User Manual

November 1999
Gloss-6‘ M68333 Rev. A Tel-Link PMP - Sector Terminal Installation & Maintenance Manual
NCO Numerical Control Oscillator
NMA Network Management Agent
NMS Network Management System
NOC Network Operations Center
ODU Outdoor Unit - PMP communications equipment located outside a
building connected to an antenna.
OMT Othogonal Mode Transducer
Operator The person who is interacting with the Local Site Manager
OTA Over the Air
Outgoing Packets Packets of data transmitted via the LSM Port to the PMP System.
PA Power Amplifier
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PD Pattern Detect
PID Process ID - A number uniquely identifying a process with a board.
PMP Point-to-Multipoint
PMP System The combination of hardware and embedded software that make up
the P-COM Point-to-Multipoint System
Popup Menu A menu that comes into existence when a Windows Object is selected
by the operator while the right mouse button is pressed. Popup Menus
serve as a convenient means of querying/changing the settings for a
given Window Object
POST Power Up Self Test
PSN Public Switched Network
PTN Public Telephone Network
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation - A high bandwidth efficiency modu-
lation technique
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keyed - Digital modulation technique.
Quick Help A brief summary of a chassis parameter, available by double clicking
on the chassis parameter in the label column of a Chassis Window.
RAC Remote ATM Controller - ATM controller card used in the Remote Ter-
minal IDU to manage and control the traffic a the Remote site.
RAM Random Access Memory
RCS Redundancy Control Switch
NAME DESCRIPTION