Telecommunication Standard Terms
ITS-Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
This glossary provides standard definitions for the fields subsumed by the umbrella discipline of telecommunications. The terms and definitions are drawn from authoritative non-Government sources such as the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Standardization, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the American National Standards Institute, as well as from numerous authoritative U.S. Government publications.
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Telecommunication Standard Terms - Dictionary Index
b
B channel
B ISDN
b s
B3ZS
B6ZS
B8ZS
babble
back to back connection
backbone
background noise
background processing
backscattering
backup
backup file
backward channel
backward recovery
backward signal
backward supervision
balance
balance return loss
balanced
balanced code
balanced line
balanced modulator
balanced signal pair
balancing network
B channel
B ISDN
b s
B3ZS
B6ZS
B8ZS
babble
back to back connection
backbone
background noise
background processing
backscattering
backup
backup file
backward channel
backward recovery
backward signal
backward supervision
balance
balance return loss
balanced
balanced code
balanced line
balanced modulator
balanced signal pair
balancing network
balun
band elimination filter
band rejection filter
band stop filter
band suppression filter
bandpass filter
bandpass limiter
bandwidth (BW)
bandwidth (of an optical fiber)
bandwidth balancing mechanism
bandwidth compression
bandwidth distance product
bandwidth length product
bandwidth limited operation
bar code
barrage jamming
base
base communications (basecom)
base Earth station
base station
baseband
baseband local area network
baseband modulation
baseband signaling
basic exchange telecommunications radio service (BETRS)
basic group
band elimination filter
band rejection filter
band stop filter
band suppression filter
bandpass filter
bandpass limiter
bandwidth (BW)
bandwidth (of an optical fiber)
bandwidth balancing mechanism
bandwidth compression
bandwidth distance product
bandwidth length product
bandwidth limited operation
bar code
barrage jamming
base
base communications (basecom)
base Earth station
base station
baseband
baseband local area network
baseband modulation
baseband signaling
basic exchange telecommunications radio service (BETRS)
basic group
basic mode link control
basic rate interface (BRI)
basic service
basic service element (BSE)
basic serving arrangement (BSA)
basic status
batch processing
batched communications
batched transmission
baud (Bd)
Baudot code
BCC
BCD
BCH code
BCI
Bd
beacon
beam diameter
beam divergence
beam steering
beamsplitter
beamwidth
bearer channel
bearer service
beating
beeping
basic rate interface (BRI)
basic service
basic service element (BSE)
basic serving arrangement (BSA)
basic status
batch processing
batched communications
batched transmission
baud (Bd)
Baudot code
BCC
BCD
BCH code
BCI
Bd
beacon
beam diameter
beam divergence
beam steering
beamsplitter
beamwidth
bearer channel
bearer service
beating
beeping