Glossary
A
Alternating Current
AC
Application Context
Authentication Center
Area Code
American National Standards
Institute
ANSI
An organization that administers
and coordinates the U.S. voluntary
standardization and conformity
assessment system. ANSI develops
and publishes standards. ANSI is
a non-commercial,
non-government organization
which is funded by more than 1000
corporations, professional bodies,
and enterprises.
Application Server
AS
A logical entity serving a specific
Routing Key. An example of an
Application Server is a virtual
switch element handling all call
processing for a unique range of
PSTN trunks, identified by an SS7
DPC/OPC/CIC_range. Another
example is a virtual database
element, handling all HLR
transactions for a particular SS7
DPC/OPC/SCCP_SSN
combination. The AS contains a set
of one or more unique Application
Server Processes, of which one or
more normally is actively
processing traffic.
Action Set
Authentication Server
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