User's Manual

Table Of Contents
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Glossary
A
A/D: Analogue/Digital
AC: Access Concentrator
ADPCM: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
AGC: Automatic Gain Control
AIS: Alarm Indication Signal or All Ones
AMI: Alternate Mark Inversion
AU: Analogue Unit
B
BER: BIT Error Rate
C
CAS: Channel Associated Signalling
CPE: Customer Premises Equipment
CT: Central Terminal
CTU: Concentrated Tributary Unit
CU: Compression Unit
D
D/A: Digital/Analogue
DA: Demand Assignment
DACU: Demand Assignment Commissioning Unit
DC: Direct Current
DIP: Diplexer
DMM: Digital Multi Meter
DSP: Digital Signal Processor
DTE: Data Termial Equipment
DTU: Demand Assignment Tributary Unit
F
FA: Fixed Assignment
FRU: Field Replaceable Unit
H
HDLC: High Level Data Link Control
I