities for service providers and their users
worldwide. Became iDEN as in 1995.
MPC Multi Personal Computer
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MPDP MIRS Packet Data Protocol. (RF data

link layer.)
MPLS
Multiprotocol Level Switching
MPM
Multiple Peripheral Module
MPRS
MPS
MSS
Mobile Satellite Service
MSSTAT
Mobile Station Statistic
MST Modular Screw Terminals

MSTG See Multi-Scan Talk Groups (or Multi
Simultaneous Talk Groups).
Master Primary Reference Source

See Metro Packet Switch.
MSTN
Mobile Subscriber Telephone Number
MRN Mobile Roaming Number.
MSU Message Signal Unit
MS
Message Switch
MSU Message Sent Unit
MS
Mobile Subscriber
MTA Metallic Test Analysis
-3
ms Millisecond (10 second).
MTA Maintenance Terminal Administrator
MS
MTA Major Trading Area. There are

currently 47 defined by Rand McNally.
See Mobile Station.
MS - ISDN Mobile Station International

Subscriber Directory Number
MTA Metropolitan Trading Area
MSA Metro Service Area
MTBF
MS-AFUN Mobile Station Access Function
MTC Maintenance Level of the MAP
MSB Make Set Busy
MTC Magnetic Tape Controller
MSB Most significant bit
MTC Mobile-Terminated Calls
MSC See Mobile Switching Center.
MTCH See Multiple Traffic Channel.
MSC address A directory number which

uniquely identifies an MSC in the ISDN/ PSTN
messaging when an MSC needs to talk to
another MSC for an inter-MSC handover. The
MSC addresses must support global title
translation to identify the SS7 signaling plane
destination address of the associated device.
MTD Magnetic Tape Device: 9-track tape unit

used on various DMS switches to store data.
MSI Mega-Stream Interface

MSI See Multiple Serial Interface cards.
See Mobile Station ISDN Number.
MSO See Mobile Switching Office.

See Mobile Station Roaming Number.
MS Status

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MTM
See Maintenance Trunk Module.
MTP
List
Mobile Page Distributor and Trunk Idle
MTP
Message Transport Protocol
MTX
MSL Modular Structure List
MSS
MTL MSC/Message Transfer Link
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
msIP iDEN Mobile Subscriber Internet

Protocol
MSRN
Mobile-Terminated Data Services
MTSO See Mobile Telephone Switching

Office.
MSIN See Mobile Station Identification

Number.
MSISDN
MTDS
Mean Time Between Failure
Mobile Telephone Exchange
Multi-frequency signaling Signaling method

that uses pairs of standard tones to transmit
signaling codes and digit pulsing.
Multi-Gigabyte Exchange Cisco 8220 ATM
Concentrator Port The Frame Relay Interface
used on the MGX shelf.
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Multiple Carrier Quadrature Amplitude

Modulation Motorola Sixteen Quadrature
Amplitude Modulation scheme used in iDEN
with a 64 Kbps gross bit transfer rate; RF
Modulation for an ESMR.
name A linguistic construct used to

distinguish objects, sometimes referred to as an
identifier or ID.
NAMPS Narrow-band Advanced Mobile
Phone System
Multiple Serial Interface Line Interface to

four span lines; two full-duplex T1s.
NAT
NCD Network Computing Devices
Multiple Traffic Channel A traffic channel

transmitting to multiple MSs as in Dispatch;
often called simply a TCH. The distinction
between an MTCH and a TCH is made by the
Ethernet monitor: channel analyzer program.
NCS
Multi-Scan TalkGroups A feature on some

MSs which will allow them, if so provisioned, to
scan (become involved in) as many as three talk
groups in addition to their primary talk group
(i.e., the talk group they would use if they were
to initiate a group call).
Multiplexer
mV millivolt
MVIP
Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol
MVME Motorola Versa Module Eurocard
National Communications Systems
ND See No Dispatch.
Multi-Scan Talk Groups (or Multi

Simultaneous Talk Groups) A feature on
some MSs which will allow them, if so
provisioned, to scan (become involved in) as
many as three talk groups in addition to their
primary talk group (i.e., the talk group they
would use if they were to initiate a group call).
MUX
Network Address Translation
N-DAP In order to increase the dispatch

throughput of an MSO n number of DAPs, up to
six, can be run in parallel. At the time of
provisioning the Service Provider assigns each
new fleet to one of these DAPs. When an MS
wants to register, the ACG will send a
registration probe to each DAP. In normal
circumstances only one DAP will return a
registration probe accept; all the other DAPs will
return a registration probe reject. The ACG will
then complete registration with the proper DAP.
Each DAP is assigned a range for Dispatch
Group IDs and Dispatch Private IDs. When the
registered MS requests a service, such as a group
call, the ACG knows which DAP to forward the
request to by the range into which the Dispatch
Group ID or Dispatch Private ID falls. Each
DAP is also assigned a range for fleet numbers.
N (N=1 to 6 DAPs serving one market)-Dispatch
Applications Processor.
mW milliwatt
NDC Network Domain Code, Two BCD digits

in the IMSI.
MWI See Message Waiting Indication.
NE Network Element (Network Entity)
mx
NEBS
maximum
Network Equipment Building Systems
NEC National Electric Code
N
N.C.
Normally Closed
N.O.
Normally Open
NACK Negative Acknowledgement

NAM
See Number Assignment Module.
NEI Network Equipment Identifier

Neighbor cell In iDEN each cell broadcasts a
list of neighboring cells by carrier and color
code. An MS measures the strength of the
signal from all these neighbor cells as well as the
cell on which it is camped and decides when to
change cells. A neighbor cell need not be in the
MS's bandmap.
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NET Network (E-Net, V-Net)
NOC Nature of Connection
Network A network is a logical subset of the

base stations in a cellular system, as identified
by a SID. The network is identified as a unique
(SID, NID) pair. A network can be as small or
as large as needed, but must be totally contained
within a single system.
Node 1 switch module or BPX/MGX

combination
Network Interface Defined as the point at

which the public network and its responsibility
ends. Conversely, the point where CPE and
customer responsibility begins, when viewed
from the public network. The end-point of the
public network and its responsibility.
Conversely, from the public network's view, NI
is the beginning point for CPE and customer
responsibility.
Network Processor Module Contains the
software for controlling, configuring, and
monitoring the IGX switch.
NFAS
NFS
Non-Facility Associated Signaling

Network File System
NI See Network Interface.
NPM
See Network Processor Module.
NPRM
Notice Of Proposed Rule Making
NRZ Nonreturn to zero

ns Nanosecond (10-9 second)
NSS
NT-1
Network Switching System

Network Termination
NTC Network Trunk Card

NTIA National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
NTL Nextel Technology Lab
NTM
NIC Transition Module
NTM
Network trunk module
NTP
Northern Telecom Publications
NTP
Network Time Protocol
NIC Network Information Center
NTSC National Television Standards

Committee
NIC Network Interface Card
NTU Network Terminating Unit
NII National Information Infrastructure
NTWK Network
NIT
Network Interface Trunk
NM
Network Management
Number Assignment Module In

telecommunications, retains information about
the phone's individual characteristics, such as its
assigned telephone number, system
identification number, and other information that
is necessary for cellular operation. This is not
used in Global System for Mobile
communications (GSM) phones, because they
have a subscriber identity module (SIM) card,
that serves a similar purpose.
NMC Nortel Matra Cellular

NMC Network Maintenance Center, Network
Management Center
NMC Network Message Controller
NMS
Network Management System
NNI Network-to-Network Interface

No Dispatch. This is a flag sent to the MS
during Dispatch Registration. It is set to 1 to
indicate that the MS does not have dispatch
service. It is set to 0 to indicate that the MS is
registered for dispatch service.
no.
NVRAM
Memory
Non-Volatile Random Access
NWN Nationwide Wireless Network

NWS
Network Services
number
NOC National Operations Center

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Open Problem List The list of open issues

given to the customer with each release delivery.
O
O&M
Operational Measurement DMS subsystem

that includes the hardware and software
resources of the switch that control the
collection and display of measurements taken on
an operating system; organizes measurement
data and manages its transfer to displays and
records. OM data is used for maintenance,
traffic, accounting, and provisioning decisions.
Operations and Maintenance
OAM (OA&M) See Operations,

Administration and Maintenance.
OAP
Over-the-Air-Programming
OAU Office Alarm Unit

OC Optical Carrier
OCOS
Operations and Maintenance Center A

centralized entity that monitors and controls all
radio network elements. Provides alarm
handling, fault and network management
functions.
Originating Class of Service
octet One byte or eight bits of data.

OD Outside Domain
ODBMS
System
Object Database Management
OFCENG Office Engineering
Operations, Administration and Maintenance

All tasks necessary for providing, maintaining,
or modifying the services of a switching system;
tasks include provisioning of hardware, creation
of service, verification of new service, and
trouble recognition and clearance.
OFTEL Office of Telecommunications (UK)
OPL See Open Problem List.
OLC See Overload Class.
OPRT OMC Patch Release Team
OLCC Online Configuration Change
OPT See Optional Maintenance Services.
OM
Optional Maintenance Services (iDEN

Software Feature Classification) On site switch
support and EBTS on site maintenance.
Provided on a two year basis only. Additional
fee(s) required.
ODS
OEM
On-line Desk Suite

Original Equipment Manufacturer
See Operational Measurement.
OMACC Operational Measurement

Accumulation
OMC See Operations and Maintenance
Center.
OMC-R Operations Maintenance CenterRadio Network
OMF
Operations & Maintenance Function
OML Operation & Maintenance Links

consists of DS0s: BOML, XOML & EOML.
OMPRT Operational Measurement Print
ONU Optical Network Unit
OOB Out of Buffer
OOD See Out Of Domain.
OOS
Out of Service

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ORR Office Release Record

OS
OSF
Operating System
Open Software Foundation
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Act

OSI Open Systems Interconnect/Interface
OSI reference model A seven-layer network
architecture developed by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). The
architecture provides a common basis for the
coordination of standards development for the
purpose of the interconnection of information
processing systems. The reference model
specifies the functionality of each layer, the
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interfaces between layers, and the functionality

between communicating systems.
OSI/RM
OSPF
OSI Reference Model
P/N Part Number
Open Shortest Path First
P/O Part Of
OTA Office of Technology Assessment

OTAP
PA Power Amplifier
Over the Air Programming
PABX (PBX) A Private Automatic Branch

eXchange/telephone exchange linked to the
PSTN. It handles calls automatically i.e.,
unattended. Normally a manual, user-owned
exchange.
OTC Overseas Telecommunications

Commission
OTP
One Time Password
OTP-SASL One Time Password Simple

Authentication Security Layer
Out Of Domain This is a flag sent to the MS
during Dispatch Registration and Registration
Renewal. It is set to 1 if the Dispatch Location
Area in which the registration takes place is
outside of the MSs dispatch service domain. It
is set to 0 if the Dispatch Location Area in
which the registration takes place is in the MSs
dispatch service domain. When the MS is not in
its dispatch service domain, it is not allowed to
initiate a dispatch call and will not respond to or
join a dispatch call.
OV Operational View
Overhead Message A message sent by the
base station on the Paging Channel to
communicate base-station specific and systemwide information to mobile station.
Overload Class The means used to control
system access by mobile stations, typically in
emergency or other overloaded conditions.
Mobile Stations are assigned one (or more) of
sixteen overload classes. Access to the CDMA
system can then be controlled on a per class
basis by persistence values transmitted by the
base station.
Overload Control A means to restrict reverse
analog control channel accesses by mobile
stations. Mobile stations are assigned one (or
more) of sixteen control levels. Access is
selectively restricted by a base station setting
one or more OLC bits in the Overload Control
Global Action Message.

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PAC Primary Access Framer/Controller ACG/NIC Board

Packet A collection of bits, including the
address, data and control, that are switched and
transmitted together. The terms frame and
packet are often used synonymously.
Packet Data Packet Data provides a means for
end-to-end wireless data communication. By
attaching a packet data-capable iDEN radio
(MS) to a terminal, data packets can be
transmitted and received by the terminal.
Packet Duplicator A rack-mounted unit that
contains various assemblies which together
provide the packet duplication function. The
APD consists of the following main assemblies:
MTX Board (single-board computer), Four
HSSI I/O Boards, APD Power Supply, and LED
Board containing front panel indicators,
switches, and a connector.
Packet Switching
in a network.
PacTel
A method of switching data
Pacific Telesis
PAD Packet Assembler/Dis-Assembler. (On

OMC Packet Switch).
Paging The process whereby the system
locates a mobile down to the cell site or the
process of sending alpha-numeric data from the
SMSC to a MS. The act of seeking a mobile
station in order to deliver an incoming call.
paging area Contiguous radio coverage area
comprising one or more cells which defines the
search area the associated RF network will use
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Paging areas have a one-to-one association with
location areas. Normally, a paging area includes
all the cells of its associated location area plus
the ring of neighbor cells which are immediately
adjacent to it.
Paging Channel A forward communication
channel used by a base station to communication
to a mobile station when it is not assigned to a
traffic channel.
PAL Programmable Array Logic
See Private Branch Exchange.
PC See Physical Channel.
PCCA Portable Computer and

Communications Association
PCCH See Primary Control Channel.
PCH Packet Channel
See Private Call Hang Timer.
PCI Peripheral Component Interface or

Peripheral Component Interconnect
See Pulse Code Modulation.
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card

International Association
PCN See Personal Communication Network.
Power Conversion Products, Inc.
PCR Peak Cell Rate

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PD-AFUN Packet Data Access Function

Portable Document Format
PDH Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy

PDN Packet Data Network
PDOP
Position Dilution of Precision
PDP Product Development Plan or Packet

Data Provisioning
Power Entry Module
Permanent Virtual Circuit A PVC is a

permanent virtual circuit in a frame relay
network such as the MPS. For each port there is
provisioned a list of DLCIs that that port can
communicate with. This list is provisioned as
part of setting up the system. Associated with
each DLCI on each list is the port to which a
message coming in on that port will be sent if it
has that destination DLCI.
PCC Power Control Constant
PCP
PDA Personal Data or Digital Assistant
PEM-BC Power Entry Module Back Card
PC Private Call
Private Carrier Paging
PD See Packet Data.
PEM
PC See Point Code.
PCP
PD See Packet Duplicator.
PEC See Product Engineering Code.
PC Personal Computer
PCM
Port Concentrator Shelf
PD See Protocol Discriminator.
PDF
Part 68 Defined as a section of the FCC Rules

and Regulations Volume 10. Regulations
established by the FCC for interconnectivity of
telecommunications equipment to the public
network.
PCHT
PCS
PDC Power Distribution Center
PAMR Public Access Mobile Radio
PBX
PCS See Personal Communication Services or

Personal Communication System.
Personal Communication Network Mobile

telephony system concept initiated by the British
Department of Trade and Industry to encourage
competition with existing mobile and landline
service providers. PCN is currently defined as
Global System for Mobile Communications
(GSM) at 1800 megahertz (MHz) and is referred
to by the ETSI SMG body as DCS 1800 (Digital
Cellular System at 1800 MHz).
Personal Communication Services or
Personal Communication System Emerging
standards of wireless communications that
provide personalized services as selected by the
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individual; use radio signals as the access point

to the network; the wireless network is then tied
back into the public switched network for call
routing.
PMR Private Mobile Radio

PN Public Notice
PF
Port Format
PN Sequence Pseudo random noise sequence.

A periodic binary sequence approximating, in
some sense, a Bernoulli (coin tossing) process
with probable outcomes.
pF
picoFarad
PNNI Private Network-Network Interface
PET PCS 1900 Enhanced Trunk
PFTP
Proprietary File Transfer Protocol
Physical Channel
the frequency.
POET Productive Office Enabling Tool.
A physical RF channel is
Point Code Code identifies the address of a

signaling point.
PIC Personal Information Connection
Point of Presence Defined as the point at

which the public network will appear in a
building or geographic area.
PID Process ID
Pilot Channel An unmodulated, directsequence spread spectrum signal transmitted
continuously by each CDMA base station. The
Pilot Channel allows a mobile station to acquire
the timing of the Forward CDMA Channel,
provides a phase reference for coherent
demodulation, and provides a means for signal
strength comparisons between base stations for
determining what to handoff.
Pilot Strength The ratio of received pilot
energy to overall received energy. See also
Ec/Io.
PIM
PIN Personal Identification Number

Plain Old Telephone Service Standard voice
or analog data modem service delivered over a
pair or copper wires.
Physical layer convergence procedure
PLL Phase Locked Loop

PLMN See Public Land Mobile Network.
PLP
Packet Level Protocol
PM
Performance Maintenance
PM
Pool Manager
PM
Performance Management
PMA Prompt Maintenance Alarm

PMC PCI Mezzanine Card

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POP
Performance Oriented Practices
POP
See Point of Presence.
Posts, Telegraph, and Telephone The

organization, usually a governmental
department, which acts as its nation's common
carrier.
Peripheral Modules
PLCP
Point to Point Propagation Model A

propagation model in which median
transmission loss calculations are based on
specific characteristics and terrain profile of the
path along the great circle between the
transmitter and the receiver.
POTS Standard voice or analog data (modem

)service delivered over a pair of copper wires
POTS
See Plain Old Telephone Service.
Power Control Bit A bit sent in every 1.25 ms

interval on the Forward Traffic Channel to
signal the mobile station to increase or decrease
its transmit power.
Power Control Group A 1.25 ms interval on
the Forward Traffic Channel and the Reverse
Traffic Control. See also the Power Control Bit.
Power-Down Registration An autonomous
registration method in which the mobile station
registers on power-down.
Power-Up Registration An autonomous
registers on power-up.
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The FCC's Office of Plans and Policy.
PROM
PP
Peripheral Processor
PROTEL Procedure Oriented Type Enforcing

Language
PPM
Principal Period of Maintenance
Protocol Discriminator Used in processing to

remove lower-layer signaling information.
ppm Parts per Million

PPP
Point To Point Protocol
PPS
Pulse Per Second
Programmable Read Only Memory
Provisioning It is the process by which a

requested service is designed and implemented.
PR Patch Release
PRS
PRI See Primary Rate Interface.
PS
Power Supply
Primary Control Channel The PCCH is a

multiple-access channel used for layer 3 control
signaling between the FNE and the MSs. Each
cell has one PCCH.
PS
Packet Switch
PS
Program Store
Primary Rate Interface Twenty-three 64

Kbps B channels & one 64 Kbps D channel.
PSE See Product Support Engineer.
PSA Provisioning Session Administrator

PSS Pilot Subchannel Symbol conveys no
information.
Privacy Protection of traffic by means of

encryption or other means specifically applied
for that purpose.
PSTN See Public Switched Telephone

Network.
Private Branch Exchange Telephone switch

located on the subscriber premises and used to
connect private and public telephone networks.
Private Call A feature of dispatch similar to a
Group Call but the initiator specifies one
specific MS. Only those two MSs are involved
in the call. No one else can hear either side of
the conversation. Only one user can talk at a
time. The originator selects the target by
entering the target's Private ID.
Private Call Hang Timer Private Call Hang
Timer is the maximum amount of time to wait
for a valid Private Call Update message to be
received by the DAP after the voice channel
involved in the private call has been opened (i.e.
set-up as a temporary control channel). If no
update message is received in this amount of
time, the private call is terminated.
Product Engineering Code Eight-digit
alphanumeric code that identifies a Northern
Telecom hardware or software product.
Product Support Engineer The team
responsible for handling second-level on-call
field issues involving hardware and/or software
failures for the dispatch subsystem.
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Primary Reference Source
PSU Power Supply Unit

PTE Packet Transfer Engine
PTS
Primary Time Saver
PTT See Posts, Telegraph, and Telephone.

PTT See Push To Talk.
PTT-ID Push To Talk Identification. During
all Private Calls and during Group calls when so
provisioned the Private ID of the talker is
displayed on the MS.
PUA Provisioning User Account.
PUADMIN Provisioning User Account
ADMINistrator.
Public Land Mobile Network Public Land
Mobile Network specified by the first five
characters of an IMSI; includes the MCC and
NDC . For example in the IMSI
316010000193012 the MCC is 316 followed by
the NDC 01. Together they make up the PLMN
31601.
Public Switched Telephone Network
Worldwide voice telephone network accessible
to all those with telephones and access privileges
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Pulse Code Modulation Phone company

digital coding of an analog voice signal.
Push To Talk Refers to the button used to
initiate dispatch services (either on a potato mic.
or a handset). PTT also refers to the action of
pushing that button. See key.
PVC See Permanent Virtual Circuit.
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
pwr power
Q
QAM
See Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.
QFD Quality Function Deployment

QoS
Quality of Service
QRSS
Qty
Quasi Random Signal Sequence

Quantity
by comparing the outputs from the twoprocessor slices. The R10000 CPU CRU is
paired with a CPU jumper CRU for 2-way SMP
operation.
R2
Receiver #2
R3
Receiver #3
R4400 CPU CRU A CPU CRU containing

two MIPS R4400 RISC processors that run
identical instruction streams in lockstep. Two to
four R4400 CPU CRUs can be connected
together via their SCBs to form an SMP
processor slice. Except for memory, all
components in the CRU are duplicated so their
operation can be compared within the CRU.
Memory is protected with ECC code. The CRU
self checks (stops operation immediately) when
an error is detected to prevent propagation of the
error to other areas of the system. In a duplex
system, the other processor slice continues to
operate to keep the system running.
RAB
See Random Access Burst.
Quad BR Refers to the 800 MHz and 900

MHz multi-carrier BRs.
RACH See Random Access Channel (or

Random Access Control Channel).
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation A

modulation scheme which comprises two AM
signals sent in quadrature - e.g., one AM symbol
modulating a cosine function, a second symbol
modulating a sine function. This is
mathematically equivalent to modulation of a
complex symbol.
Radio Channel ID Before SR4.3 each time

slot in each BR was configured (at the BSC and
the EBTS) with one subrated channel on the
EBTS's span line. An Interconnect call's RCI
implicitly defines which BR, Time Slot, and
subrate channel that call's voice uses. If a BR
and time slot have a Dispatch call then the
associated RCI goes unused (wasted). See SCI.
QUICC Quad Integrated Communication

Controller
Radio Frequency The electromagnetic energy

wavelengths usually between 500 kHz and 300
GHz, the audio and light range frequencies
R
R&O Report & Order
R1
Receiver #1
R10000 CPU CRU (Also called R10K) A

CPU CRU containing two MIPS R10000 RISC
processors configured for 2-way SMP operation.
In 2-way SMP operation, the two processors run
independent instruction streams. R10000
processor errors are detected in duplex operation

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Radio Resource State Machine Telephone

The task in the ACG that manages Interconnect
telephone calls. The RRT is the state machine in
the ACG that handles the call processing of the
telephone calls, transmission of data and
dispatch registration. The RRT keeps track of
the state of each interconnect call along with the
information about the call. This task interfaces
with the CRM to request logical channel
resources and return logical channel resources.
The CRM will queue interconnect requests for
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traffic channel resources. The RRT

communicates with the BRC through the
RSS_Abis task.
Radio Service Software Software run on a
personal computer which connects to an MS.
RSS is used by Service Providers to flash SW
into the MS, to bandmap the MS for the carriers
it is supposed to use, and to govern the
ergonomic features of which the MS is capable.
Some flavors of RSS SW (not generally
available in the lab) tell the MS what its IMEI is
and what tuning constants (determined at
manufacture) to use.
Radio Sub System Handover Task The task
in the ACG that handles handover reports from
the BR. This task receives channel quality
information from the BRCs and saves
information regarding which channel is the best
quality, so that CRM can select the best quality
idle channel for each call, where applicable.The
task in the ACG that handles handover reports
from the BR. This task receives channel quality
information from the BRCs and saves
information regarding which channel is the best
quality, so that CRM can select the best quality
idle channel for each call, where applicable.
Radio subnetwork A wireless subnetwork.
The set of cells (often encompassing multiple
location areas) through which a mobile station,
operating a single telecommunications service
mode, may freely roam without the need to
involve more than one VLR. The radio
subnetwork includes the radio coverage area and
associated infrastructure under the control of a
single VLR entity. RF channel identifier A
number which defines a radio channel number
according to a defined numbering plan. The
channel identifier must specify the frequency
band, the channel number within the band, the
spacing between adjacent channels, and the
transmit/receive offset.
Radio Subnetwork Point of Attachment An
address which identifies a particular radio
subnetwork server. An active mobile station is
always dynamically associated with an RSPA
which identifies, from the fixed networks
perspective, where that MS may be found.
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Radio Sub-System Abis The task in the ACG

that makes the interface to the BRs for telephone
GSM-like. This task translates BRC messages
for telephone into GSM equivalent messages to
maintain a standard interface to RRT between
GSM and iDEN. RSS-Abis is also responsible
for sending ACP outbound messages one at a
time, waiting for a confirmation before sending
another.
RAG Resource Allocation Group
RAI Remote Alarm Indication
RALP
RAM
Radio Application Layer Protocol

Random Access Memory
RAN Recorded Announcement

RAND Random Numbers uses for
authentication..
Random Access Burst An inbound
transmission in a Reserved Access Slot.
Random Access Channel (or Random Access
Control Channel) It is an inbound-only
channel. It is comprised of all the inbound slots
of the PCCH; all of these slots are random
access. It is random in the sense that it is not
assigned to any particular entity's use. Any MS
that wants to request service will simply start
transmitting on the carrier and time slot and
subslot assigned to the RACH; If another MS
happens to transmit on the same RACH subslot
they will mutually obliterate each other and will
try again later. In order to make mutual
obliteration less likely the inbound carrier and
slot is divided into two subslots either one of
which can be used for an RACH message. The
MS will know that its RACH message got
through because the EBTS will respond to the
message. For example, when the MS sends a
Group Call Request the EBTS will send a Call
Proceeding message. If the MS needs a
dedicated channel it will use the RACH to
request a DCCH.
Random Access Protocol Random Access
Protocol is the call control message protocol
between the MS and the BR. It refers to the
procedure in which an MS sends a message on
the inbound CCCH on a time slot not
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specifically reserved for that MS, i.e., a

"random" CCCH slot. Such a message is in
jeopardy of being obliterated by another MS
using the RAP at the same time. This channel is
called the RACH.
RAP
See Random Access Protocol.
RBDS
Remote BSS Diagnostic Subsystem
RCI See Radio Channel ID.

Radio Control Protocol
RCV/RCVR
RDBMS
System
Reverse CDMA Channel The CDMA

Channel from the mobile station to the base
station. From the base station's perspective, the
Reverse CDMA Channel is the sum of all
mobile station transmissions on a CDMA
frequency assignment.
Receiver
Relational Database Management
RED Random Early Detection

Ref
Reference
Regional Network Code Regional Network

Code is a globally unique system ID. When the
MS does an IMEI registration the MS takes the
first RNC broadcast in the Sys Info and stores it
as the home RNC. For non-SR5 based radios, if
MS sees broadcast RNC different from stored
home RNC, then MS does not request Dispatch
services. For SR-5 based radios when MS
roams into a new RNC it will attempt
registration renewal. As part of this it sends
DLAI in which it was last registered. DAP sees
that five byte DLAI is not one of its own and
rejects registration renewal. When MS gets its
registration renewan rejected it next attempts a
dispatch registration which may get accepted
with bits indicating Yes, you have PD services
but No, you are not PD registered. MS knows
that it wants to be PD registered but it is no so it
does a PD registration (on the same DCCH,
before it closes). In the future the name RNC
will change to Urban ID.
Registration The process by which a mobile
station makes its presence known to a base
station to facilitate call delivery.
Registration Zone A collection of one or
more base stations treated as a unit when
determining whether a mobile station should
perform zone-based registration.
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Remote Service Links Used for call

management (MOBIS) and network
management (SNMP). These links are from the
BSC to the EBTS. Compare to OML.
Resources In iDEN the term resources usually
refers to the RF Resources consumed for a call,
i.e., the carrier and time slots used in the various
Cells involved in the call.
RC Recent Change
RCP
Release A process that the mobile station and

base station use to inform each other of call
disconnects.
Reverse Traffic Channel A Reverse CDMA

Channel used to transport user and signaling
traffic from a single mobile station to one or
more base stations.
RF
See Radio Frequency.
RFC Request For Comments

RFC Radio Frequency Cabinet
RFCL
Radio Frequency Convergence Layer
RFDS RF Diagnostic Subsystem or RF

Distribution System
RFI Radio Frequency Interference
RFID
Radio Frequency Identification
RFS
RF System
RHC Regional Holding Company

RHOT See Radio Sub System HandOver
Task.
RIP
Routing Information Protocol
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RJ-11 Registered Jack Function 11 (2-wire
dial tone on 4 pin telephone jack at the customer
site).
RLAN
RLP
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RMA Return Material Authorization

RMS
Root Mean Square
RNC See Regional Network Code. See also

Urban ID.
RNE
Remote Network Elements
RNO Real Network Operator

Roaming With Roaming capabilities, the
iDEN system can immediately identify a users
location in the network, allowing mobile and
portable users to travel and receive calls
anywhere in the network. (Other wireless
technologies cannot identify a users location
outside of the local network until the user makes
a call from his new location, resulting in missed
calls and incomplete communications.)
ROC See Router Controller.
ROM
signals from such devices. RS232 is suitable for

both synchronous and asynchronous
communications and specifies a 25-pin
connector, traditionally the DB-25. 20 of the
pins carry out routine system operation while the
rest are reserved for modem testing or
unallocated. For this reason it is never safe to
assume that two RS232 devices will work
together. Newer, more compact RS232
interfaces have nine pins only and an adapter
card is needed. It is functionally similar to the
ITU-TS's V.24 and V.28 standards.
Recommended Standard 232 (computer serial
interface, IEEE; usually written RS-232)
RSC Remote Switching Center
RSL
Radio System Link
RSL
See Remote Service Links.
RSO Remote Switching Office
Read Only Memory
ROTL Remote Office Test Line
RSPA See Radio Subnetwork Point of

Attachment.
Route A name which comprises a set of

instructions of how to reach an object.
RSS
Router Controller In the Tandem DAP, a

CRU that houses a pair of first-level ServerNet
SAN routers that provide CPU equalization links
and connect CPUs to an SSC CRU and to
ServerNet SAN expansion connections. The
ROC also contains maintenance routers for SMB
connections from the SSC to the CPUs.
RPM
See Radio Service Software.
RSS-ABIS
See Radio Sub-System Abis.
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication is

measured in dBm. An MS becomes marginal
when its RSSI falls below -95 dBm. A base
Radio receiver can work with a weaker signal.
RSVP
Resource Reservation Protocol
RTC Real Time Clock
Revolutions Per Minute
RTM
RPS Repetitive Pattern Suppression:

Mechanism employed by IGX to further
increase bandwidth efficiency
Requirements Trace Matrix
RTM Requirements and Traceability

Management
RR Radio Resources
RTN Return
RRDT Radio Resource Dispatch Task is a

task running in the ACG.
RTP
Routing Table Protocol
RRT See Radio Resource State Machine

Telephone.
RTS Ready To Send. EIA/TIA-232 control

signal that requests a data transmission on a
communications line.
RS
RTU Right To Use
Record Status
RS232-C An EIA standard which is the most

common way of linking data devices together.
An interface for linking DCEs and DTES, it
defines the electrical characteristics of the
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Rx
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RXCDR Transcoder system remote to the

BSC or Remote Transcoder
RXDSP
RXS-8
Receive Digital Signal Processor

Sub-rack for Midi Node
S
S/W Software
SA Software Architecture
S-CFUN
Surveillance Collection Function
SCI See Subrate Channel ID.

SCM
System clock module
SCON
SCP
VME System Controller

Service Control Point
SCR Sustainable cell rate

SCRF Stand-alone Control and RF Cabinet
(configuration)
SA See Service Area.
SCSA See Signaling Computing System

Architecture.
SA Software Architecture
SCSI See Small Computer System Interface.
SA System Analysis
SDB See Slot Descriptor Block.
SA Selective Availability
SDC See Service Domain Code.
SABM
SDCCH Standalone Dedicated Control

Channel
Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode
SABME Set Asynchronous Balance Mode

Extended
S-DFUN
Surveillance Delivery Function
SAC Subscriber Access Control
SDH Sync Digital Hierarchy
SAC See Special Access Code.
SDL
SAD System Architecture Description
SDLC
SAI See Service Area Identifier.
SDM-FT Supernode Data Manager - Fault

Tolerant
SAID
SAP
See System Alarm and ID.

See Service Access Point.
Specification and Design Language

Synchronous Data Link Control
SDN Secondary Directory Number
SAPI Service Access Point Identifier
SDRAM
Memory
SAR Segmentation and Reassembly
sec second
SAR PDU Segmentation and Reassembly

Protocol Data Unit
Secondary Control Channel The SCCH is

similar to the PCCH except that it does not
contain a BCCH. There may be zero to four
SCCHs in a cell as required to provide extra
control channel bandwidth for the cell. It has
been devised to lighten the traffic on its
associated PCCH. This allows one cell to have
several channels for paging, paging responses,
and service requests. An SCCH has a CCCH
and a RACH but no BCCH. If an MS is camped
on a SCCH it will monitor the BCCH of the
PCCH during slot one and monitor the CCCH of
the SCCH on slot four. So far all SCCHs are on
slot four. In a cell with more than one SCCH
S-ARFUN
Function
SAT
Surveillance Audio Routing
Super Audio Tones
SBC Single Board Computer

SBN Side Band Noise
SC See Steal Code.
SCCH See Secondary Control Channel.
SCCP
SCE
Signal Connection Control Part.

Science Creation Environment

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the MS and the FNE determine which SCCH to

use by knowing the seed. An SCCH is
composed of only a CCCH and a RACH.
sector Normally one angular segment of the
coverage area of a cell, served by one base
station. Also used to denote any non-traditional
partitioning of the service area, such as one
strand of a cable-based delivery system.
Seed In a fleet which is provisioned to use
SCCH, the MS and the FNE know which SCCH
to use (among possibly several within a cell) by
using the Seed (provisioned in the ADC on a
per-fleet basis). The Seed may have a value
within the range of 1 to 60. The SCCH to be
used is determined by the Fleet's Seed modulo
the number of SCCHs in the cell. Note that the
MS is told the Seed as part of registration which
takes place on the PCCH.
SEH Stackable Ethernet Hub
Send Parameters Operation is invoke by the
VLR when it requires subscriber or
authentication parameters from the DMS-HLR.
Serial Line Interface Protocol An internet
protocol is used to run IP over serial lines such
as telephone circuits.
Server A radio subnetwork point of
attachment (RSPA) - A facility which provides
telecommunications bearer service to a mobile
station which is currently bound to it.
Service Access Point An SAP is the point at
which the data link layer (e.g., LAPD) provides
services to layer 3. Associated with each data
link layer SAP is one or more link connection
endpoints. A data link connection endpoint is
identified by a data link connection endpoint
identifier as seen from layer 3 and by a data
Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as seen from
the data link layer. .
Service Area The area in which your service
provider has provisioned you to get dispatch
services. The service provider creates Service
Areas.
Service Domain A set of the mobile station

population which obtains radio
telecommunications services from a single
service provider and is associated with one (and
only one) HLR for each telecommunications
service. A mobile stations IMSI name includes
its service domain code (SDC) which is
analogous to a central office code in a North
American PSTN directory number. For any
telecommunications service, a single HLR can
support multiple SDCs, but all mobile stations
using a specific SDC code must have their home
registration on the same HLR.
Service Domain Code Usually four to six
BCD digits in the IMSI assigned by Motorola.
Service Level Agreement. An agreement
establishes between a user and service provider,
defining the nature of the service.
Service Option A specific type of user traffic
supported by a cellular system. The major
service options are speech codecs, and various
types of data. Service options may be negotiated
between base and mobile stations during call
setup.
Service Processor A processor that is
dedicated to service and control functions, such
as providing system boot services, providing the
system console interface, monitoring the state of
system components, and providing diagnostic
communications. The SP controls the SMB.
Service Provider Code A two octet
hexadecimal field which identifies service
providers that operate in more than one IDEN
regional network.
Serving MSC The MSC that currently has the
mobile station obtaining service at one of its cell
sites within its coverage area.
SF
Superframe
SGC Software Gain Control
Service Area Identifier A one octet binary

field which defines a dispatch service area in an

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individual iDEN radio sub-network. Numbers

range from decimal 1 to decimal 99.
Shared Secret Data A bit pattern stored in the

mobile station and known by the base station.
SSD is used to support the authentication
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Data is maintained during power off.
Processor (MP) and the control circuits of a

hardware module.
Short Message Information that can be

conveyed by means of the Short Message
Service
Signaling System Seven or CCIT-7 A

worldwide Telco standard signaling scheme
defined by the ANSI and CCITT. CCITT SS7 is
also called C7. ANSI SS7 is called SS7.
Short Message Service The means of

transferring messages in a PLMN. Messages are
transferred between Mobile Stations and a short
message entity in a service center.
Short Message Service Center Entity in a
PLMN that acts as a storage and forwarding
center for short messages.
SIM
SI System Index
SID See System Identification.
SIMM
Signal Quality Estimate A ratio of C/I+N;

normally indicated in dB units.
Signaling The information exchanged between
the mobile station and the network, or within the
network, for the purposes of service provision
(e.g., connection establishment).
Signaling Computing System Architecture
SCSA is a comprehensive architecture that
describes how both hardware and software
building blocks work together. It has now been
absorbed by S.100, but the following words still
apply: it focuses on "Signal Computing"
devices, which refer to any devices that are
required to transmit information over the
telephone network. Information can be
transmitted via data modems, fax, voice or even
video. SCSA defines how all these devices work
together. Signal computing systems combine
three major elements for call processing.
Network interfaces provide for the input and
output of signals transmitted and switches in
telecommunications networks. Digital signal
processors and software algorithms transform
the signals through low-level manipulation.
Application programs provide computer control
of the processed signals to bring value to the end
user.

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Serial Interface Module
SIM Subscriber Identity Module - smart card

installed or inserted into a mobile telephone
SICH Slot Information Channel
Signaling Processor DMS circuit card that

provides the interface between the Master
Signaling Transfer Point Node in a CCS7

signaling network that routes messages between
nodes; transfer messages between incoming and
outgoing signaling links, but do not originate or
terminate any messages except for network
management information.
See Single Inline Memory Module.
Simple Network Management Protocol In

the world at large a popular protocol for
managing network elements such as routers and
bridges over the network they are switching. In
iDEN this protocol is used by the OMC to
download, control, and monitor its network
elements.
Simplex A communications system or link
which can only carry a signal in one direction.
Example: a public address system. Compare to
Duplex and Half Duplex.
SINAD Signal Plus Noise Plus Distortion to
Noise Plus Distortion Radio
Single Inline Memory Module A form of
chip packaging in which leads (pins) are
arranged in a single row protruding from the
chip.
SIP
Single Inline Module w/Pins
SIP
SMDS Interface Protocol
SIP
Simple Internet Protocol
SIP
See Slot Information Procedure.
SISTG System Integration/System Test

Group.
SITG System Integrated Test Group
SIX
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SLA See Service Level Agreement.
SMFA Specific Management Functional Area
SLC See Sucscriber Line Charge.
SMI Switch Matrix Interface
SLC Speech Link Connecting Frame (No

longer produced)
SMI See Structure of the Management

Information.
SLC Subscriber Line Change
SMMP Subnetwork Mobility Management

Protocol
SLF
Shelf
SLIP
See Serial Line Interface Protocol.
SLM
Session Link Management
SLM
See System Load Module.
SMMT Mobile Terminated Short Message

Service
Slot Descriptor Block An element of the

Outbound Frame which provides information
about the assignment and use of the associated
slot. An element of the Outbound Frame which
provides information about the assignment and
use of the associated slot.
Slot Information Procedure An Outboundonly, point-to-multipoint, unreliable,
connectionless packet data protocol used for slot
allocation control. SIP operates on the Slot
Information Channel. Note that the reference to
"packet data" above does not refer to the iDEN
Packet Data feature but rather to a generic
packet of data containing, in this case, slot
descriptor blocks.
Slotted Mode An operation mode of the
mobile station in which the mobile station
monitors only selected times slots on the Paging
Channel when in the Mobile Station Idle State.
The primary purpose of slotted mode is power
conservation.
SM
Switching Module
SM
See Short Message.
SMP
Switch Matrix Processor
SMP
See Software Maintenance Program.
SMP
Symmetric Multi-Processing
SMP
SCSA Message Protocol
SMP
Simple Management Protocol
SMR See Specialized (or Shared) Mobile

Radio.
SMS
See Short Message Service.
SMS-SC See Short Message Service Center.

SMT See System Maintenance Terminal.
SMT Surface Monitoring Technology
SMT See Station Management.
SN SuperNode: A DMS switch
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNA/SDLC Systems Network
Architecture/Synchronous Data Link Control
SNMP See Simple Network Management
Protocol.
SNMP Signaling Network Management
Protocol
Small Computer System Interface A disk

drive control technology
SNPA See Subnetwork Point of Attachment
SMART Systems Management Analysis,

Research and Test
SOA Second Office Application
SMDS See Switched Multi-megabit Data

Service.
SMF
System Management Functions
SMF
Single-mode fiber

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SNTP
Simple Network Time Protocol
SOC System Optionality Control

Soft Handoff A handoff occurring while the
mobile station is in the Mobile Station Control
on the Traffic Channel State. This handoff is
characterized by commencing communications
with a new base station on the same CDMA
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communications with the old base station.
SPF
Single Point of Failure
S-PFUN Surveillance Provisioning Function
Software Maintenance Program Software

Maintenance Services provided by Motorola to
Customer during the Initial Warranty Period.
SPI Security Parameter Index

SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
SONET See Synchronous Optical Network.
SPX
SOW
SQA System Quality Assurance
Statement Of Work
SP Service Processor: A processor that is

dedicated to service and control functions, such
as providing system boot services, providing the
system console interface, monitoring the state of
system components, and providing diagnostic
communications. The SP controls the SMB.
SP
See Special Product (Software/Harware)
SP
See Signaling Processor.
SP
See Special Product (Motorola).
SP
See Send Parameters.
Sequenced Packet Exchange
SQE See Signal Quality Estimate.

SQE Signal Quality Error
SQL Structured Query Language
SR Scan Radio
SR System Release
SRAM
Static Random Access Memory
SRC Sub-rate Controller

SRC Strategic Review Committee
SRD System Requirements Document
SPA Surveillance Provisioning Application

Span A PCM bit stream formatted for
transmission over telephone facilities. Usually
carries DS1 or DS3. It refers to that portion of a
high speed digital system that connects a CO
(Central Office) to CO or terminal office to
terminal office. <Also called a T-Span>
SPC Statistical Process Controls
SRES
SRI Site Reference ISA (see TFR)

SRIB
SMART Radio Interface Box
SRM
Sub-Rate Multiplexing
SRM
Service Resource Module
SRP
SPC Signaling Point Code

SPC A two octet hexadecimal field which
identifies service providers that operate in more
than one IDEN regional network.
Special Access Code There are four
remaining: 200, 300, 400 & 500.
Signed Response
Segmentation Reservation Protocol
SRRC Single Rack, Redundant Controller

(configuration)
SS
SS7
Surge Suppressor
See Signaling System Seven or CCIT-7.
SSC System Status Control
Special Product (Software/Hardware) iDEN

Software Feature Classification. Features
developed for Customer which contain
Customer unique features and/or functionality.
Additional fee(s) required.
SSC System Support Center
Specialized (or Shared) Mobile Radio In a

shared system a service provider operates a
stationary transceiver and sells air time to
customers with fleets See ESMR and mobile
radio.
SSD Special Services Division

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SSD See Shared Secret Data.

SSD System Status Display (formerly Site
Status Display)
SSI Synchronous Serial Interface
SSP Service Switching Point (an intelligent
SS-7 network element)
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ST Status
stack 1. In software, segment of the address
space into which automatic data and subroutine
linkage information are allocated in last-in-firstout fashion; the stack occupies the largest data
addresses and grows downward toward static
data. 2. In hardware, this term is synonymous
with the term cabinet, used to define the Tandem
DAP enclosures. A DAP consists of two
cabinets; the main stack and the expansion stack.
The Non Stop-UX operating system, including
the maintenance and diagnostics software
(MDS), uses the term stack instead of cabinet.
standby In a hot-standby system, this device
is off-line, but powered-up and ready to assume
control of tasks in case of a switch.
STAT
Status
STAT
Statistic
static RAM A volatile chip providing Random

Access (read/write) Memory.
Station Management The part of FDDI that
manages station in a ring
Std
STG System Timing Generator

Synchronous Transport Module
STM-1-E Electrical STM-1 interface for

GMU
STM-1-LH STM-1 interface for GMU
Subrated T1 PCI card
STP
Shielded Twisted Pair
STP
See Signaling Transfer Point.
Structure of the Management Information

The set of rules and formats for defining,
accessing and adding objects to the internet MIB
SU See Subscriber Unit.
subnetwork A representation within the OSI
model of a real network, such as a carrier
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Subrate In iDEN, for Interconnect voice, a

channel of a span line is divided into four subchannels called subrate channels. Each subrate
channel is 64kbit/4 = 16kbit per second. In the
eight bit byte for each channel for each frame
the low order two bits are used for one subrate
channel, the next two bits make up the next and
so on. For example, on a T1 each of twenty four
channels send one byte every frame (8000
frames per second for a total of 64kbit per
second). Each of those bytes is divided into four
groups of two bits. Each of these four groups
constitute a subrated channel with a bit rate of
16 kbit per second. These channels are called
RCIs or SCIs.
Subscriber Identity Module Smart card

installed or inserted into a mobile telephone.
STM-1-SH STM-1 interface for GMU

STP
Subnetwork Point of Attachment The point

of connection between a subnetwork and a
connected end system or other entity.
Subrate Channel ID It replaces the term RCI

as of iDEN SR4.3. The difference is that SCI
implies subrate trunking. Put another way,
instead of referring to a certain BR, there is a
pool of SCIs instead that can simply be assigned
to a call regardless of BR and timeslot. There
used to be one RCI for each time slot on each
BR. Now there are only as many SCIs as
needed to handle the number of Interconnect
calls that an EBTS can handle at one time. This
is a more efficient use of subrate channels.
Standard
Steal Code A Scheme used by the ACCH to

steal bits from the TCH.
STM
network, a private network, or a local area

network. A functional abstraction of a set of one
or more intermediate open systems which
provide relaying and through which end systems
may establish network connection.
Subscriber Unit The radio equipment a

subscriber uses to access the iDEN system.
Each SU uses a unique number that identifies
membership in a predefined fleet and
TalkGroup, its provisioned call features and its
service calling area. See also mobile station.
Sucscriber Line Charge A charge added on
the monthly bill of a phone subscriber in the
United States.
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Management Platform
SVC Switched Virtual Circuit (as opposed to a

PVC)
SWER SoftWare ERror
Switched Multi-megabit Data Service A
connectionless high-speed data transmission
service intended for application on a
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
environment.
SXCDR Single mode Transcoder card
SYN-34-E Electrical synchronous 24 Mbit/s
interface for GMU
Synchronous Optical Network Set of
standards that defines various aspects of
transporting and managing digital traffic over
fiber optic facilities in the public network.
SONET was developed to address the need for
transmission speeds above DS3 (44.736 Mbps).
It uses the STS1/OC-1 (51.84 Mbps) signal
format as a basic building block. Higher-rate
signals are multiples of the STS1 rate..
SYSGEN
System Generation
System Alarm and ID An Integrity

S4000/5000 system FRU that provides the stack
ID switches, alarm connector, and alarm
indicators with associated alarm clear pushbuttons.
System Identification A number uniquely
identifying a cellular system.
System Load Module Mass storage system in
a DMS SuperNode processor that stores office
images. New loads or stored images can be
booted into Computing Module (CM) from the
SLM.
System Maintenance Terminal SMT uses for
retrieving accounting data and for general
administrative activities.
T1 A method developed in the 1950s for

carrying 24 full-duplex telephone circuits on two
twisted pair. The audio signal is cut off at 3400
Hz, sampled 8000 times per second (i.e., every
125 microseconds) compressed according to mu
law, digitized into one byte and sent using AMI.
This signal will travel about a mile before it
needs to be regenerated. The European E1 line
is similar but has 30 channels and A-law
compression. In iDEN T1 or E1 lines connect
the MSO to each cell site (EBTS). High traffic
sites have an additional, secondary line to each
ACG.
T43
Type 43 Interconnect Board
TA See Time Advance.

TACS
Total Area Communications System
Tag Distribution Protocol Operates across

Layer 2 and Layer 3 network devices and
establishes ATM VC connections along
forwarding paths
Tag Distribution Protocol Operates across
Layer 2 and Layer 3 network devices and
establishes ATM VC connections along
forwarding paths.
Talk Group Within a fleet there can be as
many as 255 talk groups. Each individual MS
can be provisioned with a list of any
combination of talk groups in its fleet. Each
user can then register his MS in any talk group
on the list associated with his MS. That will
enable him to originate and participate in calls
for that talk group. With the MSTG feature an
MS can participate in (but not originate) calls on
three additional talk groups. Talking frog.
Tandem Dispatch Application Processor A
higher performance platform for DAP, starting
in SR6. Replaces IMP platform. Tandem is the
manufacturer of the platform. It can handle
90,000 MSs and will be upgradeable to a newer
version which will handle 180,000 MSs.
TB Terminal Board

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TBUS
requirements give development the direction to

architect and implement the feature.
Time Division Multiplex Serial BUS
TC Terminal Controller
Telco
TCAP See Transaction Capabilities

Application Part.
Telephone Interconnect Refers to iDEN

connection to the PSTN. Also known as
"Interconnect" for short.
TCCH See Temporary Control Channel.

TCH See Traffic Channel.
TCMS
Trunkating Code Management System
TCOS
Terminating Class of Service
TCP
See Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP
See Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP/IP Transfer Control Protocol/ Internet

Protocol
TCP/IP See Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol.
TDAP See Tandem Dispatch Application
Processor.
T-DAP
See TDAP.
TDM Time Division Multiplex: Multiplexer

which apportions the time available on its
Composite link between its channels,
interleaving data from successive channels. The
method divides up digital channels to make
maximum use of their bandwidth, by taking
input from each source in turn. TDMs use one of
two methods to achieve this, bit interleaving for
synchronous protocols and character
interleaving for asynchronous protocols.
Traditional digital multiplexing where a signal
occupies a fixed, repetitive time slot within a
higher-rate signal. Allows six separate
information channels on one 25 kHz RF
channel.
TDMA See Time Division Multiple Access.
TDP
See Tag Distribution Protocol.
TDU Total Defects Per Unit

Technical Requirements Document A
structured and detailed description of a request
for development. The TRD attempts to
document all requirements that are required to
address the needs of the customer for the given
problem or feature defined within. These
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Telephone Company
Temporary Control Channel The TCCH is a

multiple access channel used for layer 3 control
signaling. A TCCH is temporarily allocated to
provide a means for inbound random access on a
channel which is normally reserved access.
Temporary Mobile Station Identifier
Temporary Mobile Station Identifier; usually
four octets. For Interconnect call processing a
temporary ID is used to identify a specific MS to
the system. This minimizes broadcasting the
IMSI over the air. The IMSI may be broadcast
when the MS initially roams onto a system and
registers. The system assigns a TMSI for the
MS immediately that is used to identify the MS
until it roams out of the system. A new TMSI is
assigned to the MS each time it changes its
location area with the MSC-VLR.
TERM
Terminator
Terminal Identification Two-part code

consisting of the node and terminal number to
itemize a specific piece of equipment used for
messaging within the DMS family of switches.
TESN Temporary Equipment Serial Number
Test Mobile A iDEN MS (Mobile Station)
equipped with special software.
TFR See Time Frequency Reference.
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TI See Terminal Identification.

TIA Telecommunications Industry
Association
TIB Technical Information Bulletin
Time Advance First 4 bits in the fourth octet
in the Reserved Slot Descriptor Blocks. The
value of the field is from 0-15 and allows the
FNE to remove propagation delay from the
inbound bursts.
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Time Division Multiple Access TDMA

describes a digital transmission standard using a
time slotting process which allows multiple
users to share the same Communications Path.
Transmissions are limited to a specified time
slot. Divides a single radio channel into
multiple time slots. Each slot handles one
communication path, allowing multiple users to
use the same RF channel simultaneously.
Time Division Multiplex Multiplexer which
apportions the time available on its Composite
link between its channels, interleaving data from
successive channels. The method divides up
digital channels to make maximum use of their
bandwidth, by taking input from each source in
turn. TDMs use one of two methods to achieve
this, bit interleaving for synchronous protocols
and character interleaving for asynchronous
protocols. Traditional digital multiplexing
where a signal occupies a fixed, repetitive time
slot within a higher-rate signal. Allows six
separate information channels on one 25 kHz RF
channel.
Time Frequency Reference Time Frequency
Reference is a component of an EBTS which
receives signals from GPS satellites and
provides the site with the exact time and with a
frequency reference for its transmitters.
Timer-Based Registration A registration
method in which the mobile station registers
whenever a counter reaches a predetermined
value. The counter is incremented an average of
once per 80 ms period.
TISIC TDMA Infrastructure Support IC
Title Translation The process of converting
information which does not explicitly support
routing in the signaling network. Examples of
such information would include customer dialed
digits, directory ISDN/PSTN numbers, or IMSI.
In SS7 networks, such information must be
converted into destination addresses comprising
a destination point code and a sub-system
number. In some instances, an SCCP title
translation function is supported by the local
SS7 network. In other instances, the iDEN
network will be responsible for the title
translation process. Where non-SS7 networks
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are used (e.g., X.25 and coverage plus), the title

translation process must be supported by the
iDEN infrastructure.
TL Telephone Line
TM
See Test Mobile.
TM
Traffic management
TMN Telecommunication Management

Network
TMSI See Temporary Mobile Station
Identifier.
TOPS Traffic Operator Position System
TPR Teleprinter
TR Technical reference
Traffic Channel Carries encoded speech or
user data in a PLMN
Traffic Channel A communication path
between a mobile station and a base station used
for user and signaling traffic. The term Traffic
Channel implies a Forward Traffic Channel and
Reverse Traffic Channel pair. See also Forward
Traffic Channel and Reverse Traffic Channel.
Traffic Channel Carries encoded speech or
user data in a PLMN
Transaction Capabilities Application Part
Provides a common protocol for remote
operations across the CCS7 network; protocol
consists of message formatting, content rules,
and exchange procedures.
Transcoder Used in Interconnect; converts 64
kbps PCM (mu-law or A-law) to VSELP voice
and vice versa. The Dual Mode XCDR board is
a hardware device that performs the VSELP to
PCM as well as PCM to VSELP voice
conversions that are required in order for the
iDEN system to interconnect to the MSC and
PSTN networks.
Transcoder A device that transforms signals
from one type of digital representation to
another.
Transmission Defined as an iDEN data
communication service which allows faxes and
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file transfers to be sent via laptop connector via

an RS232 port to the iDEN phone.
Transmission Control Protocol The standard
transport level protocol that provides the full
duplex, stream service on which many
application protocols depend. TCP allows a
process or one machine to send a stream of data
to a process on another. Software implementing
TCP usually resides in the operating system and
uses the IP to transmit information across the
network.
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol The suite of protocols developed and
used by DAR PA and the US DOD. They build
up to Layer Four of the ISO OSI model, but
there is no direct correspondence layer for layer.
Three main protocols sit above TCP/IP: Telnet,
FTP and SMTP.
TRAVER
TSG Timing Signal Generator

TSI Time Slot Interchange or Remote ID
TSI Time Slot Interface
TTA Tower-Top Amplifier
TTL Transistor - Transistor Logic
TTY Teletype
Tx
Transmit
TXC Transmit Carrier

TXD Transmit Data
TXDSP
Txlin
typ
Transmit Digital Signal Processor

Tranlin IC
Typical
Translations Verification
TRD Technical Requirements Document

TRK See Trunk.
U_D_Idl
TRT Technical response team
U_E_A Unlock-Enable-Active
TRU Traffic Usage
U_E_Idl
trunk Defined as a transmission channel

connecting two switching machines not
dedicated to a single user. Maybe 1 or 2 way.
U_E_Imp
Unlock-Enable-Idle
Unlock-Enable-Impaired
UA Unnumbered Acknowledgement
Trunk Interconnection of telephone switching

centers that contain numerous shared telephone
circuits
Trunking In the telephone industry there is a
line from each phone to the switching office and
trunks between switching offices. The line is
used only for calls involving that particular
phone but a switching office can put any phone's
call on a trunk. Thus the term trunking has
come to mean any channel that can be assigned
to calls as they come up. In analog land mobile
dispatch systems a call is assigned to a particular
frequency and this is referred to as analog
trunking. In iDEN (as of SR4.3) there is
trunking of interconnect calls on subrated
channels between the EBTS and the BSC.
TSC iDEN Technical Support Center
Unlock-Disable-Idle
UANC Urban Area Network Code

UBR Unassigned Bit Rate
UC Use Case
UDI Unlocked, Disabled, Idle
UDP
See User Datagram Protocol.
UDP/IP User Datagram Protocol/Internet

Protocol
UDT
Unlocked, Disabled, Idle
UEA Unlocked, Enabled, Active

UEI Unlocked, Enabled, Idle
UFL Update Fleet Location
UFM
Universal Frame Relay Module
UFMI See Universal Fleet Member ID.

UHSO Ultra High Stability Oscillator

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UI User Interface
UL See Update Location.
UL Underwriters Laboratories
UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications
Systems
UNI User Network Interface
Universal Fleet Member Identifier A UFMI
is five bytes in length. UFMIs are used to
uniquely identify each MS specifying an Urban,
a fleet within that Urban, and an MS within that
fleet.
Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System Motorola NSS and United Kingdombased GSM operator Vodafone Limited
announced in April 1999 a collaborative
agreement to foster the implementing of third
generation mobile communications - the
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
(UMTS). UMTS is expected to provide a rich
technology foundation from which customized
communications services and applications, such
as multimedia and Internet access, can be
delivered to wireless devices. These future
services will be both simple and flexible to help
meet the needs of individual users.
USB
Universal Serial Bus
User Datagram Protocol The IP standard

protocol that allows an application program on
one machine to send a datagram to an
application program on another machine. UDP
uses the Internet IP to deliver datagrams.
Connectionless transport layer protocol in the
TCP/IP protocol stack. UDP is a simple
protocol that exchanges datagrams without
acknowledgments or guaranteed delivery,
requiring that error processing and
retransmission be handled by other protocols.
UTAM (2 GHz) Microwave Transition And

Management
UTC Universal Coordinated Time
Unwired Planet
UTC Universal Time Clock
Update Location Operation invoked from the

VLR to the DMS-HLR when the Mobile Station
moves into a new VLR area or turns on the
handset, or after a Reset.
UTC Utilities Telecommunications Committee

UTMS See Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System.
UTP
Uninterruptable Power Supply
Urban An NDAP cluster and the coverage

area provided by the EBTSs which are
connected to all the DAPs in the N-DAP cluster.
Urban IDs increases the number of fleets
available globally and provides a mechanism to
establish fleet-to-fleet dispatch calls.
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Uniform Resource Locator
UTACS Universal Total Area

Communications System
Universal Tone Receiver DMS 32-channel

tone receiver that detects a variety of tones,
including Dual Tone Multifrequency for lines
and multifrequency for trunks.
UPS
URL
USTA US Telephone Association
Universal Switching Module ATM service

interface module based on Stratm technology.
UP
Urban ID Urban ID replaces RNC: Urban IDs

are used only in the UFMI branches of the FMI
Numbering Plan. Urban IDs belong to the
Highest Tier of the UFMI Numbering Plan.
Urban IDs are used to refer to the Urban ID
entered by the operator at provisioning time or
to the Urban ID which is sent encoded in the
FMI field of Dispatch Messages. Note: Each
UFMI-capable Urban Area (N-DAP Cluster)
serves a unique set of Urban IDs. A set of
Urban IDs may consist of one or more Urban
IDs. Each Urban ID should only be served by
one specific Urban Area.
Unshielded Twisted Pair
UTR See Universal Tone Receiver.

UVM
Universal Voice Module
UXLA Universal Translations (Table UXLA)

UXM
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Vac Voltage - alternating current
functional elements. Some examples of

techniques which fall into this category include
increasing the number of dispatch call
processing elements (i.e., NDAP), increasing the
capacity of each call processing element,
increasing the number of switches, etc. In other
words, Vertical Dispatch Networking refers to
those design changes intended to increase
capacity of a six DAP system from 270,000 MSs
on 500 sites to one million MSs on one thousand
sites. Compare to Horizontal Dispatch
Networking.
VAD See Voice Activity Detection.
VF
VAF
VF Channel Voice Frequency Channel

passing 0 to 4000 Hz.
V
V Voltage
V.35 An International Telecommunications
Union-Telecommunications Standardization
Sector (ITU-T) standard for data transmission at
48 kilobits per second using 60 through 108 kHz
group band circuits. Connection between the
OMC-R and the DAP is V.35.
Voice Activity Factor.
VAR Value Added Reseller
Voice frequency
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VFWD Voltage representation of Forward

Power
VBR-NRT
VHF
VBR-RT
Variable Bit Rate-Non-Real Time

Variable Bit Rate-Real Time
Virtual Source/ Virtual Destination IGX

architecture which segments the ABR control
loop into multiple control loops.
VC Virtual circuit
VCH See Voice Channel.
Visar Very Innovative Small Analog Radio.
VCI Virtual Channel Identifier
Visited System The cellular system that is

providing service to a roaming mobile station.
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator

VCXO Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator
VD Virtual destination
Vdc Volts - direct current
VDU See Visual Display Unit.
VEB Variable Electrical Beamtilt (Antenna
Specification)
Vector Sum Excited Linear Prediction
VSELP is Speech coding method. Defined:
VSELP refers to a technique that digitally codes
and significantly compresses voice signals,
increasing radio channel capacity by reducing
the amount of information that needs to be
transmitted.
Vertical Dispatch Networking Refers to
techniques that increase the Dispatch subscriber
capacity in a coverage area that is constrained in
size for economical and/or technical reasons by
the number of ACGs which are under the control
of the same set of Dispatch call processing
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Very High Frequency
Visitor Location Register A register based

mobility management entity which manages call
processing and location tracking for mobile
stations operating in its radio subnetwork.
Where multiple telecommunications services are
supported, there may be more than one VLR
supporting a radio subnetwork (though never
more than one for a given telecommunications
service). VLRs must seek authorization from a
mobile stations home HLR before granting
service. A real-time call processing database.
MS units are tracked via fixed geographic
Interconnect Location Areas (ILAs). MS records
contain current information like most recent
location area and feature provisioning table.
This database should not be confused with the
DVLR.
Visual Display Unit Electronic output device
that presents data to a terminal user. In a DMSMSC, the VDU is one of the components of the
DMS MAP terminal and in addition to a
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keyboard, provides the main user interface to the

system.
VLAN Virtual LAN
See Voice Network Switching.
Voltage peak-to-peak
VREF
Power
VS
Voltage representation of Reflected
Virtual source
VS/VD See Virtual Source/ Virtual

Destination.
VSAT Very Small Aperture Earth Station
Terminals
VME Versa Module Eurocard

VNS
Virtual path
Vp-p
Voice Mail
Voice Mail System
VP
VPN Virtual Private Network
VLR address A directory number which

uniquely identifies a VLR in the ISDN/PSTN
messaging when a VLR resets and needs to
recover information. The VLR addresses must
support global title translation to identify the
SS7 signaling plane destination address of the
associated device.
VMS
Voice Processor
VPI Virtual Path Identifier
VLR See Visitor Location Register.
VM
VP
VSELP See Vector Sum Excited Linear

Prediction.
VSI Virtual switch interface
VO Verification Office
VSRP
Vocoder (Voice + Coder) Voice processing

technique which converts spoken language into
digital information. In iDEN the vocoder uses
the VSELP algorithm for coding and decoding.
Virtual Standby Routing Protocol
VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Radio

VToA Voice Transport Over ATM
VTT Voice Trunk Test
VoFR Voice over Frame Relay

VOIC Voice Router task runs in the ACG.
Voice Activity Detection Mechanism
employed by IGX to further increase bandwidth
efficiency.
Voice Channel RF channel used to transmit
cellular voice conversations; integral part of call
setup, handover, and disconnect.
Voice Network Switching Feature on IGX
switch that allows voice calls to be dynamically
switched across the WAN and reduce the
number of required PBX ports or facilities
deployed in the network.
Voice Privacy The process by which user
voice transmitted over a traffic channel is
afforded a modest degree of cryptographic
protection against air- interface eavesdropping.
VoIP
Voice over IP
VOX
Voice Operated Transmission

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W
W
Watts
WAN See Wide Area Network.

WDS
Wireless Data System
WDT Watchdog Timer

WFAU
Wireless Fixed Access Unit
WFQ Weighted Fair Queing

Wide Area Network A network which covers
a larger geographical area than a LAN and
where telecommunications links are
implemented, normally leased from the
appropriate PTO(s). Examples of WANs
include packet switched networks, public data
networks and Value Added Networks.
WIN Forum Wireless Information Network
Forum
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WP
Write Protect
XCG Common unit for Midi Node
WSAPD Worldwide Systems and Aftermarket

Products Division
WSP
Wireless Service Provider
XDSL
XIWT Cross Industry Working Team

XPM
X.50 converter module
XBL RXCDR-BSC Link
External Peripheral Modules
X.25 The X.25 protocol is used primary in the

Operation and Maintenance functions for the
network. The X.25 link is used by the Operation
and Maintenance Link (OML) and its functions
between network devices linked to the OMC.
LAP-B is the protocol used between the BSC,
the MSC and the OMC. The DAP uses an
Ethernet link but maintains X.25.
X.50
Digital subscriber lines
Z
ZCS
Zero code suppression
Zone-Based Registration An autonomous

registers whenever it enters a zone that is not in
the mobile station's zone list.
XCDR See Transcoder.

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Quick reference to the iDEN acronyms and terms.

Reporting Manual Errors

Guide to Motorola Acronyms and Terms

Guide to Motorola Acronyms and Terms

10XXX Refers to the process of dialing the

ATM Adaptation Layer

ABR Available Bit Rate

ADA See Average Delay to Abandon.

AC Symbol for Alternating Current

ADA American Disabilities Act

Access Channel A reverse CDMA Channel

ADC See Administrative Data Center.

Access Controller Gateway Site Controller

ADN Advanced Digital Network

See Asymmetric Digital Subscriber

Advanced Packet Duplicator Duplicates

ACD Architecture Context Diagram

Administrative Data Center An interface to

AFD Architecture Flow Diagram

ACD (Agent) Not Ready

ACG See Access Controller Gateway.

Automatic Fault Recovery Procedure

AGCH Access Grant Channel

Agglomeration If an MS requests a Group

Associated Control Procedure

ACR Adjacent Channel Rejection

Active Set The set of pilots associated with the

Guide to Motorola Acronyms and Terms

agglomerate even though the requesters of each

Automated Multiple Site Select

Advanced Mobile Phone System

AMTA American Mobile

AGL Above Ground Level

Analog Paging Channel A forward analog

AIC Ampere Interrupting Capacity

Analog Voice Channel A channel on which a

Abstract Syntac Notation

ANSI See American National Standards

AIU ATM interface unit

API Advanced Provisioning Information

A-key A concealed 64-bit pattern stored in the

Application Programmer Interface Software

ALM/A ATM line module, model A

APPN Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking

ALM/B ATM line module, model B

See Alternate Line Service.

ALT Accelerated Life Test

American National Standards Institute Notfor-profit organization established to develop

Alarm Relay Module

ASAI Adjunct Switching Application

Alarm & State Change Events

ASCII American Standard Code for

Alarm Service Module

Associated Control Channel If the FNE or

either one of them can append a few bytes of

Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

Authentication A procedure used by base