General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Lossy medium

Telecommunications; General telecom

A medium in which a significant amount of the energy of a propagating electromagnetic wave is absorbed per unit distance travelled by the wave.

Microwave amplification by stimulated emission of

Telecommunications; General telecom

A member of the general class of microwave oscillators based on molecular interaction with electromagnetic radiation.

Call control signal

Telecommunications; General telecom

A member of the set of network management signals used to establish, maintain, or release a call.

Traffic intensity

Telecommunications; General telecom

A measure of the average occupancy of a facility during a specified period of time, normally a busy hour, measured in traffic units (erlangs) and defined as the ratio of the time during which a ...

Balance return loss

Telecommunications; General telecom

A measure of the degree of balance between two impedances connected to two conjugate sides of a hybrid set, coil, network, or junction. 2. A measure of the effectiveness with which a balancing ...

Fractional frequency offset

Telecommunications; General telecom

A measure of the deviation of the frequency of a signal from a reference, expressed as a ratio. The ratio is dimensionless but typically expressed as parts per million, ppm. For example, 4. 6 ppm ...

A measure of the difference between a given signal and a reference signal. Note: For analogue signals, the signal distance is the root mean square difference between the given signal and a reference ...