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FA

Framework Advisory

NPP Formatting Action. FAs determine how the outgoing digit string is formatted.

FAA

Facility Accepted

FABR

Full Address Based Resolution

Provides an enhanced DSR routing capability to enable network operators to resolve the designated Diameter server addresses based on individual user identity addresses in the incoming Diameter request messages.

Fabric Connectivity

Fabric connectivity is achieved via the fabric switches on the Ethernet switch blades.

Fabric Network

The fabric network allows external communication (off of the T5100 platform) to occur. It is used by applications to transmit data and connect to networks outside the shelf.

Fabric Switch

A fabric switch is the combination of hardware and software that moves data coming into a network node out by the correct port to the next node in the network. The fabric switch is one of two switches (the other is the base switch) that comprise each Ethernet switch blade. The fabric switch, both logically and physically separate from the base switch, is assigned data packet responsibilities.

FAE

Formatting Action Execution

FAF

Firewall Advanced Filter

Works in combination with the Firewall to filter messages, modify message content, and alert network operators of increases in SMS-related traffic.

Failover

The capability to automatically switch to a redundant or backup server, system, or network when the previously active server, system, or network fails or terminates abnormally. In certain instances, however, automatic failover may not be desirable, and human intervention may be required to initiate the failover manually.

FAK

Feature Access Key

The feature access key allows the user to enable a controlled feature in the system by entering either a permanent feature access key or a temporary feature access key. The feature access key is supplied by Tekelec.

FAN

Cooling fan feature. The EAGLE will report on the alarm conditions of the fan assemblies. Once you have turned on the feature, you cannot turn it off. The feature applies to any and all fans installed within the system. When replacing a fan assembly, the feature should already be turned on.

FAP

Fuse and Alarm Panel

Far-End Loopback Point (LBP)

The point on the signaling link at which each loopback test ends is called the far-end loopback point. A far-end loopback point (LBP) is achieved when the remote link element (RLE) sends the received data back to the transmitter, allowing the transmitter to verify the received data.

FAS

Frame Alignment Signal

FAT

File Access Table

Fault/Communication Agent

An EAGLE EMS application that manages alarms from the EAGLE product family and provides communication between the EMS and EAGLE systems.

FC

Fully Compliant

FCAPS

Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security management

FCC

Federal Communications Commission

The FCC is an independent US government commission which reports directly to the Congress. It was founded in 1934 and has the task of developing and implementing rules for radio, TV, satellite, and cable communication. Additionally, the FCC assigns frequencies and wavebands for radio and TV, wide area communication, and short range transmissions.

FCDR

SMSC-compatible ASN.1 CDR format

FCI

Forward Call Indicator

FCIF

Flexible Computer Interface Format

FD

Feature Description

File Descriptor

File Duplicator

Fixed Disk

FDA

First Delivery Attempt

Approximately 85 to 90 percent of SMS traffic gets through on first delivery attempt (FDA). That means that all of the initial processing that the SMSC does to store, query and forward messages is to a certain extent a waste of processing power — it would be much more cost-effective for an operator if a less expensive piece of equipment could first attempt to deliver the message.

FDDI

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

FDL

Filter Digit Length

FDM

Fan/Display Module

FE

Feature Engineer

Front End. Used in Provisioning Front End Applications

Feature Access Key (FAK)

See FAK

FE-CLLI

Far End CLLI

FEID

Financial Entity ID

Identifies the paying entity. The first 8 bytes of the ID designate the multiple-service operator (MSO). By default, the first 8 bytes are zero filled. The 9th byte of the field contains the domain name to uniquely identify the MSO for billing and settlement purposes. The domain name for the MSO is limited to 239 bytes.

FEPC

Far End Point Code

FGTTLS

Flexible GTT Load Sharing

Flexible GTT Load Sharing. FGTTLS provides more flexible GTT load sharing arrangements for GTT traffic.

FIB

Forward Indicator Bit

FIFO

First In - First Out

File Transfer Area (FTA)

See FTA

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

See FTP

Filesystem

A method of organizing the storage space in a Volume for use by a Host operating system and applications; for example, ext3. In the case of a SAN, the filesystem is meaningful to the Host only; the Controller is not aware of how the storage in a Volume is organized.

Fill In Signal Unit (FISU)

See FISU

Filter

A value consisting of FNAI, FPFX, and FDL, used to filter called party digits.

Filter Digit Length

See FDL

Filter Nature of Address Indicator

See FNAI

Filter Prefix

See FPFX

Final Binding

A Final Binding is a binding for which the PCRF is known because the PCRF sent a success answer in response to the session initiation request. When a binding capable session initiation success answer is received, an Early Binding is explicitly marked as a Final Binding.

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standard

Firmware

Software embedded in a hardware device. Oftentimes, firmware is provided on flash ROMs or as a binary image file that can be uploaded onto existing hardware.

FISU

Fill In Signal Unit

A signal unit transmitted on a signaling link that contains no signaling information or link status information. This signaling unit fills in any gaps between message signal units (MSUs) and link status signaling units (LSSUs) so that there is always be traffic on the signaling link. This ensures that both ends of the signaling link know hat the signaling link is operational.

FIT

Failures in Time

Fixed Connection

A connection that is assigned to one and only one DA-MP by the operator at configuration time.

Fixed Disk Drive

Hard drive on the TDM card and the E5-TDM card.

Flavor

A specific deployment of a network service or VNF supporting specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as capacity and performance.

Flexible GTT Load Sharing

See FGTTLS

Floating Connection

A connection that is assigned to two or more DA-MPs by the operator at configuration time. Currently, the only type of floating connection is an IPFE connection. IPFE connections are implicitly assigned to a set of DA-MPs using the IPFE Target Set Address (TSA) assigned to the connection. The connection’s location is unknown until the connection is established to one of the DA-MP location candidates.

FLOBR

Flexible Linkset Optional Based Routing

A feature that provides the capability to fully customize the desired routing translation. When flexible routing is used, the routing translation can cascade from one GTT translation table to any other GTT translation table.

Flow Through Messages

Messages that are transmitted both to and from SEAS and that contain supplierspecific requests for data, including nonstandard commands, STP responses to those commands, and undefined STP on-occurrence autonomous messages. They are called flow through messages because they are transferred across the SEAS-to-STP interface without any validation, interpretation, or processing by SEAS. Also known as Transparent Flow Messages.

Flush-Mounted USB Port

USB port on the E5-MCAP card; used with credit card flash memory drives for upgrades and could be used for disaster recovery.

FMC

Fixed-Mobile Convergence

FNAI

Filter Nature of Address Indicator

Class values depicted as mnemonics for specifying a filter, represented by an enumerated type as NATL, INTL, NAI1, NAI2, NAI3, UNKN.

FO

Field Operations

FOA

First Office Application

The first commercial test of a new product and/or product release, utilizing customerowned production hardware.

Forced Switchover

In a high availability environment, a (shelf manager) forced switchover refers to the process whereby the backup shelf manager determines, on a unilateral basis, that the active shelf manager is no longer alive or healthy, and forcefully takes over the active shelf manager responsibilities.

Foreign Network

This is the external network that is to communicate with the network that is to be updated to include an EAGLE.

FPC

Full Point Code

A point code that is specified with numerical values for all three segments of the point code. A cluster point code uses an asterisk (*) as the member value for the point code entry.

FPFX

Filter Prefix

Digit string used to classify incoming digit strings.

FPGA

Field-Programmable Gate Array

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

The complete domain name for a specific computer on the Internet (for example, www.oracle.com).

A domain name that specifies its exact location in the tree hierarchy of the DNS.

FR

Family of Requirement

Frame

A frame is a floor mounted cabinet which may house a variety of equipment to provide communications processing and connectivity. It is constructed from channel steel and painted with electrostatic powder. Each cabinet may include top and side panels as well as a door. The cabinet provides adequate air flow, as well as front and rear access for cabling and equipment replacement. Cable management is provided by overhead trays and underneath the frame (when the frame is mounted on a raised floor). It can be configured for AC or DC applications. Frames are typically 7-feet tall and may be 19-inch or 23-inch wide cabinets depending upon product family.

FRS

Feature Requirement Specification

FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

A circuit board or part that can be quickly and easily removed and replaced by the user or by a technician without having to send the entire product or system to a repair facility.

FS

File System

FSM

Finite State Machine

FSN

Forward Sequence Number

FT

Feature Test

FTA

File Transfer Area

A special area that exists on each OAM hard disk, used as a staging area to copy files to and from the EAGLE using the Kermit file-transfer protocol.

FTAU

File Transfer Area Utilities

FTE

Feature Test Execution

FTM

File Transfer Manager

FTP

File Transfer Protocol. A client-server protocol that allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network.

Feature Test Plan

FTRA

FTP-based Table Retrieve Application

An application that runs in a PC outside of the EAGLE and communicates with the EAGLE through the IPUI feature and the FTP Retrieve and Replace feature.

FU

Functional Unit

Full Address Based Resolution

See FABR

Full Point Code (FPC)

See FPC

FW

Firewall

FWD

Forward service

Personalized short message forward service. This service is provided by the Mobile Messaging XS-FWD component.

FWL

Firewall

Helps protect subscribers from receiving unwanted messages and provides statistical information and message details about inbound suspect messages.

FXFER

Tekelec proprietary file transfer solution for the Mobile Messaging network. It uses a server process (tp_fserver) and client processes (tp_fclient).