Fixed/Mobile Convergence

Abbreviation for fiber optics.

Synonym thread.

In satellite communications, that portion of the Earth's surface over which a satellite antenna delivers a specified amount of signal power under specified conditions.
Note: The limiting case of footprint area is somewhat less than one-half the Earth's surface, and depends on the altitude of the satellite. ,ifootryc,

Synonym illegal character.

A procedure of transferring signaling traffic from one signaling route to another, when the signaling route in use fails or is required to be cleared of traffic. [T1.110-1987]

A network-provided service in which a telephone in a given local exchange area is connected, via a private line, to a central office in another, i.e., "foreign", exchange, rather than the local exchange area's central office.
Note: To call originators, it appears that the subscriber having the FX service is located in the foreign exchange area.

1. Intelligence information derived from electromagnetic emissions associated with the testing and operational deployment of foreign aerospace, surface, and subsurface systems.
2. Technical information and intelligence information derived from the intercept of foreign instrumentation signals by other than the intended recipients. Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence is a category of signals intelligence.
Note: Foreign instrumentation signals include but are not limited… (Read More →)

The study of digital evidence resulting from a security incident. It involves collection, detection, and analysis pf digital data within an investigative process. The goal of forensics is to do a structured investigation and find out exactly what happened on a digital system, and who was responsible for it. Often, the results of a forensic investigation are used in criminal… (Read More →)

A special instance of a LoST server. It is part of the Location to Service Translation (LoST) protocol query process and allows client functional elements to discover call routing information outside of its domain (typically their ESInet or state level ECRF/LVF).