General telecom

General telecom

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reduced carrier single-sideband emission

Telecommunications; General telecom

A single-sideband emission in which the degree of carrier suppression enables the carrier to be reconstituted and to be used for demodulation.

full carrier single-sideband emission

Telecommunications; General telecom

A single-sideband emission without reduction of the carrier.

processor outage

Telecommunications; General telecom

A situation in which a signaling link becomes unavailable due to factors at a functional level higher than level 2. This may be because of, for example, a central processor failure. It may also be ...

time ambiguity

Telecommunications; General telecom

A situation in which more than one different time or time measurement can be obtained under the stated conditions.

length indicator (LI)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A six-bit field that defines message length and that is used to differentiate between message signal units, link status signal units, and fill-in signal units.

thin-film optical waveguide

Telecommunications; General telecom

A slab-dielectric waveguide that consists of multilayered films of material of different optical characteristics, is capable of guiding an optical signal, and may be used as a component in integrated ...