OSS (Operations Support System)

1. Referring to the system or systems that perform management,

inventory, engineering, planning, and repair functions for communications service providers. Specific OSS

functions can include inventory management, cost allocation, billing, service order management, trouble ticket management, traffic analysis, capacity planning, and network optimization. 2. Open source software.

See open source software.

• PSE (Power Sourcing Equipment)
• pseudonoise (PN)
• pseudoquaternary coding
• pseudorandom noise (PN)
• pseudowire
• pseudowire emulation edge to edge (PWE3)
• pseudowire emulation (PWE)
• PSK (Phase-Shift Keying)
• PSP (Payphone Service Provider)
• PSQM (Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement)
• PSQM+ (Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement plus)
• PSS1 (Private Signaling System No. 1)
• PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)
• PSTS (Public Switched Telephone System)
• PTE (Path Terminating Equipment)
• PTI (Payload Type Indicator)
• PTT
• PTT
• public data network (PDN)
• public domain
• public IP address
• public key encryption
• public key infrastructure (PKI)
• Public Safety Access Point (PSAP)
• Public Service Commission (PSC)