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Glossary and Abbreviations
expansion-archangel link (EAL)
A
expansion control cabinet
See expansion control carrier.
expansion control carrier
A carrier in a multicarrier cabinet that contains extra port circuit packs and a maintenance interface. Also called expansion control cabinet in a
expansion interface (EI)
A port circuit pack in a port network that provides the interface between a PN’s TDM bus/ packet bus and a
expansion port network (EPN)
A port network (PN) that is connected to the TDM bus and packet bus of a processor port network (PPN). Control is achieved by indirect connection of the EPN to the PPN via a
extension-in
The work state that agents go into when they place (originate) a
external measurements
Those ACD measurements that are made by the External CMS adjunct.
extension
A 1- to
external call
A connection between a communications system user and a party on the public network or on another communications system in a private network.
F
FAC
Feature Access Code
facility
A telecommunications transmission pathway and associated equipment.
facility-associated signaling (FAS)
Signaling for which a