Lucent Technologies Octel Unified Messenger Concepts and Planning Guide 101-1620-005 - Manual (Page 70)

Octel Unified Messenger Concepts & Planning Guide
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Designing an OctelNet addressing scheme
For messages to be sent via the OctelNet gateway, the administrator must
set up an OctelNet addressing scheme. If required, multiple addressing
schemes can be set up for a single OctelNet node. This allows OctelNet
messages to be addressed in different ways to the same destination
system.
Setting up an OctelNet addressing scheme
An OctelNet addressing scheme consists of:
n A prefix.
n Additional digits.
n Mailbox length.
Prefix A prefix is a number used by the sending system as a way of addressing
OctelNet messages to the destination system. For more information on
setting up prefixes, see “OctelNet addressing scheme design rules” on
page 5-5.
Additional digits Additional digits are the number of digits that the subscriber must enter in
addition to the prefix to form a complete OctelNet address. Since an
OctelNet address consists of the prefix followed by the mailbox number,
additional digits are normally the same as the number of digits in the
mailbox number on the destination system. For example,
1234 (prefix) + 6002 (mailbox number)
= 12346002 (OctelNet address)
In this example, the number of additional digits is 4, because 4 digits
(6002) must be added to the prefix to form a complete OctelNet address.
In some cases, however, the prefix can include only some digits of the
mailbox number. For example:
1234 (prefix) + 4002 (mailbox number)
= 1234002 (OctelNet address)
In this example, the number of additional digits is 3 (for the digits 002),
because the 4 of the prefix overlaps with the 4 of the mailbox number.
Mailbox length Mailbox length is the number of digits in the mailbox numbers on the
destination system.