Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual page 425

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Maintenance and Troubleshooting 555-650-140
Glossary
board
board assignment
board renumbering
BRI
bus
button
byte
A module, for example, 100D or 408 MLX GS/LS,
that allows you to connect lines/trunks and
extensions to the communications system or holds
the processor or power supply.
SPM procedure for assigning line/trunk and
extension modules to slots on the control unit.
System programming procedure for renumbering
line/trunk and extension modules that have already
been assigned to specific slots on the control unit.
(Basic Rate Interface) Standard interface that
specifies the protocol used between two or more
communications systems. BRI provides two 64-kbps
B-channels for voice and/or data and one 16-kbps
D-channel, which carries multiplexed signaling
information for the other 2 channels.
Multiconductor electrical path used to transfer
information over a common connection from any of
several sources to any of several destinations.
Key on the face of a telephone that is used to access
a line, activate a feature, or enter a code on a
communications system.
Sequence of bit s (usually eight) processed together.
Also called "octet."
Issue 1
June 1997
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