Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

Sub-interface

Definition:

A device or software program that connects two separate entities.

A-GPS (Assisted-Global Positioning System)

A-GPS (Assisted-Global Positioning System) is a system that often significantly improves the startup performance—i.e., time-to-first-fix (TTFF)—of a...

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GSX / SGX

A Sonus‐specific media gateway that converts a traditional wireline call into a VoIP call. One variant, SGX, converts SS7 signaling.

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Analog

1) A system that processes electrical signals by representing the original signal as a continuous function of the original signal. The sound pressure...

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IntraLATA

A term used to describe services, revenues, functions, and so on that relate to telecommunications originating and terminating within a single LATA.

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