Glossary: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [0-9] ALL
HomeAnnex A: Informative References

The terms and accompanying definitions contained in this standard are drawn from authoritative sources listed in clause 2 (Normative References) and in this clause. Major sources of these definitions include:

  • the International Telecommunication Union,
  • the International Organization for Standardization,
  • numerous U.S. Government Publications,
  • numerous authoritative dictionaries and lexicons.

A.1 Legend And Key to Source Citations

Citation

 Meaning
[ ] (no source citation)

 These definitions are from two major sources:
(a) FED-STD 1037C 1996, Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, and
(b) a body of definitions proposed and reviewed by industry standards workers.
[After…]

Definitions with a source citation “[After…]” (as in “[After Weik ’89]”) are the responsibility of the Ad Hoc group editing the glossary rather than the responsibility of the authors of the cited material.

2196

Definitions extracted verbatim from MIL-STD-2196 (SH), Glossary, Fiber Optics (Jan. 1989). The citation “[After 2196]” indicates editing of the source definition. All such editing is the responsibility of the editors of this T1 standard and not the cited document.

2382-35

 Committee Draft 12/15/98 of ISO/IEC 2382-35 on Networking.
2382-8

 ISO/IEC 2382-8, Information Technology – Vocabulary: Control, integrity, and security, 1998.

ANSDIT

 The American National Standard Dictionary for Information Technology (ANSDIT), ANSI X3.197-1996, and the draft of the Millennial Edition of ANSDIT 2000.

Bahorsky

 Bahorsky,R. (ed.) (1998), Official Internet Dictionary, Government Institutes. [Used with written permission of the holder of the copyright.]
CC

Common Criteria for Information Technology (IT), Security Evaluation, August 1999, CCIMB-909-031. [Inspiration from this source resulted in definitions that were rewritten to fit the Telecom Glossary 2000 format and purpose.]
CCITT/CCIR or ITU-T/ITU-R

 Recommendations and other documents from the ITU-T and ITU-R, formerly the Consultative Committee for Telegraph and Telephone, and the Consultative Committee for Radio. The “CCITT” and “CCIR” labels are retained in this glossary in some cases because some of the cited documents have not been reissued and given a new name. In other cases, the more current “ITU-T” or “ITU-R” label is used for consistency within this glossary, even though the “CCITT” or “CCIR” label may be more formally accurate. This dual-citation approach is used because some definitions in this glossary are based on a harmonization of several closely related standards reflecting a broad context of different standards groups, and other definitions refer to specific international standards.

47CFR …

 Definitions extracted verbatim from the Code of Federal Regulations, Sec. 47, Telecommunications (rev. Oct. 1, 1987, Oct. 1988 & ff.). Caution: Users of this standard are cautioned that-in cases where term names or definitions have been extracted verbatim from sources embedded in law, (e.g., Title 47,Code of Federal Regulations, [47CFR], or international treaty) in those cases, the wording of these legal definitions may have changed in the source documents [e.g., by legislative action] after this T1 standard was sent to press. To be absolutely up to date, the user is advised to examine the most recent of these legislative or treaty source documents.
47 CFR 36-A

 Definitions extracted verbatim from the Code of Federal Regulations, Ch. 1, Sec. 47, Part 36, Appendix-Glossary, Oct. 1, 1999 edition.
FAA

Beaty,James S., Glossary of Optical Communication Terms, April 1991, DOT/FAA/CT-TN91-9, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405.
FRMR

Federal Information Resources Management Regulation 201-13-103.

FCC

FCC Glossary of Telecommunications Terms, on the Web at http://www.fcc.gov/cib/handbook.html [accessed August 2000].

FED-STD-1045A

 Telecommunications: HF Radio Automatic Link Establishment (1993).

FP

 Definitions extracted from Federal Information Processing Standard Publication (FIPS PUB) 11-3, American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems, which adopts ANSI X3N-1990 (with unchanged title), and which is superseded by ANS X3.172, 1996,American National Standard Dictionary of Information Technology (ANSDIT).
IEC

 IEC (1999), TC Newsletter, No. 6, February. [IEC, 3 rue de Varembé, P.O. Box 131, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.] (Modified by the Ad Hoc Group.)

IEEE-100-1992

The New IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms (1992), 5th Edition, IEEE, Inc., 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017-2394.
INFOSEC-99
or NIS

National Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Glossary, NSTISSI No. 4009, January 1999 (Revision 1). Caution: The T1 Technical Subcommittee and Ad Hoc committee used the most recent version of the NSTISSI 4009 document that was available at the time that this T1 document was being developed (Nov. 1999 to October 2000). However, the NSTISSI document may have changed asynchronously with this T1 standard, and those NSTISSI definitions may have been amended. The NSTISSI source document will be updated on the Internet. For the latest version of the NSTISSI No. 4009 Glossary, the reader must access the document on the Internet. For hard copy of the 4009 Glossary, write NSA at Ft. Meade, MD. The user may wish to enhance his/her researches into definitions by reviewing the newer version of the 4009 glossary. The changes on 4009 on the Internet do not, per se, revise this T1 standard.

ITU-T
or ITU/R

 Recommendations and other documents from the ITU-T or ITU-R, formerly the Consultative Committee for Telegraph and Telephone, and the Consultative Committee for Radio. The “CCITT” and “CCIR” labels are retained in this glossary in some cases because some of the cited documents have not been reissued and given a new name. In other cases, the more current “ITU-T” or “ITU-R” label is used for consistency within this glossary, even though the “CCITT” or “CCIR” label may be more formally accurate. This dual-citation approach is used because some definitions in this glossary are based on a harmonization of several closely related standards reflecting a broad context of different standards groups, and other definitions refer to specific
international standards.

JP1 or
JP 1-02

 Telecommunications definitions extracted from Joint Chiefs of Staff Publication No. 1-02, Department of Defense
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (1999), available on the Web at
http://huachuca-dcd.army.mil/nsto/lexicon/lexicon.htm [Most recent access: Oct. 2, 2000.]

JSB

 Beaty, James S., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 08405. E-mail communication to the Glossary Ad Hoc Group.

Mattila

 Mattila, S. (1998), Secure Electronic Transaction Terms, e-mail to the Ad Hoc Glossary Group. [Used with written
permission of the holder of the copyright.]

MS

 Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, 3rd ed. 1997 [Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-57231-743-4, 704 pp.] [Substantially modified by the Ad Hoc Group.]

NECA/FCC-5

 National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc., Tariff No. 5 filed with the FCC on March 9, 2000.
NTIA

 Definitions extracted verbatim from the NTIA Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management. [The NTIA Manual may be purchased at the U.S. Department of Commerce, NTIA, Office of Spectrum Management, Room 1605, Herbert C. Hoover Bldg., 14th and Constitution, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.]
NIS

 The pre-1999 edition of INFOSEC-99. (See reference for INFOSEC-99 above)

Pacific Newsbytes

 Pacific Newsbytes Vol. 3, No. 10, Dec. 1998, & Vol. 4, No. 1, Jan. 1999.

RR

 Definitions extracted verbatim from the International Radio Regulations, Malaga-Torremolinos (Oct. 1984, ref.
1985).


Silicon

 Silicon Graphics (1998), Film & Video Glossary, 39 pp. [Inspiration from this glossary generated definitions that were significantly modified by the Ad Hoc group to conform to the purpose of the Telecom Glossary 2000.]

SMPTE

 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, a 60-page glossary, Proposed SMPTE Engineering Guideline, Annotated Glossary of Essential Terms for Electronic Production, (1998). [Inspiration from this glossary generated definitions that were significantly modified by the Ad Hoc Group to suit the purposes of the Telecom Glossary 2000.]

Sullivan

 Sullivan, T.F.P. (ed.), Official Telecommunications Dictionary, (1997), Government Institutes.
T1

 Draft of ANSI T1A1.5 Glossary, Document #T1A1.5/94-137, July 29, 1994. S. Wolf (ed.). [For a complete bibliography of T1 Standards and Reports used in this glossary, see the ANSI T1 References List below.] NOTE: The T1-cited terms defined herein are as used in the standards developed by Committee T1. The same terms may be used in a different context with a different meaning.

After Weik ’89

 Use of this source citation acknowledges that the cited information is from Communications Standard Dictionary,
2nd ed., Dr. M. Weik, 1989 (Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY), with the written permission of the holders of the copyright. These definitions are sometimes verbatim, but in most cases have been abbreviated or edited.
Weik

 Weik, M. H., Communications Standard Dictionary, 1997, Chapman & Hall. Used with the written permission of
the holder of the copyright.

X. …

 Definitions cited “[X. …]” or “[After X….]” were obtained from the X9 Accredited Standards Committee. The definitions have been rewritten for the broader audience. The X9 documents used in this glossary are listed below.

Note 1: Appreciation is proffered to the Telecommunications Industry Association for permission to include definitions from ANSI/EIA/TIA-440A, Fiber Optics Terminology (1988). These entries are not source-cited herein because of extensive editorial rewriting by the editors of this document in the interest of making the specialized terminology
more understandable to a broad audience.
Note 2: Appreciation is extended to working group T1A1.5 for providing their draft glossary of terms and definitions relating to video-quality degradation.
Note 3: Appreciation is extended to working group T1X1 for providing their glossary of terms and definitions relating to synchronization and timing.

A.2 T1 Historical References List

List of T1 Standards and T1 Reports cited in this glossary:
Note: The T1-cited terms defined herein are as used in the standards developed by Committee T1. The same terms may be used in a different context with a different meaning.

A.2.1 T1 Standards Referenced For Historical Purposes

  • T1.210-1989 — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Principles of Functions, Architectures, and Protocols for Interfaces between Operations Systems and Network Elements
  • T1.215-1994 — Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Fault Management Messages for Interfaces between Operations Systems and Network Elements
  • T1.216-1990 — Signalling System Number 7 (SS7)-Operations, Maintenance and Administration Part (OAM&P)
  • T1.224-1992 (withdrawn) — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Protocols for Interfaces between Operations Systems in Different Jurisdictions
  • T1.233-1993 (R1999) — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Security Framework for Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) Interfaces
  • T1.238- 1997 — Information Interchange-Structure for the Identification of Telecommunications Facilities for the North American Telecommunications System
  • T1.243-1995 (R1999) — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Baseline Security Requirements for the Telecommunications Management Network
  • T1.244-1995 — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Interface Standards for Personal Communications Services
  • T1.246- 1999 — Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Information Model and Services for Interfaces between Operations Systems Across Jurisdictional Boundaries to Support Configuration Management Customer Account Record Exchange (CARE)
  • T1.256-1999 — Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P)-Model for Interface Across Jurisdictional Boundaries to Support Electronic Access Service Ordering: Inquiry Function
  • T1.266-2000 — Information Interchange-Structure for the Identification of Telecommunications Circuits for the North American Telecommunications System
  • T1.305-1990 (withdrawn) — Digital Processing of Program Audio Signals-Algorithm for 15-kHz Audio at 384 kbit/s using 14/11 Bit Coding
  • T1.309-1990 (withdrawn) — Digital Circuit Multiplication Equipment (DCME)-Interface Functional and Performance Specification
  • T1.310-1991 (withdrawn) — Digital Processing of Voice-Band Signals-Algorithms for 5-, 4-, 3-, and 2-bit/Sample Embedded Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation (ADPCM)
  • T1.629-1999 — Broadband ISDN-ATM Adaptation Layer 3/4 Common Part- Functions and Specification
  • T1.649-1995 — B-ISDN Cell Relay Service Description
  • T1.701-1994 (R1999) — Universal Personal Telecommunication (UPT)-Service Description (Service Set One)
  • T1.702-1995 (R1999) — Personal Communications Terminology
  • T1.707-1998 — Requirements for a User Identity Module (UIM) for Personal Communications Services (PCS)
  • T1.800.01-1995 — Visual Telephone Systems and Terminal Equipment Using Digital Channels up to 1920 kbit/s
  • T1.800.06-1995 — Multipoint Control Units for Audiovisual Systems Using Digital Channels up to 1920 kbit/s
  • T1.800.08-1995 — Multimedia Communications and Performance

A.2.2 Other T1 Documents

  • T1A1.2/2000-002 — Draft Baseline Document on Reliability/Availability of IP-based
    Networks and Services
  • T1X1/2000-060 — Update to the “T1 Glossary”

A.3 Web References