Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

Back-Haul

Definition:

A communications path that takes traffic farther than the ultimate destination and then routes it back. The cost of transmission to the more remote location is lower than a more direct route.

Out-Of-Brand Signaling

Any signaling method that uses frequencies that are not in the normal transmission frequency bands of the information transmissions.

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TXT29-1-1

A service that allows mobile phone users to text, rather than call, 9‐1‐1 during an emergency.

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End User

The 9‐1‐1 caller. Customers who use (rather than provide) telecommunications services; those who either originate or terminate telecommunications.

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ANSIRULE TABLE

For CDMA or TDMA calls, this table on the FMCC defines the parameter that will trigger the FMCC to behave in a test scenario rather than how it would...

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