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Wireless communication
Of or relating to the transfer of communication or information between to or more points that do not use a electrical conductor.
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payload
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
The user data that traverses a circuit or network, in contrast to signaling and control information and overhead.
physical layer
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
The services in the OSI protocol stack (layer 1) that provide the transmission of bits over the network medium. Also known as the "PHY" layer.
radio access network (RAN)
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
The wireless RF-based portion of a network providing access from a mobile terminal device (transmitter/receiver) to the core, or backbone, network of the radio service provider.
scheduling
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
The method by which threads, processes or data flows are given access to system resources (e.g. processor time, communications bandwidth).
segmentation
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
In packet networks, the breaking of large packets into multiple smaller packets (or IP frames) to meet limits on packet length.
sequence number
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
A field of the packet header that is used by the terminating endpoint to determine if the packets arrive in sequence.
signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR)
Telecommunications; Wireless communication
The ratio of the received strength of the desired signal to the received strength of undesired signals.
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