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routing diagram

In a communications system, a diagram that (a) shows all links between all switchboards, exchanges, switching centers, and stations in the system, such as the links between primary relay, major relay, minor relay, and tributary stations as well as supplementary links, (b) is used to identify the stations and links, and (c) is used to indicate tape-relay routes, transfer circuits,… (Read More →)

routing indicator (RI)

1. A group of letters assigned to indicate: (a) the geographic location of a station; (b) a fixed headquarters of a command, activity, or unit at a geographic location; and (c) the general location of a tape relay or tributary station to facilitate the routing of traffic over the tape relay networks. [JP 1-02]
2. In a message header, an… (Read More →)

routing label

The part of the message label that is used for message routing in the signaling network. It includes the destination point code, the originating point code, and the signaling link selection field. [T1.110-1992]

Routing Number Administrator

The neutral, third-party entity, contracted by the Federal Communications Commission, responsible for the assignment of non-dialable p-ANI numbers to Eligible Users.

routing protocol

In an internet, a service protocol that is used (by routers, but not by hosts) to maintain routing tables; routing protocols are classified as either (a) interior gateway protocols, or (b) exterior gateway protocols.

routing table

A matrix associated with a network control protocol, which gives the hierarchy of link routing at each node.

RP

Rendezvous Poin

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