
MC145572
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MOTOROLA
CIDCW
— Calling Identity Delivery on Call Waiting; a subscriber feature which allows for the display of the time, date, number,
and possible other information about the caller to the called party, while the called party is off–hook.
CLASS
— Custom Local Area Signaling Service; a set of services, enhancements, provided to TELCO customers which may
include CND, CNAM, Message Waiting, and other features.
CLID
— Calling Line IDentification; a subscriber feature which allows for the display of the time, date, number, and possible
other information about the caller to the called party.
CNAM
— Calling Name Delivery; a subscriber feature which allows for the display of the time, date, number, and name of the
caller to the called party.
CND
— Calling Number Delivery; a subscriber feature which allows for the display of the time, date, number, and possible other
information about the caller to the called party.
CODEC
— COder–DECoder; the A/D and D/A function on a subscriber line card in a telephone exchange.
COFIDEC
— COder–Filter–DECoder; the combination of a codec, the associated filtering, and voltage references required to
code and decode voice in a subscriber line card.
Common Mode Rejection
— The ability of a device having a balanced input to reject a voltage applied simultaneously to both
differential–input terminals.
Companding
— The process in which dynamic range compression of a signal is followed by expansion in accordance with a
given transfer characteristic (companding law) which is usually logarithmic.
Compander
— A combination of a compressor at one point in a communication path for reducing the amplitude range of signals,
followed by an expander at another point for restoring the original amplitude range, usually to improve the signal–to–noise ratio.
Conference Call
— A call between three or more stations, in which each station can carry on a conversation simultaneously.
CPE
— Customer Premise Equipment; this could be a POTS phone, answering machine, fax machine, or any number of other
devices connected to the PSTN.
Crosspoint
— The operating contacts or other low–impedance–path connection over which conversations can be routed.
Crosstalk
— The undesired transfer of energy from one signal path to another.
CSN
— Circuit Switched Network.
CTS
— Clear to send; a control signal between a modem and a controller used to initiate data transmission over a communica-
tion line.
CVSD
— Continuous Variable Slope Delta (modulation); a simple technique to converting an analog signal (like voice) into a
serial bit stream.
D3
— D3 channel bank; a specific generation of an AT&T 24–channel PCM terminal that multiplexes 24 voice channels into a
1.544 MHz digital bit stream. The specifications associated with D3 channel banks are the basis for all PCM device specifi-
cations.
D/A
(digital–to–analog) converter (DAC) — A converter that represents a limited number of different digital input codes by a
corresponding number of discrete analog output values.
Data Compression
— A technique that provides for the transmission of fewer data bits than originally required without infor-
mation loss. The receiving location expands the received data bits into the original bit sequence.
dB
(decibel) — A power or voltage measurement unit, referred to another power or voltage. It is generally computed as:
10 x log (P1/P2) for power measurements, and
20 x log (V1/V2) for voltage measurements.
dBm
— An indication of signal power. 1.0 mW across 600
, or 0.775 volts rms, is defined as 0 dBm. Any other voltage level is
converted to dBm by:
dBm = 20 x log (Vrms/0.775), or
dBm = [20 x log (Vrms)] + 2.22.
dBmO
— Signal power measured at a point in a standard test tone level at the same point.
i.e., dBmO = dBm = dBr
where dBr is the relative transmission level, or level relative to the point in the system defined as the zero transmission level
point.