Priority level or priority, in the Telecommunications Service Priority system, is the level that may be assigned to an NS/EP telecommunications

NS/EP telecommunications

NS/EP telecommunications is an abbreviation for National Security or Emergency Preparedness telecommunications of the United States. Telecommunications services that are used to maintain a state of readiness or to respond to and manage any event or crisis that causes or could cause injury or harm...

 service, which level specifies the order in which provisioning

Provisioning

In telecommunication, provisioning is the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide services to its users. In NS/EP telecommunications services, "provisioning" equates to "initiation" and includes altering the state of an existing priority service or capability.In a...

 or restoration

Circuit restoration

In telecommunication, circuit restoration is the process by which a communications circuit is established between two users after disruption or loss of the original circuit...

 of the service is to occur relative to other NS/EP or non-NS/EP telecommunication

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...

services.

Note: Priority levels authorized are designated (highest to lowest) "E," "1," "2," "3," "4," and "5" for provisioning and "1," "2," "3," "4," and "5" for restoration.