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Q Adaptor Function (QAF): Part of the TMN functional architecture (see Figure T.9), the QAF provides the translation between a Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) interface and a proprietary non-TMN interface, this latter part being outside the TMN, as shown in Figure T.9. The QAF is therefore used to connect a Network Element (NE) which does not support a TMN interface to a TMN.

QAF: Q Adaptor Function.

QAM: Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.

QCIF: Quarter Common Intermediate Format.

QDU: Quantising Distortion Unit.

Q Interface Adapter (QA): Part of the TMN physical architecture (see Figure T.10), it is the device which a Network Element (NE) without a TMN interface connects to. A Q Interface Adapter may incorporate a mediation function ...

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