Communications System Owner Manual

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
- PREREQUISITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION
- HOW TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
1. INTRODUCTION TO CONNECTIVITY
- TRANSMISSION TYPES
- TRANSMISSION STATES
  - VOICE TRANSMISSION
    - Entering the Switch
    - Exiting the Switch
  - DATA TRANSMISSION
- MULTIPLEXED COMMUNICATION
- TRUNKING
2. COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NETWORKING (em AN OVERVIEW
- TYPES OF NETWORKS
- NETWORK EVOLUTION
- SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES
- NETWORK CALL PROCESSING
- NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
- PRIVATE NETWORK TRUNKS
- NETWORKING FEATURE PARAMETERS
3. TANDEM TIE TRUNK NETWORKS
- INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER NETWORKS
4. MAIN-SATELLITE/TRIBUTARY (MS/T) NETWORKS THROUGH THE UDP OR MULTIPREMISES PACKAGES
- MS/T CONFIGURATIONS
  - Main-Satellite Configuration
  - Main-Tributary Configuration
- MS/T FEATURES
- ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS
- INTERACTIONS
5. ELECTRONIC TANDEM NETWORK (ETN) THROUGH THE ETN AND PNA PACKAGES
- ETN CONFIGURATIONS
- ETN TRUNKS
  - Access and Bypass Access Tie Trunks
  - Off-Net Trunks
- FEATURES
- ETN INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER NETWORKS
- ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS
6. DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM (DCS)
- DCS CLUSTERS
- DCS LINKS
  - Tie Trunks
  - Signaling Links
- DCS SIGNALING LINK CONNECTIONS
- TRANSPARENT FEATURES
- ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS
- ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERATIONS
7. DATA CONNECTIVITY - AN OVERVIEW
- DATA COMMUNICATIONS VARIABLES
- SPECIAL DATA FEATURES
8. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES
- DTE CONNECTIONS
- LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTIONS
- PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DATA NETWORK CONNECTIONS
  - PUBLIC DATA NETWORKS
    - Packet-Switched Public Data Networks
    - Circuit-Switched Public Data Networks
  - PRIVATE DATA NETWORKS
    - Terrestrial Private Data Network Links
    - Satellite Private Data Network Links
- TELEMARKETING HOST CONNECTIONS
  - THE ISDN GATEWAY
  - THE INTEGRATED TELEMARKETING GATEWAY
- DATA NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
9. DATA COMMUNICATIONS CONFIGURATIONS
- DSC AND PSC CONNECTIONS
- SNA NODE CONNECTIONS
- CONNECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC OR PRIVATE DATA NETWORKS
A. RELATED DOCUMENTS
B. SYNCHRONIZATION OF DIGITAL FACILITIES
- THE NEED FOR SYNCHRONIZATION
- SYNCHRONIZATION HIERARCHY
- CHANGES TO THE SCS SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE VIA SOFTWARE PATCHES
- NETWORK SYNCHRONIZATION AND ENGIINEERING
- AVAILABILITY OF SYNCHRONIZATION SOURCES
- CONCLUSIONS ON SYNCHRONIZATION
- USE OF GENERIC 2 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE
- USE OF GENERIC 1 AS A SYSTEM CLOCK REFERENCE
C. TRUNKING TERMS AND CAPABILITIES
D. COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS
- OSI MODEL
- STANDARD PROTOCOLS
- AT&T PROTOCOLS
E. LEAD DEFINITIONS
F. NETWORKING FEATURES - AVAILABILITY MATRIX
ABBREVIATIONS
GLOSSARY
INDEX

AB-4 ABBREVIATIONS

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MPDM modular processor data module

MS/T main satellite/tributary network

MTDM modular trunk data module

Mbps million bits per second

NCP network control point (for SDN)

NID network inward dialing

OSI Open Systems Interconnection

PAM pulse-amplitude modulation

PBX private branch exchange

PC personal computer

protocol converter

PCM pulse-code modulation

PNA Private Network Access (package)

PNI port network interface (for SDN)

POP point of presence

PRI primary rate interface

PROC procedure

PSC permanent switched connection

RLT release link trunk

RNX location code

S75/S85 System 75/System 85

SAT system access terminal

SCI/PI switch communications interface/processor interface

SCS system clock synchronizer

SDDN Software-Deﬁned Digital Network