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E.164
The international public telecommunication numbering plan developed by the International Telecommunication Union.
E1
The European equivalent of T1 that transmits digital data over a telephone network at 2.048 Mbps.
E1/T1 Port
A trunk-level physical interface on an E1/T1 card. When configured in T1 mode, a port represents a time-division-multiplexed data stream of 24 channels with an aggregate data rate of 1.544 Mbps. When configured in E1 mode, a port represents a time-division-multiplexed data stream of 32 channels with an aggregate data rate of 2.048 Mbps.
E586
Enhanced 586
E5-APP-B
The E5-APP-B card is a complete application server platform designed to operate within a heavy duty EAGLE shelf. An E5-APP-B card consists of the card, a microprocessor, 8 GB RAM, and two removable drive modules with an operating system and an application, such as EPAP, loaded.
E5-E1T1
EPM-based E1/T1 Multi-Channel Interface Module
An EPM-based card that provides E1 and T1 connectivity. E1T1 is an abbreviation for the ITU E1 and ANSI T1 interfaces. Thus the nomenclature defines the shelves where the card can be used and the physical interface that it provides.
E5-ENET
EPM-based Ethernet card
A high capacity single-slot IP signaling card (EPM card plus Gig Ethernet PMC cards).
E5-IPSM Card
Ethernet Card w/ 2GB of main memory
A card that provides an IP connection for the IPUI (Telnet) and FTP-based Table Retrieve features.
E5IS
EAGLE 5 Integrated Monitoring Support
The EAGLE Integrated Monitoring Support feature allows the network traffic on the EAGLE’s signaling links to be monitored by an ESP (extended services platform) or IMP (integrated message feeder) without additional intrusive cabling. Message Signaling Units (MSUs), alarms, and events are copied to the Sentinel/IMF to provide the network traffic monitoring. The monitored traffic is delivered to the Sentinel/IMF using the EAGLE’S STCs (Signaling Transport Cards) which are connected to the ESP/IMF subsystem by Ethernet links. The ESP/IMF subsystem delivers the monitored traffic to the Sentinel/IMF.
E5-MASP Card
E5-based dual-slot card that consists of the E5-MCAP module (occupies slot 1113 and slot 1115) and the E5-TDM module (occupies slot 1114 and slot 1116) in an EAGLE control shelf. Used when the E5-MDAL card is used.
E5-MCAP Card
The module contains the Communications Processor and Applications Processor and provides connections to the IMT bus. Controls the maintenance and database administration activity and performs both application and communication processing. Runs the OAM application and OAMHC GPL. Occupies slot 1113 and slot 1115 in an EAGLE control shelf. Used when the E5-MDAL card is used. Contains two USB ports.
E5-MDAL Card
The E5 MDAL card processes alarm requests, provides general purpose relays, and provides fan control. Occupies slots 1117 and 1118 in an EAGLE Control Shelf. Used with E5-MASP cards. Does NOT contain a drive for removable cartridges.
E5-SLAN
E5-ENET card used to support the STP LAN application.
E5-SM4G Card
E5 series 4th Generation Service Module card.
The E5-SM4G uses 2 card slots, provides 2 IP service links per card, and runs the SCCPHC GPL and the VSCCP application.
E5-TDM Card
The E5-TDM card provides the EAGLE with 16 ports for user terminals, contains fixed disk storage and distributes Composite Clocks and High Speed Master clocks throughout the EAGLE. Occupies slot 1114 and slot 1116 in an EAGLE Control Shelf. Used when the E5-MDAL card is used.
EA
Expedited Data Acknowledgment
Egress Answer
EAGLE EMS
EAGLE Element Management System
An optional feature in the Tekelec EAGLE Product Family that consolidates real-time element management functions at a single point in the signaling network.
EAGLE EMS Agent
A program that provides a particular type of EAGLE EMS management access to EAGLE systems.
EAGLE EMS Reporter
A web-based system for analyzing and reporting EAGLE EMS management data.
EAL
EIR Application Layer
Early Binding
An Early Binding is a binding for which a session initiation request has been received, but no session initiation answer has been received. The PCRF for an Early Binding in unknown. A given IMSI-APN combination can have only one early binding. The Early Binding serializes binding creation attempts for a given IMSI and APN. Subsequent session initiation requests for an IMSI-APN combination for which an Early Binding exists are held until the Early Binding becomes a Final Binding.
Early Binding Master
A binding capable session initiation request that creates a new Early Binding is referred to as the Early Binding Master for that binding. A given Early Binding can have only one master. The term master is used to convey that no subsequent binding capable session initiation requests for that binding can be routed until the master session is successfully answered by a PCRF.
Early Binding Slave
A binding capable session initiation request that matches an Early Binding is referred to as an Early Binding Slave for that binding. There may be multiple slaves for a given Early Binding. The term slave is used to convey that the slave session request must wait for the master session request to be completed before it can be routed.
EAS
Exchange Access Signaling
EATF
Emergency Access Transfer Function
Provides an IMS-based mechanism for enabling service continuity of IMS emergency sessions with a mobile UE.
EBDA
Enhanced Bulk Download and Audit
EBDABLM
The application used by the TSM or DSM to store the LNP database downloaded from the LSMS for the Enhanced Bulk Download function. This GPL does not support 24-bit ITU-N point codes.
EBDADCM
The application used by the DCM to transmit the LSMS LNP database at high speed over an Ethernet connection for the Enhanced Bulk Download function. This GPL does not support 24-bit ITU-N point codes.
EBI
Extended Bus Interface
A local bus and not connected to the IMT bus. This allows every two card locations to communicate with each other without going over the IMT bus.
EBIPICT
Extended Bus Interface Programmable Interrupt Controller Timer
E-CSCF
Emergency-Call Session Control Function
Handles emergency sessions from an IMS user including the ability to obtain routing information to direct emergency requests towards a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) serving the calling user's geographic location.
EC
External Condition
Condition that is passed on the external condition interface.
ECA
Emergency-Changeover-Acknowledgment Signal
EIR Check Answer
EC-ABM
External Condition A and B number Modification component
External condition application that provides a configurable manipulation of A (originator) and B (recipient) numbers.
ECAM
Enhanced Clock, Alarm, and Maintenance card
ECAP
EAGLE Collector Application Processor
A dedicated standalone platform for the collection of EAGLE traffic statistical data. ECAP provides the information and data needed to apply the charging rules to an external billing and charging application, called the Aggregator. ECAP depends on the Eagle SLAN card for this information.
ECC
Error Correction Coded
Elastic Charging Controller. The ECE command-line application used for operational management of ECE nodes in the cluster.
ECDR
Ericsson MSC-compatible CDR format
ECE
Oracle Communications Elastic Charging Engine
The core charging-engine technology of the BRM system. It provides rating, charging, and balance management application for the BRM and enables Communications Service Providers to achieve prepaid and postpaid processing on a single system. ECE is the single charging engine for both offline and online charging. Built on Oracle Coherence, ECE is scalable and resilient, and can scale when tasked with processing thousands of transactions per second. The ability of ECE to scale in conjunction with its in-memory charging technology supports low service latencies and high performance.
ECGI
E-UTRAN Cell Global Identifier
ECI
External Condition Interface. Interface for communicating with external condition applications.
E-UTRAN Cell Identifier
ECM
Emergency Changeover Message
Error Correction Method
External Condition Message. Message that is passed on the external condition interface.
ECO
Engineering Change Order
ECR
EIR Check Request
ECS
Elastic Charging Server
Elastic Charging Server (ECE charging server nodes) receives and calculates data from ECE clients (client applications). Elastic Charging Server carries out all charging business logic, such as usage charging, and performs query and update operations on ECE cache data.
ECSA
Exchange Carrier Standards Association
ECT
Explicit Call Transfer
ECUR
Event Charging with Unit Reservation
ED
Expedited Data
EDCM
Enhanced DCM or Enhanced Database Communication Module
Edge Router
The router (sometimes called an “edge device”) that connects a carrier or service provider network to a subscriber. An edge router is a policy enforcement point.
EDL
Encode-Decode Library
EDP
Event Detection Point
EDR
Efficient Data Representation
Enhanced Data Representation
EEPROM
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory.
A special type of PROM that can be erased and reprogrammed individually during system operation. EEPROM retains its contents even when the power is turned off. Also like other types of ROM, EEPROM is not as fast as RAM.
EF
Extension Frame
EFD
Event Forward Discriminator
EGMS
Enhanced GSM MAP Screening feature
Egress Message Rate or Egress MP
The Egress Message Rate (EMR) on a Connection being throttled by the DSR is equivalent to the egress Request rate + the egress Answer rate on the Connection.
EGTT
Enhanced Global Title Translation
A feature that is designed for the signaling connection control part (SCCP) of the SS7 protocol. The EAGLE uses this feature to determine to which service database to send the query message when a Message Signaling Unit (MSU) enters the system.
EIA
Electronic Industries Association
External Interface Adapter
EILA
Enhanced Integrated LIM Appliqué
EIR
Equipment Identity Register
A network entity used in GSM networks, as defined in the 3GPP Specifications for mobile networks. The entity stores lists of International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers, which correspond to physical handsets (not subscribers). Use of the EIR can prevent the use of stolen handsets because the network operator can enter the IMEI of these handsets into a 'blacklist' and prevent them from being registered on the network, thus making them useless.
EIS
EAGLE Integrated Sentinel
ELAP
EAGLE Local Number Portability Application Processor
The EAGLE LNP Application Processor (ELAP) platform provides capacity and performance required to support the ported number database.
Elastic Charging Controller
See ECC
Elastic Charging Engine
See ECE
Elastic Charging Server
See ECS
Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)
See EEPROM
Elasticity
The degree to which a system is able to adapt to workload changes by provisioning and de-provisioning resources in an autonomic manner, such that at each point in time the available resources match the current demand as closely as possible. Speed and precision are core aspects in elasticity.
Scalability of a system including all hardware, virtualization, and software layers within its boundaries is a prerequisite for elasticity.
ELEI
Exception List Exclusion Indicator
Indicates whether entries made to the exception list for each cluster point code are added to or changed in the destination point code table.
Element Manager
Server that manages network elements.
ELF
EAGLE Load Format
ELOG
Event Logging
EMC
Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
EMDC
Element Measurement and Data Collection Application
This application is used by the DCM card for CMIP/OSI measurement collection interface as defined by Telcordia GR-376.
Emergency Access Transfer Function
See EATF
Emergency-Call Session Control Function
See E-CSCF
EMG
SMS-to-E-mail Gateway
Provides SMS-to-e-mail conversion for mobile subscribers.
EMI
Electro-Magnetic Interference
External Machine Interface. Protocol used to connect to SMSCs, developed by LogicaCMG.
EMM
Extended Memory Management
EMP
EAGLE Monitoring Protocol
EMR
Egress Message Rate
EMS
Element Management System
The EMS feature consolidates real-time element management at a single point in the signaling network to reduce ongoing operational expenses and network downtime and provide a higher quality of customer service.
EMSALM
Element Management System Alarm Monitor
Enclosure
In an HP c-Class product, the term for a shelf. The enclosure contains the blades, switches, midplane, power, and fans.
Endpoint
A Diameter client or server.
ENET
Ethernet
Can refer to a generic hardware type that supports one or more Ethernet interfaces.
Engineering-Configurable Parameter
A configuration parameter that cannot be modified by the operator using a standard user interface.
An engineering-configurable parameter is a configuration parameter that the operator cannot modify via a standard user interface. In general, unless specified otherwise, when a consultant modifies an engineering-configurable parameter, the software may need restart for the configuration change to take effect.
Enhanced Global Title Translation
See EGTT
Enterprise Pool
A type of pool that supports the sharing of pool quota across 25-1500 members.
Entity
The RN or SP returned from an RTDB lookup.
Entity State
A feature available in the MSR that adds, modifies, or deletes subscriber properties.
ENUM
TElephone NUmber Mapping. A technology for unifying various communications and telephone addresses for private and business numbers, facsimile and mobile phone numbers, SMS services, Instant Messaging and email. ENUM integrates legacy phone numbers with the Domain Name System (DNS). Users can access and maintain a directory that supports all forms of wired communication, mobile communications networks, and the Internet. ENUM allows for an end user to be reached on multiple devices via one phone number and allows the end user to determine which device to contact first or multiple devices simultaneously.
E.164 Number Mapping
EO
End Office
EOAM
Enhanced Operation, Administration, and Maintenance
The application used by the GPSM-II card for enhanced OAM functions.
EOAP
Embedded Operation Support System Applications Processor
Enhanced OSS Application Process
EOT
End of Table
EP
Emergency Preparedness
EPAP
EAGLE Application Processor
EPAP-Related Features
Features that require EPAP connection and use the Real Time Database (RTDB) for lookup of subscriber information.
EPC
Emulated Point Code
Evolved Packet Core. Framework for providing converged voice and data on a 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. 2G and 3G network architectures process and switch voice and data through two separate sub-domains: circuit-switched (CS) for voice and packet switched (PS) for data.
ePDG
Evolved Packet Data Gateway
EPM
Embedded Platform Module. A single-slot card that is similar to the high-capacity blade except that it uses a lower power CPU and thus does not require external fan trays or extra power.
Embedded Processor Module. A card that contains an Intel Celeron 1GHz processor, 256MB RAM, and other enhancements, intended as replacement for K6 DCM-class cards.
EPROM
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
A type of storage device in which the data is determined by an electrical charge stored in an isolated transistor. The isolation is good enough to retain the charge almost indefinitely (more than ten years) without an external power source. The EPROM is programmed by charging the isolated transistor. The EPROM can be erased by applying ultraviolet light to the chip’s surface through a quartz window in the package, allowing the chip to be reprogrammed.
EPS
Evolved Packet System
EPS is the core or main component of an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) system.
EPT
Egress Pending Transaction
The number of transactions pending for answers on a connection or peer (or a group of connections/peers).
Equipment Identity Register (EIR)
See EIR
ER
Egress Request
Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM)
See EPROM
EROUTE
The application used on the Signaling Transport Card (STC and E5-STC) for the EAGLE.
ERR
Error
ES
Encoding Scheme
Extension Shelf. The shelves in the EAGLE hat contain cards other than control cards (E5-OAM, GPSM-II for OAM, TDM, and MDAL cards). This shelf can be added to and removed from the database. These shelves are numbered from 1200 to 6100.
ESD
Electro-Static Discharge
ESF
Extended Super Frame
ESME
External Short Message Entity
The remote-destination entities on the IP network that is connected to using SMPP protocol.
ESN
Electronic Serial Number
ESP
Expanded Services Platform
The Sentinel system with the hardware and software platform that provides the interface to the Integrated EAGLE and Sentinel monitoring system. The ESP hardware and software platform runs on the model 120 server.
ESPR
Enhanced Subscriber Profile Repository - Oracle Communications’ database system that provides the storage and management of subscriber policy control data for PCRF nodes.
ESQK
Emergency Service Query Key
ESRN
Emergency Services Routing Number
ETG
Egress Throttle Group(s)
ETG-PCL
Egress Throttle Group Pending Transaction Limiting Congestion Level
ETG-PCL of 0 denotes that the state of Rate Pending Transaction Congestion Limiting function is Normal. ETC-PCL of X (X>0) denotes that Requests of Priority less than X will not be allowed to send to Peers or Diameter Connections in that ETG.
ETG-RCL
Egress Throttle Group - Rate Limiting Congestion Level. ETG-RCL of 0 denotes that state of Rate Limiting function is Normal. ETG-RCL of X ( X > 0) denotes that Requests of Priority less than X will not be allowed to send to Peers or Diameter Connections in that ETG.
ETL
Egress Throttle List
ETL-PCL
Egress Throttle List - Pending Transaction Limiting Congestion Level
ETL-PCL of 0 denotes that the state of Pending Transaction Congestion Limiting function is Normal. ETL-PCL of X ( X >0) denotes that Requests of Priority less than X will not be allowed to send to Peers or Diameter Connections in that ETL’s ETGs.
ETL-RCL
Egress Throttle List - Rate Limiting Congestion Level.
ETL-RCL of 0 denotes that the state of Rate Limiting function is Normal. ETL-RCL of X (X > 0) denotes that Requests of Priority less than X will not be allowed to send to Peers or Diameter Connections in that ETL’s ETG.
ETS
Emergency Telecommunications Service
ETSI
European Technical Standards Institute
ETT
Existing Translation Type
The translation type value included in the called party address of a unit data (UDT) or extended unit data (XUDT) message on an incoming or outgoing gateway link set, which will be used for the translation type mapping function.
EUAT
EAGLE Upgrade Automation Tool
Event
A notification of a state change to a FRU. An event can be an alarm or an informational notification. Events can indicate the assertion or clearing of an alarm. In addition, events can indicate a basic state change that is informational and not related to an alarm condition (for example, card inserted).
An OAM-related occurrence that can be made visible to the user.
In Policy Management, an expected incident that is logged. Events can be used for debugging purposes.
Evolved High-Speed Packet Access
See HSPA+
Evolved Packet Core
See EPC
Exception List
A list of point codes in a cluster whose routes are more restricted than other routes to that cluster. This list contains point codes that are not assigned to any individual route set and the only route sets to that node is through a cluster route set. The exception list is a dynamic list that changes when the status of the cluster route sets changes.
Exception List Exclusion Indicator (ELEI)
See ELEI
Existing Translation Type (ETT)
See ETT
Expanded Services Platform (ESP)
See ESP
Extended Bus Interface (EBI)
A local bus and not connected to the IMT bus. This allows every two card locations to communicate with each other without going over the IMT bus.
Extended Command Code (ECC)
A Command Code that also takes into account the value of a specific AVP for that Command Code that gives the “true” command type (for example, CCR-I, CCR-R). In DSR, ECCs are defined using "CC Value + AVP Code + AVP Data" combinations under configuration folder.
Term used in this document to describe DSR ‘Command Codes’ configuration managed object for configuration of Diameter CCs and ECCs.
Extension Shelf
See ES
External Identifier
Identifier used to address MTC device outside the 3GPP domain.
External Short Message Entity
See ESME
