Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 7.0 Feature Reference page 1009

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 7.0
Feature Reference 555-670-110
Glossary
Cyclic
Redundancy
Check
D
D4 Framing
Format
Data-Channel
Data
Communications
Equipment
Data Module
Data Rate
Data Station
Data Terminal
Data Terminal
Equipment
Data Workstation
DCE
DCP
D-Channel
Dedicated Feature
Buttons
CRC
See .
Framing format consisting of a sequence of individual
frames of 24 eight- bit slots and one signal bit (193 bits) in a
12-frame superframe. See also
See D-Channel .
See DCE .
Type of ISDN terminal adapter that acts as the DCE at a
data workstation that communicates over high-speed digital
facilities.
See bps .
Special type of extension where data communications take
place; includes DTE and DCE ; sometimes a telephone is
also part of a data station.
Input/output device (often a personal computer) that can be
connected to the control unit via an interface.
DTE Data Terminal
See and
Special type of extension where data communications take
place; includes DTE and DCE ; sometimes a telephone is
also part of a data workstation.
Data Communications Equipment . Equipment, such as
modems or ISDN terminal adapters, used to establish,
maintain, and terminate a connection between the system
and data terminal equipment ( DTE )—such as printers,
personal computers, host computers, or network
workstations.
Digital Communications Protocol . AT&T proprietary
protocol to transmit digitized voice and data over the same
communications link.
Data-Channel . 16- or 64-kbps channel that carries
signaling information or data on a PRI or BRI .
The imprinted feature buttons on a telephone: Conf or
Conference, Drop, Feature, HFAI (Hands-Free Answer on
Intercom), Hold, Message, Mute or Microphone, Recall,
Speakerphone or Spkrphone, and Transfer.
ESF .
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Issue 1
April 1999
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