- Branche: Telecommunications
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In networks using carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD,) the length of time that a transmitting station waits before attempting to retransmit following a collision. Note: Slot time varies from station to station.
Industry:Telecommunications
In networking, the procedure for performing registration or for amending or deleting existing registrations.
Industry:Telecommunications
In networking, an organization that performs registration for information objects and devices.
Industry:Telecommunications
In networking, a service to move a part or the whole of a file's content over a computer network.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network topology, a node connected to one and only one yybranch. Synonym peripheral node.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network management, the set of functions that (a) detect, isolate, and correct malfunctions in a telecommunications network, (b) compensate for environmental changes, and (c) include maintaining and examining error logs, accepting and acting on error detection notifications, tracing and identifying faults, carrying out sequences of diagnostics tests, correcting faults, reporting error conditions, and localizing and tracing faults by examining and manipulating database information.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network management, the set of functions (a) that protects telecommunications networks and systems from unauthorized access by persons, acts, or influences and (b) that includes many subfunctions, such as creating, deleting, and controlling security services and mechanisms; distributing security-relevant information; reporting security-relevant events; controlling the distribution of cryptographic keying material; and authorizing subscriber access, rights, and privileges.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network management, the entity that initiates requests for management information from managed systems or receives spontaneous management-related notifications from managed systems.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network management, a set of functions that (a) enables network service use to be measured and the costs for such use to be determined and (b) includes all the resources consumed, the facilities used to collect accounting data, the facilities used to set billing parameters for the services used by customers, maintenance of the data bases used for billing purposes, and the preparation of resource usage and billing reports.
Industry:Telecommunications
In network management, a complex that is controlled by a network provider, and is responsible for and performs network management functions such as network maintenance.
Industry:Telecommunications
