Internetwork Facilities Clause Samples

Internetwork Facilities. II-6 1.50 ISDN User Part (ISUP)................................................................................. II-6 1.51 Line Information Data Base (LIDB)............................................................. II-6 1.52 Line Side ................................................................................................... II-6 1.53 Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) ................................................... II-6 1.54 Local Exchange Carrier (LEC).................................................................... II-6 1.55 Local Exchange Routing Guide (LERG)...................................................... II-6 1.56 Local Number Portability (LNP).................................................................. II-6 1.57 Local Service Request (LSR)...................................................................... II-7 1.58 Local Traffic............................................................................................... II-7 1.59 Loop Facility Charge.................................................................................. II-7 1.60 Main Distribution Frame (MDF)................................................................... II-7 1.61 Meet-Point Billing (MPB) ............................................................................ II-7 1.62 Mid-Span Fiber Meet.................................................................................. II-7 1.63 Multiple Exchange Carrier Access Billing (MECAB).................................... II-7 1.64 Multiple Exchange Carriers Ordering and Design Guidelines for Access Services - Industry Support Interface (MECOD) .......................................... II-7 1.65 Network Interface Device (NID) .................................................................. II-8 1.66 911 Service ................................................................................................ II-8 1.67 North American Numbering Plan (NANP)................................................... II-8 1.68 Numbering Plan Area (NPA)....................................................................... II-8 1.69 NXX, NXX Code, Central Office Code or CO Code...................................... II-8 1.70 Owner or Operator ..................................................................................... II-8 1.71 Party/Parties .............................................................................................. II-8

Internetwork Facilities. The physical connection of separate pieces of equipment, transmission facilities, etc., within, between and among networks, for the transmission and routing of exchange service and exchange access. A part of the SS7 protocol that defines call setup messages and call takedown messages. Refers to an end office switch connection that has been programmed to treat the circuit as a local line connected to an ordinary telephone station set. Line side connections offer only those transmission and signaling features appropriate for a connection between an end office and an ordinary telephone set. A geographic area for the provision and administration of communications service; i.e., intraLATA or interLATA. Any company certified by the Commission to provide local exchange telecommunications service. This includes the Parties to this Agreement. The Telcordia Technologies reference customarily used to identify NPA‑NXX routing and homing information, as well as network element and equipment designation.