ML-FOS Installation Guide
ML-FOS QI
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
10Base-T
10Mbit/s Baseband Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable
AGC
Automatic Gain Control
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal
ALM Alarm
ATPC
Automatic Transmit Power Control
AUX
Auxiliary Data Channel
ADM Add/Drop
Multiplexer
ATM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
BER
Bit Error Rate
BERT
Bit Error Rate Tester
CPU
Central Processing Unit
CCITT
International Telephone and Telegraph consultative committee
CIT
Craft Interface Terminal
DC Direct
current
DEM Demodulation
DEMUX DeMutiplex
ES Error
Second
ESD Electry-static
discharge
E1
Framing specification for synchronous digital streams at 2.048Mbit/s.
EOW
Engineering order wire
ETH Ethernet
FTP
File Transfer Protocol
GND Ground
IF Intermediate
Frequency
LAN
Local Area Network
LED Light-Emitting
Diode
LOS
Loss of Signal
MIB
Management Information Base
MSAIS
Multiplex Section Alarm Indication Signal
M&C
Monitor and Control
MDU Modem
Unit
MUX Multiplexer/Demultiplexer
NMS
Network management system
ODU Outdoor
Unit
PDH
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
PSTN
Public Switched Telephone Network
RBER
Remainder Bit Error Rate
RF Radio
Frequency
RIM
Replaceable Interface Module
RMT Remote
RLTS
Received Level Threshold Second
RSL
Received signal level
RSSI
Received signal strength indication
RSPI Radio
Synchronous
Physical Interface
SDH
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
SSPA
Solid State Power Amplifier
SNMP
Simple network management protocol
TCA
Threshold Crossing Alarm
TIM
Trace Identifier Mismatch
TX Transmitter
