Deutsche Telekom 704PC manual Appendix, Glossary, Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

Appendix

Glossary

3-party conference

A call with one internal and two external subscribers.

10BaseT

This is an Ethernet connection with a transfer rate of 10 Mbit/s. The connection is via twisted-pair cable.

ADSL

Stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

This is a transfer technology that uses the conventional copper-cable network to realise broadband data connections. The downstream channel (to the user) is broad- band, while the upstream channel is narrowband and designed primarily for transmit- ting control information messages.

AOCD

Advice of charge during an outgoing call.

AOCE

Advice of charge at the end of an outgoing call.

B-channel

This is the "bearer" channel of an ISDN line, used for voice and data traffic, and it has a transmission rate of 64 kbit/s.

Call assignment

Every MSN is assigned to the internal analogue terminals (11 - 14) which are to signal calls for the respective MSN.

Call forwarding

Call forwarding in the exchange means that you can always be contacted under your own MSN, irrespective of where you are. From your telephone you enter the desired destination number: every subsequent call to your telephone is then automatically forwarded to this number. There are three types of call forwarding: immediate, on busy and after a specified time. Calls can be forwarded world-wide to all telephone and mobile radio connections.

Call pickup

You can pick up an external call at your telephone when another telephone signals the call.

Call waiting

A tone during a conversation which signals that another subscriber is calling you.

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