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i2000
First generation Sentinel probe/shelf
i3000
Next generation Sentinel probe/shelf
IA
Ingress Answer
IAA
IAM Acknowledgment
IAD
Integrated Access Device
A Media Gateway in Next Generation Networks (NGN) for converting IP traffic to TDM. Typically, Integrated Access Devices are deployed over 2 Mbps lines for DSL, and handle telephone connections at the same time.
IAM
Initial Address Message
Ensures the services offered are compatible with the reception devices, and can be used. For example, IAM prevents a phone being connected to a facsimile.
IANA
Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
An organization that provides criteria regarding registration of values related to the Diameter protocol.
IAR
Info Analyzed Relay
IAM Reject
IAR NP
IAR Number Portability feature.
IAS
Integrated Application Solution. Provides an in-depth understanding of the network and equips wireline and wireless operators with the tools required to make informed business investment and cost reduction decisions. Service providers use the solutions to manage interconnection agreements, increase roaming revenue, ensure end-to-end QoS across the network, detect fraud, analyze subscriber behavior, examine service usage, as well as support existing applications such as fraud management, billing, service level agreement in their TDM, wireless, and VoIP networks.
Integration Application Server
I-BGF
Interconnect-Border Gateway Function
Provides controlled and protected media connectivity to the IMS for sessions with peer IP networks, supports NAT traversal, and more. An analogous function in the 3GPP IMS standard architecture is the Transition Gateway (TrGW).
IBCF
Interconnect Border Control Function
Provides controlled and protected signaling interconnection between different IP operator domains (IP peering) including the ability to hide the IMS network topology.
IC
Integrated Circuit
Icache
Intermediate Cache
Enables the Mobile Messaging system to store the state and certain parameters of a short message while it is being processed by an external SMSC.
ICM
IMT Configuration Manager task
ICMP
Internet Control Message Protocol
ICNP
IntraCarrier Number Portability
I-CSCF
Interrogating - Call Session Control Function
The contact point in the network for all connections destined to a subscriber of that network, or a roaming subscriber currently located within the operator’s service area. The I-CSCF prevents foreign networks from gaining visibility into the network infrastructure, identifies which S-CSCF will process SIP requests and leverages information from the home subscriber service (HSS) to forward all session-related messages to the right S-CSCF.
ICS
IP Call Server
IMS Centralized Services
ID
Identity
Identifier
IDA
Insert Subscriber Data Answer
IDB
COMCOL Integrated Database
IDCA
ISUP Digit Collection Application
IDM
Identity Management
IDNS
Input Data Not Supported
IDP
Initial Detection Point
IDPR
Service for the Prepaid IDP Query Relay feature.
IDP Query
IDP is the INAP "Initial Detection Point" message. When the message comes in a TCAP Begin package, it is referred to as an IDP Query message.
IDR
Insert Subscriber Data Request
IE
Information Element
IEC
Inter-Exchange Carrier
International Escape Code
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force
The Internet Engineering Task Force is an open international community of network designers, professional users, and manufacturers who promote the development and operations of the Internet.
iFC
Initial Filter Criteria
IGC
Intelligent Gateway Call Controller
IGM
Internally Generated Message
See IS41 GSM Migration.
IGMC
Internally Generated Message Counting
Counting rule that operates on internally generated messages (IGM).
IGMR
Internally Generated Message Routing
Routing rule that operates on internally generated messages (IGM).
IGMX
Internally Generated Message eXternal condition
External condition (EC) rule that operates on internally generated messages (IGM).
IGTT
Intermediate GTT
An EAGLE feature that routes a Global Title message based on the Global Title Translation.
IGTTLS
Intermediate Global Title Translation Load Sharing
IDIH
Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub
IKE
Internet Key Exchange
Protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite.
IL
Incremental Loading
ILA
Integrated LIM Appliqué
ILDR
IMT Loader task
ILEC
Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier
IM
Instant Messaging
A protocol for realtime communication using text messages over the Internet which was standardized via the IEFT and based on TCP or SIP.
IM-SSF
IMS Service Switching Function
IMEI
International Mobile Equipment Identifier
IMEISV
International Mobile Equipment Identifier Software Version number
IMF
Integrated Message Feeder
The IMF sits on the EAGLE and replicates the signaling data that is processed through the EAGLE to send to an off-board processor (the IXP in the case of IAS). Because it replicates the data (and does not introduce a new element in the path) it does not introduce any delay to the signaling and it does not create a separate footprint for a “probe” system.
IMI
Internal Management Interface
IMP
Integrated Mediation Platform
The process that receives TTR from DSR and is a managed process on the Mediation Server.
IMPI
IP Multimedia Private Identity
Implicit Routing
A default internal Diameter Request Peer Routing Rule that is invoked if a Peer Routing Rule cannot be found for routing a message and the Request message contains a Destination-Host AVP that is a Peer of the Diameter Relay Agent. See Alternate Implicit Route.
IMPU
IP Multimedia Public Identity
IMR
Ingress Message Rate
IMS
IP Multimedia Subsystem
These are central integration platforms for controlling mobile communications services, customer management and accounting for mobile communications services based on IP. The IMS concept is supported by 3GPP and the UMTS Forum and is designed to provide a wide range of application scenarios for individual and group communication.
IMSI
International Mobile Subscriber Identity
International Mobile Station Identity. A unique internal network ID identifying a mobile subscriber.
IMSR
IMS Router
IMT
Inter-Module-Transport
The communication software that operates the inter-module-transport bus on all cards except the LIMATM, DCM, DSM, and HMUX.
IMTA
Internal Message Transport Address
IMT Bus
Interprocessor Message Transport Bus
IMTC
IMT Control task
IMTPCI
IMT to PCI interconnection
IMTS
Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IN
Intelligent Network
A network design that provides an open platform for developing, providing and managing services.
INA
Information Network Architecture
INAP
Intelligent Network Application Part
A standardized interface for intelligent networks (IN). This interface allows Service Providers to offer their own services.
INAP-Based Number Portability (INP)
See INP
INCE
Input Capacity Exceeded
Incoming Gateway Link Set
A link set designated as one in which messages are being received from another signaling network.
INE
Intelligent Network Entity
Interrogating Network Entity
INET
Internet
INF
Information
Ingress MP
MP within a DSR NE that receives a Diameter Request message from a downstream Peer.
INH
Inhibit
INMAP
IN Mediation Access Point
INN
Internal Network Number
INP
INAP-based Number Portability. INP can be deployed as a stand-alone or an integrated signal transfer point/number portability solution. With a stand-alone NP server, no network reconfiguration is required to implement number portability. The NP server delivers a much greater signaling capability than the conventional SCP-based approach.
Intelligent Network (IN) Portability
INPQ
INAP Number Portability Query Processing Subsystem
IN Prefix
Intelligent Network Prefix
A prefix prepended to 'Regular' E164 number in the IAM message to route the IAM to the SSP.
INPrefix Priority
A priority number (0 to 255) is assigned to each Originating or Terminating INPrefix. 0 is the given the highest priority during processing, and 255 is given the lowest priority.
The entity is in service and handling all its normal service functions.
INR
Information Request
In-service Threshold
A percentage of the total provisioned weights of an RC group (relative cost group) that must be available for the RC group to be considered available.
Instantiation
A stage in the lifecycle of a Virtual Network Function (VNF) or a network service (NS) that creates a VNF or NS instance using the onboarding artifacts; for example, creating and provisioning VMs, populate VMs with correct VNFC images.
Integrated Sentinel
The Integrated Sentinel product provides monitoring capabilities for Signaling System 7 (SS7) links. Integrated Sentinel includes network surveillance capabilities and fault-management functions.
Integrated Serial Communications Controller (ISCC) Loopback Test
A test that determines if the hardware and software up to the ISCC chip is the cause for a link failure.
Integrated Services Digital Network
The network services that provide end-to-end digital connections to which users have access to a wide range of services through a limited set of standard user to network interfaces.
Intelligent FRU
An intelligent FRU has an IPMC (Intelligent Platform Management Controller) and is manageable. An intelligent FRU (for example, a shelf manager) may have knowledge of other non-intelligent FRUs (for example, fan tray and alarm board).
Interconnect Border Control Function
See IBCF
International Format
The filter format for International subscriber number.
Internet Key Exchange
See IKE
Internet Protocol
See IP
Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network
See IP-CAN
Internet Protocol Services (IPS)
See IPS
Interprocessor Message Transport Bus
The main communications artery between all subsystems in the EAGLE. This highspeed communications system is comprised of two 125 Mbps counter-rotating serial buses. The IMT bus uses load sharing, so messages from the various subsystems are divided evenly across both busses. In the event one bus should fail, the other immediately assumes control of all messages. The IMT buses can function as a private LAN assigning internal IP address to LIM cards allowing monitoring of SS7 links without external connections.
Interval Statistics
Counters, Gauges, and Durations that reset at specified time periods.
INTL
FNAI class International
INWATS
Inbound Wide-Area Telephony Services
I/O
Input/Output
IOP
Interoperability
IoT
Internet of Things
IOT
Testing done to make sure that two pieces of equipment interoperate with each other. Examples of organizations that conduct IOT are the SIP Forum with their SIPits and the IMS Forum and their IMS Plugfests.
IP
Intelligent Peripheral
Internet Protocol. IP specifies the format of packets, also called datagrams, and the addressing scheme. The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. It provides packet routing, fragmentation and re-assembly through the data link layer.
IP7
Tekelec's Internet Protocol to SS7 Interface.
IPADDR
Internet Protocol Address
IP Address
The location of a device on a TCP/IP network. The IP Address is either a number in dotted decimal notation which looks something like x.x.x.x (IPv4), or a 128-bit hexadecimal string such as z:z:z:z:z:z:z:z (IPv6).
IP Address Set
Logical grouping of one or more IP addresses. This term is used to describe the set of public IP addresses available for establishing Diameter transport connections to a Diameter Node.
IPC
Internal Point Code
IP-CAN
Internet Protocol Connectivity Access Network
Collection of network entities and interfaces that provide the underlying IP transport connectivity between the user equipment (UE) and the core network or backbone entities. An example IP-CAN is GPRS. An IP-CAN session can incorporate one or more IP-CAN bearers.
IP-CAN bearer
An IP transmission path of defined capacity, delay, and bit error rate. It is the data communication bearer provided by the IP-CAN. When using GPRS, the IP-CAN bearers are provided by PDP Contexts.
IP Connection
An IP connection is an SCTP association. IP7 applications use SCTP associations as software mechanisms for communication between IP network elements.
IPD
IMT Processor DCM operational code
IPFE
Internet Protocol Front End
A traffic distributor that routes TCP traffic sent to a target set address by application clients across a set of application servers. The IPFE minimizes the number of externally routable IP addresses required for application clients to contact application servers.
IPGHC
GPL name for IPGWx on the High-Capacity Blade platform.
IPGW
IP Gateway
Gateway module that allows voice and video messages to be transmitted between IP endpoints.
IPGWAPC
IP Secure Gateway Adjacent Point Code
IPGWI
An application that is used by the SSEDCM/E5-ENET card for IP point-to-multipointconnectivity within an ITU-I or ITU-N network. The system allows a maximum of 64 cards to be assigned the IPGWI application.
IPGW Mateset
IPGWx
Point-to-multipoint MTP-User signaling (for example, ISUP, TCAP) over IP capability.
Typically used for A link connectivity which require routing keys. Far End not required to support MTP3. The IPGWx GPLs (IPGWI, SS7IPGW) run on the SSEDCM/E5-ENET cards.
IPGWx IP TPS
In addition to the IPGWx system IP TPS, there is a configurable per-linkset IP TPS, which must sum across all linksets to no more than the IPGWx system IP TPS.
IPH
IMT Processor, HCAP
IPISUP
ISUP Routing Over IP
This functionality allows SS7 nodes to exchange ISUP protocol messages with one or more signaling end points (class 4 switches, class 5 switches, VoIP gateways, Media Gateway Controllers (MGCs), or remote access servers) residing on an IP network.
IPLHC
GPL name for IPLIMx on the High-Capacity Blade platform.
IPLIM
The application used by the SSEDCM/E5-ENET card for IP point-to-point connectivity for ANSI point codes.
IPLIMI
The application used by the SSEDCM/E5-ENET card for IP point-to-point connectivity for ITU point codes.
IPLIMx
Point-to-point MTP3 and MTP3-User signaling over IP capability. Typically used for B-C-D links but can be used for A links but does not have routing key functionality. Far End required to support MTP3. The IPLIMx GPLs (IPLIMI, IPLIM) run on the SSEDCM/E5-ENET cards.
IPM
Implementation Project Management
IMT Power and Multiplexer Card
Initial Product Manufacture
IPMB
Inter-Peripheral Management Bus
Intelligent Platform Management Bus
IPMC
Intelligent Platform Management Controller
Micro-controller located on a blade card to process IPMI commands.
IPMI
Intelligent Platform Management Interface
A specification called out by ATCA for providing a low-level interface between blades.
IPMX
IMT Power and Multiplexer card
IPMR
Common Channel Signaling Message Router
IPNE
Internet Protocol Network Element
IP Network Connection
The unique UE association with an IP network, using an IP-CAN (GPRS, xDSL) and an allocated IP address at the traffic plane.
IPNS
Input Parameter Not Supported
IPS
Internet Protocol Services
An application that is used by the IPSM card for the IP User Interface and FTP Retrieve and Replace features.
IPsec
Internet Protocol Security
A protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a data stream.
IPSHC
IPS GPL ported to run on the E5-IPSM
IP-SCP
Internet Protocol Switching Control Point
IP-SEP
Internet Protocol Switching End Point
IP-Short Message-Gateway
See IP-SM-GW
IP-SM-GW
IP-Short Message-Gateway
Function provided by the IMS application server for SMS-over-IP service according to 3GPP specifications. The IP-SM-GW function supports protocol interworking for the delivery of short messages between IMS UEs and the existing circuit mobile network (SMS-SC).
IPSM
IP Services Module
A card that provides an IP connection for the IPUI (Telnet) and FTP-based Table Retrieve features. The IPSM is a GPSM-II card with a one Gigabyte (UD1G) expansion memory board in a single-slot assembly running the IPS application.
IPSP
IP Server Process
A process instance of an IP-based application. An IPSP is essentially the same as an ASP, except that it uses MU3A in a peer-to-peer fashion. Conceptually, an IPSP does not use the services of a signaling gateway.
IPv4
Internet Protocol version 4
Identifies an Internet Protocol version 4 address composed of 4 bytes in a dotted decimal format (for example, nnn.nn.nnn.nn).
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6
Identifies an Internet Protocol version 6 address composed of 8 groups of colonseparated 4 hexadecimal digits.
IPVHSL
IP-based Virtual High-Speed Link (only supported on the Eagle via M2PA links on IPLIMx class cards)
IPVL
IP Virtual Link (only supported on the Eagle via M3UA and SUA links on IPGWx class cards)
IR
Ingress Request
IRI
Intercept-Related Information (Lawful Intercept)
IRX
IMT Receive Task
IS
Information Services
IS-41
Interim Standard 41
Same as and interchangeable with ANSI-41. A standard for identifying and authenticating users, and routing calls on mobile phone networks. The standard also defines how users are identified and calls are routed when roaming across different networks.
IS41 GSM Migration
A feature that adds GSM IS-41 migration functions to the existing IS-41 to GSM feature. This enhancement provides flexibility in the encoding and decoding of parameters of LOCREQ messages and responses to number migration from one mobile protocol to another.
IS-ANR
In Service - Abnormal
The entity is in service but only able to perform a limited subset of its normal service functions.
ISA
Interactive Services Architecture
An on-demand video protocol.
ISC
IMS Service Control
Internet Systems Consortium
ISCC
Integrated Serial Communications Controller
ISEP
IP Signaling End Point
IS-NR
In Service - Normal
ISD
Instructional System Design
ISDN
Integrated Services Digital Network
Integrates a number of services to form a transmission network. For example, the ISDN network integrates, telephony, facsimile, teletext, Datex-J, video telephony and data transfer services, providing users with various digital service over a single interface: voice, text, images, and other data.
ISDNUP
ISDN User Part
ISL
Inter-switch link
ISNI
Intermediate Signaling Network Identification
ISO
International Standards Organization
ISO file
An .iso file is a disk image of an ISO 9660 file system that is stored in a single file. ISO 9660 is an international standard originally devised for sorting data on a CD-ROM. In addition to data files, an ISO image contains file system metadata such as boot code, structure, and attributes. The ISO file is used by Tekelec to distribute software upgrades.
ISOT
ISDN Over TALI
ISP
Internet Service Provider
ISPI
Internal Service Provisioning Interface
Proprietary Tekelec protocol that provides internal communication between the SPF EIAs and the SPF Core.
ISR
Interrupt Service Routine
ISS
Integrated Signaling System
ISU
IMT Startup Task
ISUP
ISDN User Part
The ISDN-specific part of the transmission with additional information via a signaling channel between exchanges.
ISUP Digit Collection Application
An application running on an adjunct Tekserver to complete the Called Party Number Address digits from the IAM and the related SAM messages. IDCA assembles and concatenates the Called Party Number Address digits from IAM/SAM message(s) to complete it.
ISVM
Inter-switch Voice Messaging
IT
Inactivity Test
ITAS
Installation Technical Assistance Support
ITS
Integrated Technical Services
ITT
Internal Test Task
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
An organization that operates worldwide to allow governments and the private telecommunications sector to coordinate the deployment and operating of telecommunications networks and services. The ITU is responsible for regulating, coordinating and developing international telecommunications, and for harmonizing national political interests.
ITU-I
ITU-International
ITU DTA
ITU Database Transport Access (DTA)
ITU International Point Code (ITU-I)
A point code that is in the ITU international format, three groups of digits separated by hyphens. These groups of digits are called zone, area, and ID.
ITU-N
ITU-National
ITU National Point Code (ITU-N)
A point code that is in the ITU national format, a number up to 5 digits.
ITU-N 24-bit Point Code
In the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the national signaling network uses ITU national procedures with 24-bit ITU national point codes (14-bit point codes are traditionally used in ITU national networks).
ITUDUPPC
ITU National Duplicate Point Code
This feature applies only to 14-bit ITU national point codes. This feature allows an EAGLE mated pair to route traffic for two or more countries that may have overlapping point code values.
ITUMTPRS
ITU MTP Restart
A feature that delays the alignment of all ANSI signaling links until all the LIMs containing ANSI signaling links are in service. This allows the system to be restored to network service in an orderly fashion and allows all the LIMs containing ANSI signaling links to participate in the MTP restart process.
ITU-RS
ITU Radiocommunication Sector
ITU TCAP LRN Query Service
See LRNQT
ITU-TS
ITU Telecommunications Standardization Sector
ITX
IMT Transmit Task
IUA
ISDN Q-921 User Adaptation Layer
IUT
Implementation Under Test
IVRU
Interactive Voice Response Unit
IWF
InterWorking Function
IXC
Inter Exchange Carriers
IXP
An Intel network processor used on the HIPR card.
IXP1250
Intel Network processor
