Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 6.0 System Programming Manual page 1086

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Programming 555-660-111
Glossary
N
network
network interface
NI-1 BRI
non-local user
non-local dial plan
non-satellite
system
O
off-hook
off-premises
telephone
ones density
on-hook
OPT
OPX
Configuration of communications devices and software
connected for information interchange.
Hardware, software, or both that links two systems in an
interconnected group of systems, for example, between the
local telephone company and a PBX.
(National Integrated Services Digital Network 1 Basic Rate
Interface) A type of digital facility that carries the equivalent
of three lines. Two are called B-channels and provide voice
and data communications services. A third D-channel
controls signaling and maintains operations on the
B-channels.
In a private network , a user who is connected to another
system in the network and not to the local system.
In a system that is part of a private network , a list of
extension ranges that the local system references in order
to route non-local intersystem calls via UDP .
In a private network, a communications system that is
directly connected to and located more than 200 miles from
the local system.
Telephone is said to be off-hook when the user has lifted
the handset, pressed the Speakerphone button to turn on
the speakerphone, or used a headset to connect to the
communications system or the telephone network.
See OPT .
Requirement for channelized DS1 service to the public
network that eight consecutive zeros cannot occur in a
digital data stream.
Telephone is said to be on-hook when the handset is hung
up, the speakerphone is turned off, and the user is not
using a headset to connect to the communications system
or the telephone network.
(off-premises telephone) Single-line telephone or other
tip/ring device connected to the system via a 008 OPT
module in the control unit. Appears as an inside extension
to the system, but may be physically located away from the
system.
(off-premises extension)
Issue 1
February 1998
Page GL-20