CMI
Coded Mark Inversion
CO
Central Office
Co-resident
A hardware configuration where two Network Management Systems can be
independently active at the same time on the same hardware and software platform
without interfering with each other’s functioning.
Concatenation
A procedure whereby a multiplicity of Virtual Containers are associated with each other
with the result that their combined capacity can be used as a single container across
which bit-sequence integrity is maintained.
Configuration Management (CM)
Subsystem of the Lucent NMS that, among other things, configures the network and
processes messages from the network.
CONN PCB
Connector Printed Circuit Board
Container (C)
Carries plesiochronous signal, the “payload”.
CP
Circuit Pack
Craft Interface Terminal (CIT)
Local manager for SDH network elements.
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
Cross-Connect Map
Connection map for an SDH network element; contains information about how signals
are connected between high speed time slots and low speed tributaries. See also Squelch
Map.
CTP
Connection Termination Point
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D
DACScan-T
See Integrated Transport Management Network Manager.
Data Communication Channel (DCC)
The embedded overhead communication channel in the SDH line. The DCC is used for
end-to-end communication and maintenance. It carries alarm, control, and status
information between network elements in an SDH network.
Glossary
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