General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Brick wall philtre

Telecommunications; General telecom

A low-pass philtre with a steep cut-off (such as 20 dB/octave or greater,) such that a negligible amount of higher frequency information passes. Note: A brick wall philtre typically has uniform group ...

Bluetooth

Telecommunications; General telecom

A low-power, short-range, rf technology that allows the connexion of intelligent communications devices or appliances in a household or an office in a short-range wireless network. Examples of ...

On-board communication station

Telecommunications; General telecom

A low-powered mobile station in the maritime mobile service intended for use for internal communications on board a ship, or between a ship and its lifeboats and liferafts during lifeboat drills or ...

Quality control (QC)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A management function whereby control of the quality of (a) raw materials, assemblies, produced materiel, and components, (b) services related to production, and (c) management, production, and ...

Risk acceptance

Telecommunications; General telecom

A managerial decision to accept a certain degree of risk, usually for technical or cost reasons.

Propagation path obstruction

Telecommunications; General telecom

A man-made or natural physical feature that lies near enough to a radio path to cause a measurable effect on path loss, exclusive of reflection effects. Note: An obstruction may lie to the side, ...