Glossary:
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carried load
The amount of traffic that traffic-sensitive facilities serve during a given interval.
carrier
An enclosed shelf that contains vertical slots that hold circuit packs.
CARR-POW
Carrier Port and Power Unit for AC Powered Systems
CAS
(1) Centralized attendant service; (2) call accounting system; (3) channel asso ciated signaling. See call accounting system
(CAS); channel associated signaling (CAS).
cascade module
A module that is used to connect the Avaya G700 Media Gateway and other Avaya data networking products to the
Octaplane. See also Octaplane.
CA-TSC
Call-Associated Temporary Signaling Connection
cause value
A value that is returned in response to requests, or in event reports when a denial or an unexpected condi tio n occurs.
Adjunct-Switch Application Interface (ASAI) cause values fall into two c oding standards, 0 and 3. Coding standard 0
includes any cause values that are part of AT&T and CCITT ISDN specifications. Coding standard 3 includes any other
ASAI cause values. The notation for cause value gives the coding standard first, followed by a slash, and then the cause
value. For example, CS0/100 is coding standard 0, cause value 100.
CBC
(1) Call-by-call; (2) coupled bonding conducto r.
CBR
See constant bit rate (CBR).
CC See country code (CC).
CCIS
See common-channel interoffice signaling (CCIS).
CCITT
Comitte Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique. See International Telecommunications Union
(ITU).
CCMS
Control-channel message set
CCS or hundred call seconds
A unit of call traffic that is equal to 100 seconds of telephone use. One hour of telephone use is equal to 36 CCS, which is
equal to 1 erlang. (Note that C is the roman numeral for centi or hundred. The abbrevia tio n f or ca ll se c o nd s is CS.
Therefore, 100 call seconds is abbreviated as CCS.) See also Erlang.
CCSA
See Communications Controller (CC).
CDM
Channel-division multiplexing
CDOS
Customer-dialed and operator serviced