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T1
Transmission Level 1
A T1 interface terminates or distributes T1 facility signals for the purpose of processing the SS7 signaling links carried by the E1 carrier.
A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits-per-second.
T5100
Tekelec's ATCA platform product.
T-ADS
Terminating Access Domain Selection
TA
Technical Advisory
TAC
Technical Assistance Center
TALI®
Transport Adaptation Layer Interface
Transport Adapter Layer Interface (RFC 3094)
TAP
Test Application Processor
TAPD
Tekelec Abstract Profile Daemon
Provides an abstraction layer that allows SER to fetch user profiles from disparate backend data sources.
Target Set Address
See TSA
TAS
Tone and Announcement Server
Telephony Application Server
TASL
Tekelec Application Scripting Language
The TASL runtime process provides a runtime environment for the application and routes incoming MSUs to the appropriate TASL task.
TATR
Triggerless ANSI TCAP Relay
TBCD
Telephony Binary Coded Decimal
An expansion to BCD where the remaining (unused) bit combinations are used to add specific telephony characters. It is backward compatible to BCD.
TBGTTLS
Transaction-based GTT Loadsharing
TC
Table Copy
Transaction Capabilities
TCA
Transfer Cluster Allowed
TCAP
Transaction Capabilities Application Part
A protocol in the SS7 protocol suite that enables the deployment of advanced intelligent network services by supporting non-circuit related information exchange between signaling points using the Signaling Connection Control Part connectionless service. TCAP also supports remote control - ability to invoke features in another remote network switch.
TCAPCNV
TCAP Conversion
A feature that allows the system to convert MTP-routed TCAP messages from ANSI to ITU format and to convert ITU formatted messages to ANSI.
TCBC
Traffic Change Back Control
TCM
Table Copy Manager
TCOC
Traffic Changeover Control
TCP
Transfer-Cluster-Prohibited
Transfer Control Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol. A connection-oriented protocol used by applications on networked hosts to connect to one another and to exchange streams of data in a reliable and in-order manner.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCP/IP Data Link (DLK)
The transmission path over the Ethernet from the E5-ENET in the EAGLE to the remote host computer or the port on the E5-ENET.
TCP/IP Node
The remote host computer receiving traffic from the E5-ENET in the EAGLE over a TCP/IP data link. The TCP/IP node is in the EAGLE database as an IP address.TCR
Transfer Cluster Restricted
TCRC
Traffic Controlled Rerouting Control
TCU
Table Creation Utility
TD
Transmitted Data
TDCB
Table Data Control Block
TDF
Traffic Detection Function
TDM
Terminal Disk Module
Time Division Multiplexing. Data transmissions within individual connections follow a pre-defined multiplex scheme where a fixed time slot is available for each channel.
TDM Card
Terminal Disk Module card
The MAS card that contains the fixed disk drive (hard disk storage), the terminal processor for the 16 serial I/O ports, and an interface to the MDAL (maintenance disk and alarm) card, which contains the removable cartridge drive and alarm logic.
TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access
A time division multiplex approach which assigns a fixed number of slots per round. The slots can reflect the requirements of the individual stations. If these requirements are known, TDMA can support high efficiency.
TDM-GTI
TDM Global Timing Interface
TDP
Trigger Detection PointTDR
Transaction Detail Record
TDRs contain dozens of attributes about each item in a transaction. TDRs offer a wealth of information that service providers can turn into lower costs, higher margins and improved network performance.
Tekelec 5100 Integrated Application Platform
A line up of one or more application frames at a single site providing a deployable customer solution. Tekelec platform software provides management and configuration of each hardware component. For this release of the T5100 platform one frame and one ATCA shelf are supported.
Tekelec Platform Distribution
See TPD
TekMedia
TekMedia SMS is an innovative, modular solution, which enables operators to deliver advanced messaging without costly network over-engineering or overhaul. Carriers can grow capacity and capabilities incrementally or create a complete, end-to-end SMS solution.
TEKOS
Tekelec Operating System
TekPath
Tekelec private ENUM solution consists of a provisioning mechanism and an ENUM query/ response server. The carrier ENUM database is provisioned from a number of sources. These include both ported and non-ported telephone number data already provided from the number portability administration center (NPAC) database with Tekelec’s Local Service Management (LSMS) solution and local exchange routing guide (LERG) data. Additionally, Tekelec provides a standard, web-based interface so carriers can provision their own data, if necessary.
TekQuest
Legacy Tekelec’s bug tracking software.
TekSCIM
Tekelec’s TekSCIM service mediation solution enables service interaction between legacy, mobile, VoIP and IMS networks. It bridges technologies, allowing SS7-based, intelligent network (IN) service platforms to coexist and interact with SIP-based platforms to deliver unified services across virtually any network type.
TElephone NUmber Mapping (ENUM)
See ENUM
Terminal Disk Module (TDM)
See TDM
T5100 Applications Shelf
The ATCA shelf deployed for the T5100 platform. The T5100 applications shelf is PICMG- 3.0-compliant. The T5100 applications shelf is a COTS (commercial off-theshelf) item that is loaded with a combination of third-party-designed blades, thirdparty software, and Tekelec software.
T5100 Frame
The PICMG-3.0-compliant frame deployed for the T5100 platform.
TEM
Telecommunication Equipment Manufacturers
Termination
A stage in the lifecycle of a Virtual Network Function (VNF) or a network service (NS) that shuts down and removes VNF instances, which releases NFVI resources associated to the VNF or NSs, and return them to the NFVI resource pool if applicable.
TF
Toll Free
TFA
Transfer Allowed (Msg)
TFC
Transfer Control
Transfer Controlled (Msg)
Transfer Congested
TFP
Transfer Prohibited (Msg)
A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) used to inform a signaling point of the unavailability of a signaling route.
TFR
Transfer Restricted
TFRC
Traffic Forced Rerouting Control
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TGN
Trunk Group Number
TH
Topology Hiding
Threshold Prohibited
An RC group that has some available entities, but the sum of the available weights is not sufficient to meet the in-service threshold for the RC group.
Throttling
A mechanism to limit the number of messages being routed to a particular destination based on the various factors, like Event Type, Event Origination, Event Destination, and Shed Rate.
TIA
Telecommunication Industry Association
TIF
Triggerless ISUP Framework
TIF ASD
Triggerless ISUP Framework Additional Subscriber Data
TIF GRN
Triggerless ISUP Framework Generic Routing Data
TIF NP
Triggerless ISUP Framework Number Portability feature
TIF NS
Triggerless ISUP Framework Number Substitution feature
TIF SNS
Triggerless ISUP Framework Simple Number Substitution feature
Time Zone
A region on Earth that has a uniform, legally mandated standard time, usually referred to as local time.
TIMR
CAM Timer
TINP
Triggerless ISUP based Number Portability
TISPAN
Telecoms and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networks
TKLC
Tekelec
TLAC
Traffic Link Available Control
TLDN
Temporary Location Directory Number
TLNP
Triggerless LNP
TLS
Transport Layer Security
A cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over networks such as the Internet. TLS encrypts the segments of network connections at the transport layer end-to-end. TLS is an IETF standards track protocol.
TLV
Type/Length/Value
TMDD
Terminal Multiplexer Device Driver
TMM
Tekelec Mobile Messaging
Family of short message routing and network querying components.
TMN
Telecommunication Management Network
TN
Telephone Number
A 10-digit ported telephone number.
TNL
Tekelec Mobile Messaging Network Layer
Tekelec proprietary interface over which Mobile Messaging components communicate.
TNN
Trouble Notification Number
TNS
Transit Network Selection
Triggerless Number Screening
TO
Timing Output
TOBR
TCAP Opcode Based Routing
A feature that encompasses opcode-based routing and TCAP segmentation, and CdPA SSN-based routing.
TOCA
Timing Output Composite Automatic
TOD
Time of Day
Tomcat
An SMSR web application which is deployed with an (MPE) installed (JVM).
TON
Type of Number
Tools
A collection of command-line tools for managing and troubleshooting Tekelec Mobile Messaging components.
Topology Hiding
The CPF displays as a single large CDF to the CTFs, and vice-versa. CPF topology hiding occurs for both Request and Answer messages. When sending a Request message upstream, it refers to the hiding of the downstream (CTF) host ID by the DSR when sending a message to the upstream (CDF) peer. Topology hiding involves modifying the Origin-Host and Origin-Realm AVPs.
The removal of Diameter host names from messages. This is most often required at the boundary between two service providers with the goal of limiting the information that another service provider can discover as a result of Diameter traffic traveling between the carrier’s networks. For DSR CPA, the CPF will appear as a single large CDF to the CTFs, and vice-versa. CPF topology hiding occurs for both Request and Answer messages. When sending a Request message upstream, it refers to the hiding of the downstream (CTF) host ID by the DSR when sending a message to the upstream (CDF) peer. Topology hiding involves modifying the Origin-Host and Origin-Realm AVPs.
Top-up
A quota convention that allows a subscriber to obtain additional units for an existing plan.
TOS
Type of Service
TOS486
TEKOS for the 486
TOS4M
TEKOS for the 486 implemented via MTOS
TOS4V
TEKOS for VxWorks
TP
Terminal Processor
Test Plan
Twisted Pair
Trigger Point
tp_ccli
CDR Query Tool
A command-line interface for decoding call detail records (CDRs).
tp_qcli
AMS Query Command Line Interface.
A command-line interface for querying messages stored in the AMS.
TPC
True Point Code
TPD
Tekelec Platform Development
The Oracle Communications Tekelec Platform (TPD) is a standard Linux-based operating system packaged and distributed by Oracle. TPD provides value-added features for managing installations and upgrades, diagnostics, integration of 3rd party software (open and closed source), build tools, and server management tools.
TPM-8
Terminal Multiplexer 8 PortTPM-16
Terminal Multiplexer 16 Port
TPS
Transactions Per Second
A method of measuring how quickly a network can transmit and receive data. Capacities listed with “TPS” units involve the maximum of the receive rate and the transmit rate, and the worst-case assumption is that the transmit and receive rates are the same. Under the TU model, transaction units per second are calculated with the total transaction unit value and the advertised card capacity.
TR
Technical Reference
TRA
Traffic Restarting Allowed
Transaction
A sequence of information exchange and related work (such as database updating) that is treated as a unit for the purposes of satisfying a request and for ensuring database integrity. For a transaction to be completed and database changes to made permanent, a transaction has to be completed in its entirety. In IP Signaling, a transaction is an MSU sent and an MSU received with a certain feature set applied to the processing of the MSUs.
A Diameter Request message and Answer message response between two Diameter nodes. A transaction between two peers is referred to as a peer-to-peer transaction that is identified by a hop-by-hop ID in the Diameter message header. A transaction between a Diameter client and server is referred to as an end-to-end transaction that is identified by an end-by-end ID in the Diameter message header.
Transaction-Based GTT Loadsharing
A feature that enables GTT-routed messages that are part of the same transaction to be load shared to the same destination in a MAP or MRN group.
Transaction Lifetime
The Transaction Lifetime attribute limits the total time that Diameter will attempt to forward a Request, including initial and all subsequent routing attempts. The Transaction Lifetime is evaluated for expiration only at re-routing attempts. Given that the Transaction Lifetime is evaluated only at re-rerouting attempts, the Transaction Lifetime is not applicable if the Max per Message Forwarding Allowed is set to 1, and the Transaction Lifetime can be elongated by as much as 1 Pending Answer Timer unit in some cases.
Transaction Unit
Indicates the relative cost of an IP signaling transaction. Some transactions are more expensive than others in terms of IP signaling card capacity. The base transaction unit is 1.0. A transaction that is less expensive than the base has a transaction unit less than 1.0, and one that is more expensive has a transaction unit greater than 1.0.
Transition
This occurs when one interval ends and a new one begins.
Translation Service Module
See TSM
Translation Type
See TT
Translation Type Mapping
A feature in the EAGLE that maps standardized internetwork translation type values to intranetwork translation type values used within any particular network. The process of examining the existing translation type value and replacing it with an associated translation type value. This process occurs only if the existing value is included in the provisioned data set.
Transport
An SCTP association with remote hosts over an underlying IP network.
Transport Address
An address that serves as a source or destination for the unreliable packet transport service used by SCTP. In IP networks, a transport address is defined by the combination of an IP address and an SCTP port number. Only one SCTP port may be defined for each endpoint, but each SCTP endpoint may have multiple IP addresses.
Transport Connection
A TCP or SCTP connection directly between two Diameter peers.
Transport Manager
Provides the interface to the Adaptation Layer (M3UA) and manages the connections and data transmission from SCTP sockets.
Trap
A mechanism used in the context of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for one-way event notification.
TRBL
Trouble
TRC
Termination Response Code
TRCC
Traffic Signaling Congestion Control
TrGW
Transition Gateway
In the 3GPP IMS architecture, the TrGW is a network functional entity incorporated into the functionality of the IBCF TrGW ensures that addressing associated with inbound and outbound media streams is correct, which is essentially a NAT (Network Address Translation) function. TrGW is also referred to as IM-AG (IMS Access Gateway).
Trial GPL
A generic program load that is downloaded to a card from the removable cartridge.
Triggerless LNP
A feature that gives service providers a method to route calls to ported numbers without having to upgrade their signaling switch (end office or mobile switching center) software. This feature uses the gateway screening stop action TLNP to intercept through-switched ISUP messages on the LIM.
TRM
Termination Response Mode
True Point Code
The point code defining a destination in the Destination Point Code table.
Trusted Network
A Diameter network that does not have home network topology information hidden by the Diameter Topology Hiding features.
TRW
Traffic Restarting Waiting
TS
Test Strategy
Traffic Server
Technical Specification
Teleservices
Target Set
TSA
Target Set Address
An externally routable IP address that the IPFE presents to application clients. The IPFE distributes traffic sent to a target set address across a set of application servers.
TSAP
Transport Service Address Point
TSB
Technical Service Bulletin
TSC
Time Slot Counter
TSCSYNC
Time Slot Counter Synchronization
The Time Slot Counter (TSC) Synchronization feature allows the system’s A (Active) and B (Standby) internal clocks to be synchronized by the standby OAM GPSM-II card.
TSE
Technical Service Engineer
TSET
Transmitter Signaling Element Timing
TSFC
SS7 Traffic Signaling Flow Control
TSM
Translation Services Module
Provides translation capability and Global Title Translation (GTT) implementation for the Local Number Portability (LNP) function and is used for downloading gateway screening tables to link interface modules (LIMs).
TSPC
True or Secondary Point Code
TSU
Test Signal Unit
TSVM
Technical Service Vendor Manager
TSRC
Traffic Signal Route Control
TST
SMS Tester
Mobile Messaging test tool that can send messages and query network elements.
TT
Translation Type
Resides in the Called Party Address (CdPA) field of the MSU and determines which service database is to receive query messages. The translation type indicates which Global Title Translation table determines the routing to a particular service database.
TT Independence for LNP Queries
A feature that provides the ability for EAGLE to process four types of LNP Queries (IN, AIN, PCS, and WNP) using the same Translation Type.
TTG
Traffic Throttle Group
Tunnel Terminating Gateway
TTL
Time to Live
TTN
Translation Type Name
TTP
Troubleshooting Trigger Point
A point within DRL at which the flexroute library is invoked to determine whether a Diameter message matches any of the active traces that are configured to be evaluated there.
TTR
Team Test Ready
Triggerless TCAP Relay
Trace Transaction Record. A record describing a Diameter transaction, including all of the Diameter messages that were part of the transaction, plus the operations performed by DSR while processing those messages.
TU
Transaction Unit
See TPS
TUP
Telephone User Part
TV
Ticket Voucher
TVG
Group Ticket Voucher
TWAN
Trusted Wireless Area Network
TX
Transmit
