Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND 6 User Manual
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MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 6.0
System Manager’s Guide
555-660-118
Issue 1
February 1998
Glossary
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baud rate
Strictly speaking, a measurement of transmission speed
equal to the number of signal level changes per second. In
practice, often used synonymously with
bit rate and bps.
B-channel
(Bearer-channel) 64- or 56-kbps channel that carries a
variety of digital information streams, such as voice at
64 kbps, data at up to 64 kbps, wideband voice encoded at
64 kbps, and voice at less than 64 kbps, alone or
combined
.
Basic Rate
Interface
Bearer-channel
See
B-channel.
Behind Switch
mode
One of three modes of system operation, in which the
control unit is connected to (behind) another telephone
switching system, such as
Centrex or DEFINITY, which
provides features and services to telephone users. See
also
binary code
Electrical representation of quantities or symbols
expressed in the base-2 number system, which includes
zeros and ones.
bipolar 8 zero
substitution
bipolar signal
Digital signal in which pulses (ones) alternate between
positive and negative. See also
AMI, B8ZS, and bipolar
violation.
bipolar violation
Condition occurring when two positive or two negative
pulses are received in succession. See also
BIS
(Built-In Speakerphone) Part of the model name of some
analog multiline telephones.
bit
(binary digit) One unit of information in binary notation; it
can have one of two values, zero or one.
bit rate
Speed at which bits are transmitted, usually expressed in
bps. Also called “data rate.”
blocking
Condition in which end-to-end connections cannot be made
on calls because of a full load on all possible services and
facilities. See also
BMI
(Broadcast Music Incorporated)
board
A module, for example, 100D or 408 MLX GS/LS, that
allows you to connect lines/trunks and extensions to the
communications system.
board assignment
System Programming and Maintenance (SPM) procedure
for assigning line/trunk and extension modules to slots on
the control unit.
board
renumbering
System programming procedure for renumbering boards
that have already been assigned to specific slots on the
control unit.