
Acronyms
Plexus 9000 Planning and Engineering Guide
Issue 7, January 24, 2003
Section 130-900-000
10-6
Telica, Inc.
O
OAM
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance
OAM&P
Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and
Provisioning
OC Optical
Carrier
OLI Originating
Line
Information
OPC
Originating Point Code
OS Operating
System
P
PAP
Password Authentication Protocol
PAP
Power and Alarm Panel
PCI Peripheral
Component
Interconnect
PIC
Primary Inter-exchange Carrier
PIC1
Primary Inter-exchange Carrier 1
PISO
Parallel In, Serial Out
POP
Point Of Presence
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
PPP
Point to Point Protocol
PRI Primary
Rate
Interface
PSIF
Protocol Specific Interface
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
PVC
Permanent Virtual Connection
Q
QFALC
Quad Framer and Line Interface Component
QOS
Quality of Service
QRSF
Quasi-Random Signal – Framed
QRSU
Quasi-Random Signal – Unframed
R
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service
RAI Remote
Alarm
Indication
RAS
Remote Access Server
RBOC
Regional Bell Operating Company
RDT
Remote Digital Terminal
RM Resource
Manager
RMA
Return Material Authorization
RMS
Root Mean Square
RT Router
RU
Rack Unit (1RU = 1.75 inch)