Category: Technology
Created by: LaurentN
Number of Blossarys: 2
The user data that traverses a circuit or network, in contrast to signaling and control information and overhead.
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.
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.
The method by which threads, processes or data flows are given access to system resources (e.g. processor time, communications bandwidth).
In packet networks, the breaking of large packets into multiple smaller packets (or IP frames) to meet limits on packet length.
A field of the packet header that is used by the terminating endpoint to determine if the packets arrive in sequence.
The ratio of the received strength of the desired signal to the received strength of undesired signals.