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connection endpoint (CE)

A terminating device at one end of a layer connection within a service access point (SAP). [After T1.627-1993]

connection identification

A number that identifies unambiguously a certain connection at the interface between the signaling connection control plan (SCCP) and a user function. [T1.110-1987]

connection-in-progress signal

A call control signal at the data circuit-terminating-equipment/data-terminal-equipment (DCE/DTE) interface that indicates to the DTE that the establishment of the data connection is in progress and that the ready-for-data signal will follow.

connection-minute

The product of (a) the number of messages and, (b) the average minutes of connection per message. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]

connection-oriented mode transmission

1. In a packet-switched network, a mode of transmission in which there is a complete information transfer transaction for each packet or group of packets, i.e., the information transfer phase is preceded by an access phase and followed by a disengagement phase.
Note 1: During the information transfer phase of connection-oriented mode transmission, more than one packet may be transmitted.… (Read More →)

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