4 CCR 723-2-2501 - Definitions
The following definitions apply only in the context of rules 2500 through 2529:
(a) "Common
transport link" means a communications path:
(I) Used by multiple customers; and
(II) Containing one or more circuits
connecting two switching systems in a network.
(b) "Customer network interface" or "network
interface device" (NID) means the facilities on or near the customer's premises
that allow the customer to connect to the network.
(c) "Dedicated transport link" means a
communications path:
(I) Used by one customer;
and
(II) Containing one or more
circuits connecting two switching systems in a network.
(d) "Essential facilities" or "essential
functions" mean those network elements that a telecommunications provider is
required to offer on an unbundled basis.
(e) "Exchange access" means the offering of
access to telephone exchange services or facilities for the purpose of the
origination or termination of telephone toll services.
(f) "Interconnection" means the process of
providing a seamless connecting link between competing networks for the
completion of local traffic that originates in the network of one provider and
terminates in the network of another provider.
(g) "Loop" means the facilities that connect
a customer network interface to a main distribution frame, or its
equivalent.
(h) "Operator systems"
means systems that provide for live or mechanized operator functions that
assist end users with call completion and directory assistance.
(i) "Originating provider" means the
telecommunications provider that serves the end user who originates a local
call.
(j) "Service control point"
(SCP) means a node in the signaling network to which informational requests for
service handling (for example, routing) are directed and processed. The SCP
includes both the service logic and the customer specific information necessary
to process individual requests.
(k)
"Signal transfer point" (STP) means a facility that provides the function of
connecting signal links in order to transfer appropriate signals from and
between the various elements of a signaling network.
(l) "Signaling links" means transmission
facilities in a signaling network which carry all out-of-band signaling traffic
between the end office and signal transfer point, the tandem office and signal
transfer point, the signal transfer point and service control point, and the
signal transfer point and another signal transfer point.
(m) "Switch" means a facility that provides
the functionalities required to connect appropriate lines or trunks to a
desired communications transmission path. These functionalities may include,
but are not limited to, recognizing service requests, obtaining required call
specific information, data analysis, route selection, call completion or
hand-off, testing, recording, or signaling.
(n) "Tandem switch" means a facility that
provides the function of connecting trunks to trunks for the purpose of
completing inter-switch calls.
(o)
"Telecommunications carrier" means any provider of telecommunications services,
except that such term does not include aggregators of telecommunications
services. This definition includes Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS)
providers, interexchange providers, and to the extent they are acting as
telecommunications carriers, companies that provide both telecommunications and
information services.
(p)
"Telecommunications service" means the offering of telecommunications for a fee
directly to the public, or to such classes of users as to be effectively
available directly to the public, regardless of the facilities used.
(q) "Terminating provider" means the
telecommunications provider that serves the end user who receives a local
call.
Notes
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.