Technical control facility
In
telecommunication, a
technical control facility (
TCF) is a physical
plant, or a designated and specially configured part thereof, that (a) contains the equipment necessary for ensuring fast, reliable, and secure exchange of
information, (b) typically includes distribution frames and associated panels, jacks, and switches and
monitoring, test, conditioning, and orderwire equipment, and (c) allows telecommunications
systems control personnel to exercise operational control of
communications paths and facilities, make quality analyses of communications and communications channels,
monitor operations and
maintenance functions, recognize and correct deteriorating conditions, restore disrupted communications, provide requested on-call circuits, and take or direct such actions as may be required and practical to provide effective telecommunications services.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188