Pilot #

Definition:

Pilot number usually refers to a trunk group implementation. A trunk group is a set of individual circuits or trunks. Each

trunk can be individually addressed and the trunk group can also be addressed as a group. The pilot number is the

telephone number that addresses the trunk group as a whole. Directing a call to a trunk group pilot number should

cause an available member of the trunk group to be selected.

Trunk Group. Trunk Group Number. A way of identifying a trunk group. Trunk Gateway.

Ingress Trunk Group.

Originating Trunk Group. The trunk group that an emergency call was routed prior to arriving at the ECMC.

The alternate route for a high‐usage trunk group. A trunk group alternate route consists of all the trunk groups in tandem that led to the distant...

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