List of terms 6-5

PM

performance monitoring

SAM

System Administration Manager

S/DMS

Synchronous/Digital Multiplexing System

SOC

span of control

SONET

a standard for optical transport formulated by the Exchange Carriers Standards Association (ESCA) for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The standard defines optical carrier (OC) levels and their electrically equivalent synchronous transport signals (STS).

span

all network elements under the control of a single operations controller (OPC)

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STS-1

synchronous transport signal level 1 (SONET, 51.84 Mbit/s)

subnetwork

a graphical collection of objects organized into groups to represent the network elements monitored by INM Broadband.

system

network elements associated with the same payload

TA-1230 ring

Bellcore standard for SONET BLSR Equipment Criteria, TA-NWT-001230 (issue 2)

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

UDLC

Universal Digital Loop Carrier

UI

user interface

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