General telecom

General telecom

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Looped dual bus

Telecommunications; General telecom

A distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) scheme in which the head-of-bus functions for both buses are at the same location.

Main distribution frame (MDF)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A distribution frame on one part of which the external trunk cables entering a facility terminate, and on another part of which the internal user subscriber lines and trunk cabling to any ...

Combined distribution frame (CDF)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A distribution frame that combines the functions of main and intermediate distribution frames and contains both vertical and horizontal terminating blocks. Note 1: The vertical blocks are used to ...

High-frequency distribution frame (HFDF)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A distribution frame that provides terminating and interconnecting facilities for those combined supergroup modulator output circuits and combined supergroup demodulator input circuits that contain ...

Maximal-ratio combiner

Telecommunications; General telecom

A diversity combiner in which (a) the signals from each channel are added together, (b) the gain of each channel is made proportional to the rms signal level and inversely proportional to the mean ...