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Installation
ITU-T / ANSI Equivalent Terms
Terms
This section contains Tables of ITU-T Terms with their ANSI equivalents and
current terms with their equivalent earlier terms.
ITU-T / ANSI Equivalent Terms
The Terminology used on the instrument display is mainly ITU-T terminology. The
equivalent ANSI terminology is given in the following table
ITU-T Term
I-n Intra Office, STM-n
L-n.1 or L-n.2 long haul
Multiplexer Section (MS)
MS-AIS
MS-BIP
MS-DCC
MS-RDI (MS FERF)
Multiplexer Section Overhead
Network Node Interface
AU-AIS (Path AIS)
HP-RDI (Path FERF)
Regenerator
Regenerator Section (RS)
Remote Alarm Indicator
Regenerator Section Overhead
RS-DCC
ANSI Term
Intermediate Reach (IR)
LR long reach
Line
AIS-L (Line AIS)
Line BIP
Line DCC
RDI-L (Line FERF)
Line Overhead
Line Interface
AIS-P
RDI-P
Repeater
Section
Yellow Alarm
Section Overhead
Section DCC
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