
150-388-105-05, Revision 05
Appendix E - Glossary
HLU-388 List 5
March 25, 2000
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LOSSARY
2B1Q
2 Binary,1 Quaternary
ESF DL
Extended SuperFrame Data Link
ACO
Alarm Cut Off
GFD
Ground Fault Detection
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal indicating transmission
of an all ones pattern
HCDS
High Capacity Digital Service
ALMP
Alarm Pattern
HCS
HiGain Central Office Shelf
AMI
Alternate Mark Inversion
HDSL
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
AWG
American Wire Gauge
HDU
HiGain Doubler Unit
B8ZS
Bipolar with 8-zero Substitution
HLU
HiGain Line Unit
BBS
Bulletin Board System
HMS
HiGain Management Shelf
BER
Bit Error Rate
HMU
HiGain Management Unit
BPV
Bipolar Violation
HRE
HiGain Remote Enclosure
BPVT
Bipolar Violation Transparency
HRU
HiGain Remote Unit
BRG
Bridge
I-CPE
Current (amperes) requirements for Customer
Premises Equipment
CDI
Customer Disconnect Indicator
ILR
Intelligent Line Repeater
CI
Customer Interface
IOR
Intelligent Office Repeater
CLEI
Common Language Equipment Identifier
IR
Intelligent Repeater
CLOC
Customer Local Loopback
LED
Light Emitting Diode
CO
Central Office
LOS
Loss of Signal
COM
Communications
LOSW
Loss of Sync Word
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
NEBS
Network Equipment Building System
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
NEC
National Electric Code
CREM
Customer Remote Loopback
NI
Network Interface
CSA
Carrier Service Area
NID
Network Interface Device
CSU
Channel Service Unit
NIU
Network Interface Unit
DCE
Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment
NLOC
Network Local Loopback
DDS
Digital Data Service
NMA
Network Management and Administration
DIS
Disabled
NREM
Network Remote Loopback
DLC
Digital Loop Carrier
NVRAM
Non-Volatile Random Access Memory
DS0
Digital Signal, level 0
ORB
Office Repeater Bay
DSX-1
DS1 Frame
PCS
Personal Communication Services
DS1
Digital Signal, level 1
PL
Payload
ECI
Equipment Catalog Item
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
ENA
Enabled
PPM
Pulse Position Modulation
ENFT
Enable Fractional T1
PWRF
Power Feed
ES
Errored Seconds
RCV
Receive
ESF
Extended SuperFrame
RDA
Remote DS1 Alarm