In
telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...
, and in the context of
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisd ...
's (FCC) Computer Inquiry III, Open network architecture (ONA) is the overall design of a communication
carrier's basic
network
Network, networking and networked may refer to:
Science and technology
* Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
* Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks
Mathematics ...
facilities and services to permit all users of the basic network to interconnect to specific basic network functions and interfaces on an unbundled,
equal-access basis.
The ONA concept consists of three integral components:
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Basic serving arrangements (BSAs)
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Basic service elements (BSEs)
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Complementary network services
See also
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Open Garden
References
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