carrier class

Synonymous with carrier grade. Referring to hardware or software that is durable and reliable enough to satisfy the demands of a carrier, i.e., incumbent telephone company, competing telecommunications service provider, or Internet service provider (ISP). See also carrier.

• 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)
• public switched telephone network (PSTN)
• public switched telephone system (PSTS)