MIL-STD-188-154 Subsystem, Equipment, And Interface Standards For Common Long Haul And Tactical Telecommunications Control FacilitiesThis standard establishes physical and functional interface requirements for long haul and tactical telecommunications control facilities formerly technical control facilities in the Department of Defense DoD. As used in this standard, the term telecommunications control facility TCF includes patch and test facilities PTFs and interfaces to locations that provide centralized monitoring and control functions for other telecommunication locations.

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MIL-STD-188-154A

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3.        DEFINITIONS

3.1      Acronyms used in this standard. The acronyms used in this standard which are not included in FED-STD-1037C or are unique to this standard, are defined as follows:

a.    CMCF     -          Centralized Monitoring and Control Facility

b.    CSU        -          Channel Service Units

c.    DISAC    -          Defense Information Systems Agency Circular

d.    DoD        -          Department of Defense

e.    EIA         -          Electronic Industries Association

f.     FCO        -          Facility Control Office

g.    GPS        -          Global Positioning System

h.    IEEE                  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

i.     NCC       -          Network Control Center

J.     NMC       -          Network Management Center

k.    NOC       -          Network Operations Center

1.     QAVP      -          Quad Analog Voice Port

m.  QCTC      -          Quality Control Test Center

n.    RCC       -          Regional Control Center

o.    RMC                  Remote Management Center

p.     TCF        -          Telecommunications Control Facility

3.2      Access point.  An electrical point for monitoring, testing, and rerouting of signals.  This may be manual, such as patch panels, or automated, such as electronic or electromechanical patching systems.  In modern equip- ments, it may also be a point integrated into the system.

3.3      Centralized monitoring and control facility (CMCF).  A facility that provides automated monitoring and management of communications systems, normally from a location separate from the telecommunications control facility interfaces.  These facilities are commonly referred to as a Network Operations Center (NOC), Network Control Center (NCC), or Remote Management Center (RMC).

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