F-Term-List

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PURPOSES OR EFFECTS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Speed increasing

. . Shortening of transmission delay time

. . Improvement in throughputs

. Simplifying of configurations

. . Reduction or unitising of hardware

. . . Reduction or sharing of storing units or memory

. . Reduction or modularisation of software

. . Effective use of existing resources

. Making mobile or portable or portability

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. Improvement in reliability or improvement in maintenance or managing

. . Countermeasures against faults or operation errors

. . Countermeasures against congestions or prevention of blocking

. . Managing or monitoring or testing of performances or configurations

. . Security confidentiality protection encryption or authentication

. Improvement in man-machine interfaces

. . Improvement in operations or countermeasures against operation errors.

. . Improvement in the systems to display or output.

. Improvement in economical efficiency

. . Reduction of line or service fees

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EXCHANGE SYSTEMS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Line switching

. . Time division switching

. Store and forward switching

. . Message exchange

. . . Mail box system read out in the centre by the receiving side

. . . Store or transfer system the centre transferring to the receiving terminal

. . Packet switching

. . . Frame relay exchanging

. . . ATM or Asynchronous Transfer Mode exchanging or cell exchanging

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. Complex exchanging: using different exchange systems

. Integrated exchanging: integrated exchanging in the same exchange

. . by store and forward exchanging

. . assigning time slots to each exchanging system.

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KINDS OF DATA (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Voice data

. Video data or TV phones

. . Videotext

. . Facsimile data

. Remote monitoring or controlling data

. . Remote control signals of exchanges or terminals such as application of power

. Fee charging information or management information

. Vacant data or vacant cells

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. Transmission control information signalling OAM information or POH

. . Error control HEC or CRC

. . Data for flow control or GFC

. . Paths channel identification signals VPI or VCI

. . Synchronising signals hour information or elapsed time information

. . Kinds of information PT or distinguishing signals for validity or invalidity of data

. . . priorities errors or deletion tolerance or CLP

. . . Protocol identification information

. Program information

. . Program information for exchange control

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. Multiple kinds of data or multimedia data

. SDH signals or multiplexing signals with pointers

. Variable length packets

. Fixed length of packets or cells

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CONFIGURATIONS OF NETWORKS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Wide area networks WAN or public networks

. . Telephone networks

. . Local telegraphic or telex networks

. . Integrated communication networks or ISDN

. . . Narrowband ISDN or N-ISDN

. . . Broadband ISDN or B-ISDN

. . . ISDN household networks

. Mobile communications networks or personal communications networks

. Common channel signalling system or signalling system No.7

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. MAN or urban networks

. Private networks exclusive lines or corporate networks

. . LAN of bus loop or star types

. . . ATM-LAN

. Communication between parallel processing computers

. Hierarchical networks

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INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORKS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. via connection devices for networks

. . connecting at repeater or physical layer levels

. . Bridges routers brouters or gateways

. Interconnection of networks only between wide area networks.

. Interconnection of networks that at least one of networks is a LAN

. . Connection between more than one LAN

. . . Connection through non-LAN e.g. wide area networks or exclusive lines

. Attaching or converting of addresses or network identification information

. . Functions for learning addresses

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COMPONENTS EXCLUDING TRANSMISSION PATHS OR TERMINALS ( FREE WORDS ARE ASSIGNED.)

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. Multiplexing reverse multiplexers or multiplexers

. Line concentrators

. Terminal adapters: TA or facsimile adapters

. . Broadband terminal adapters: B-TA

. Packet assembler/disassembler: PAD

. . Cell assembler/disassembler: CLAD

. Communication control units: CCU

. Circuit terminating devices e.g. DCE DSU or NT

. . for analogue lines e.g. modem devices

. Monitoring testing or maintenance devices

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. Relay exchanges

. Cross connectors

. PBX Private Branch Exchange

. Optical exchanges

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TRANSMISSION PATHS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Wireless e.g. electric waves sound waves

. Communication satellites

. Light through free space fibre

. Parallel transmission

. Control lines signal paths

. Relay lines lines between exchange stations

. Subscriber's lines lines between terminal exchanges

. . House lines

. SDH SONET

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TERMINALS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Voice terminals telephones

. Data communication terminals including DTE non-packet terminals

. . Packet terminals

. . Video terminals

. . . Facsimile machines

. . Host computers

. Mobile portable

. Multimedia terminals

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DETAILS OF COMPONENTS (KX TAKES PRECEDENCE. FREE WORDS ARE ASSIGNED)

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. Processors CPU

. Memories external storage units

. . Delay circuits buffers traffic shapers

. . for storage of terminal data transmission control information

. . for storing station data exchange or routing control information

. . for storing user information

. . Databases knowledge bases

. . provided inside terminal devices

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. Transfer circuits inside devices e.g. bus

. . DMA transfer

. Line interface circuits

. . ISDN user network interfaces

. . Cell header converters address converters

. . Trunks

. Scramblers descramblers

. OCR optical character recognition mark sheet readers.

. Voice or image signal coders decoders CODEC

. Voice synthesisers voice recognition devices

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. Clock circuits timers synchronising circuits

. . Cell synchronising

. Power supply power source devices

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DETAILS OF CHANNEL CONSTRUCTION OF EXCHANGES (FREE WORDS ARE ASSIGNED)

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. Common resources or time division systems

. . Common (or shared) memory (or buffer) switches

. . Common bus switches

. Space division

. . Multistage mutual connection e.g.: Banyan switches

. . . having buffers in each stage

. . . having sorting networks e.g.: Batchers

. . . having distribution networks e.g.: Benes networks

. . Cross-point: matrix types

. . . Multi-bus e.g.: knockout switching

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. Buffering

. . having input buffers or queues

. . having output buffers or queues

. . having cross-point buffers

. not requiring buffering

. combining a multiple switch modules

. having scheduling arbitration or arbiters

. . having switches for control e.g. arbiter networks

. Optical switches

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. having line concentrating stages concentrators

. having distribution means

. having detours

. having address filters

. Dual or redundant construction of switches

. Sending control signals to the front or back feedback of signals

. Channels having additional functions

. . Multicast broadcast multi-point connection functions

. . Priority transmission functions

. . Monitoring testing OAM functions

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TRANSMISSION CONTROL (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Error control or detection correction resending

. . Reply confirmation ACK NACK

. Priority transmission specification of tolerances for errors or discarding

. Interrupt transmission interruption or resumption of sending

. Processing of non-sound sections or non-transmission data sections

. Code conversion compression or decompression

. Standard regulations standard protocols (Free words are assigned)

. . HDLC LAP-B (Assigned from claims)

. . LAP-D

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. Signal systems

. . Subscriber's line systems

. . . Envelope system

. . Signal systems between stations

. Synchronisation clocks control of phases

. Wavelength multiplex transmission frequency multiplex transmission

. Code multiplex transmission

. Multiple sending of the same data

. checking whether received data are the same data already received

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EXCHANGE CONTROL (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Calling control

. . Calling control connection control

. . Disconnection control call end control

. Routing controls

. . Multiple route setup e.g.: multi-link connection

. . Concentrated control

. . Line switching detour connection

. . . performing route changes while connecting calls.

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. Order control e.g.: aligning the orders of packets

. Occupancy control transmission control e.g.: polling system

. Connection control of terminals or lines of different systems.

. . Different speed control or plural exchanging

. . Conversion control of transmission control procedures

. . Media conversion

. performing control between terminals or end-end control

. Connection-less connection

. Connection or oriented connection

. . Permanent Virtual Connection or PVC

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TRAFFIC CONTROL, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (FREE WORDS ARE ASSIGNED)

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. Flow control

. . Traffic shaping

. . Window systems

. . Leaky bucket system

. in call setup

. . Connection Admission Control: CAC traffic parameter declaration

. . . suitably modifying data volume to be declared

. . Guarantee of traffic parameters

. Resource management

. delivering data at off-peak time

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. Control of congestion

. Handling of illegal data malicious calls UPC policing

. . Attachment of illegal tags notification to the front or back

. . Discard

. . Disconnection of calls

. deleting or discarding unnecessary data

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SERVICES (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. sending information to multiple terminals

. . Multicasting

. . . Multicasting by repeating one-to-one connections or sequential multicasting

. . . Multicasting by the connection of one-to-N or simultaneous broadcasting

. . . Relay multicasting

. . . Group multicasting selective multicasting

. . Broadcasting e.g. CATV

. . Conference communications teleconferences

. . Circulars questionnaires approvals workflow management

. Pilot number services

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. Transfer proxy receiving

. Reply

. Notification or display of distribution or reception

. Notification or display of the presence of data addressed to self

. using names or titles in daily life

. Electronic bulletin boards

. Information searching databases video on demand

. related to hour time time difference

. Private communication confidential communication

. Limits on services

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PROCESSING SYSTEMS (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Distributed processing

. . Function distribution

. . Load distribution

. . . Parallel processing or bit slicing of data

. Interrupt processing priority processing

. Multiplex processing

. Remote processing

. Processing by hardware instead of software

. Processing by software instead of hardware

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. Editing of data

. . Attachment of common text covers management information or the like.

. . Batch processing of multiple data

. . Division processing of single data e.g.: processing of electronic messages in page units.

. using predictions

. Adaptive processing (Free words are assigned)

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TARGET OF STATE MONITORING (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Entirety of exchange networks or communication networks

. Components

. . Transmission paths transmission data in transmission paths

. . . Lines between subscribers' terminals and exchanges

. . Terminals e.g. DTE

. . Exchanges

. . Circuit terminating devices e.g. DCE DSU or NT

. . Other components (Free words are assigned.)

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. Details of components

. . Processors e.g. processors of exchanges

. . Memory buffers queuing queues or FIFO

. . Channel devices e.g. switch circuits

. . Other details in components (Free words are assigned)

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ITEMS OF STATE MONITORING (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Quality faults or operation errors

. . Congestion states

. . Connection quality e.g. connection delays

. . Transmission quality

. . . Error rates or bit error rates

. . . Transmission time or transmission delay time

. . . Transmission distances

. . . Synchronised states

. . . Traffic monitoring communication amounts or operation information

. . . Transmission control procedures e.g. the number of resent packets

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. . . Data lengths or packet lengths

. . . Data intervals or monitoring of presence of data

. . . Monitoring of transmission sequences reduplications missing items or sequence numbers

. Amounts of stored information e.g. lengths of queues

. Occupied states of routes or paths

. Delivery results of data e.g. electronic mails

. Estimation or isolation of faults

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SYSTEMS OF STATE MONITORING (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Tests

. . Loopback tests

. . using test calls

. . Remote testing

. Self diagnosis

. Collection or transfer of data

. Detecting or monitoring recording tracing or logging

. Remote monitoring or measuring

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OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE (A FREE WORD IS ASSIGNED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER CLASSIFIED IN VIEWPOINT 00)

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. Recoveries from faults

. . Redundant configurations or switching of active ones and reserves

. Starts or initial setup

. Management of configurations

. . Management of network configurations

. . Management of classification or functions of components in networks e.g. terminals

. . Configuration modifications or expansion management e.g. modification of terminal addresses

. . using sub-addresses TEI or hierarchical addresses

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