
Appendix E - Glossary
150-231-184-05, Revision 05
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October 25, 1999
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LOSSARY
2B1Q
2 Binary,1 Quaternary
HCDS
High Capacity Digital Service
ACO
Alarm Cut Off
HCS
HiGain Central Office Shelf
AIS
Alarm Indication Signal, indicating
transmission of an all ones pattern
HDSL
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
ALMP
Alarm Pattern
HDU
HiGain Doubler Unit
AMI
Alternate Mark Inversion
HLU
HiGain Line Unit
AWG
American Wire Gauge
HMU
HiGain Management Unit
B8ZS
Bipolar with 8-zero Substitution
HRE
HiGain Remote Enclosure
BER
Bit Error Rate
HRU
HiGain Remote Unit
BPV
Bipolar Violation
I-CPE
Current (amperes) requirements for Customer
Premises Equipment
BPVT
Bipolar Violation Transparency
ILR
Intelligent Line Repeater
BRG
Bridge
IOR
Intelligent Office Repeater
CI
Customer Installation
IR
Intelligent Repeater
CLEI
Common Language Equipment Identifier
LED
Light Emitting Diode
CLOC
Customer Local Loopback
LOS
Loss of Signal
CO
Central Office
LOSW
Loss of Sync Word
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
NEC
National Electric Code
CRC
Cyclic Redundancy Check
NI
Network Interface
CREM
Customer Remote Loopback
NID
Network Interface Device
CSA
Carrier Service Area
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
DS1
Digital Signal, level 1
PCS
Personal Communication Services
DSX-1
DS1 Cross-connect Frame
PL
Payload
ECI
Equipment Catalog Item
POTS
Plain Old Telephone Service
ENA
Enabled
PWRF
Power Feed
ES
Errored Seconds
RCV
Receive
ESF
Extended SuperFrame
RDA
Remote DS1 Alarm