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Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Industry: Telecommunications
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ATIS is the leading technical planning and standards development organization committed to the rapid development of global, market-driven standards for the information, entertainment and communications industry.
That power available at a specified output of a device under specified conditions of operation. Note: Rated output power may be further described; e.g., maximum rated output power, average rated output power.
Industry:Telecommunications
That portion of the ionosphere existing between approximately 95 and 130 km above the surface of the Earth. Note: The E Region lies between the D and F regions. Synonyms Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer.
Industry:Telecommunications
That portion of the ionosphere existing between approximately 160 and 400 km above the surface of the Earth, consisting of layers of increased free-electron density caused by the ionizing effect of solar radiation. Note 1: The F region reflects normal-incident frequencies at or below the critical frequency (approximately 10 MHz) and partially absorbs waves of higher frequency. Note 2: The F1 layer exists from about 160 to 250 km above the surface of the Earth and only during daylight hours. Though fairly regular in its characteristics, it is not observable everywhere or on all days. The principal reflecting layer during the summer for paths of 2,000 to 3,500 km is the F1 layer. The F1 layer has approximately 5 × 105 e/cm3 (free electrons per cubic centimeter) at noontime and minimum sunspot activity, and increases to roughly 2 × 106 e/cm3 during maximum sunspot activity. The density falls off to below 104 e/cm3 at night. Note 3: The F1 layer merges into the F2 layer at night. Note 4: The F2 layer exists from about 250 to 400 km above the surface of the Earth. The F2 layer is the principal reflecting layer for HF communications during both day and night. The horizon-limited distance for one-hop F2 propagation is usually around 4,000 km. The F2 layer has about 106 e/cm3. However, variations are usually large, irregular, and particularly pronounced during magnetic storms.
Industry:Telecommunications
That portion of the ionosphere existing between approximately 160 and 400 km above the surface of the Earth, consisting of layers of increased free-electron density caused by the ionizing effect of solar radiation. Note 1: The F region reflects normal-incident frequencies at or below the critical frequency (approximately 10 MHz) and partially absorbs waves of higher frequency. Note 2: The F1 layer exists from about 160 to 250 km above the surface of the Earth and only during daylight hours. Though fairly regular in its characteristics, it is not observable everywhere or on all days. The principal reflecting layer during the summer for paths of 2,000 to 3,500 km is the F1 layer. The F1 layer has approximately 5 × 105 e/cm3 (free electrons per cubic centimeter) at noontime and minimum sunspot activity, and increases to roughly 2 × 106 e/cm3 during maximum sunspot activity. The density falls off to below 104 e/cm3 at night. Note 3: The F1 layer merges into the F2 layer at night. Note 4: The F2 layer exists from about 250 to 400 km above the surface of the Earth. The F2 layer is the principal reflecting layer for HF communications during both day and night. The horizon-limited distance for one-hop F2 propagation is usually around 4,000 km. The F2 layer has about 106 e/cm3. However, variations are usually large, irregular, and particularly pronounced during magnetic storms.
Industry:Telecommunications
Television conforming to the NTSC standard, the SECAM standard, the PAL standard, or the PAL-M standard. Synonym existing quality television.
Industry:Telecommunications
That portion of the ionosphere existing approximately 50 to 95 km above the surface of the Earth. Note: Attenuation of radio waves, caused by ionospheric free-electron density generated by solar radiation, is pronounced during daylight hours. Because solar radiation is not present at night, ionization ceases, and hence attenuation of radio waves ceases.
Industry:Telecommunications
That portion of a network element (NE) that attempts to recreate a signal's original clock and attenuates the high-frequency phase variations that result from this process. Typically, the desynchronizer follows a demultiplex operation.
Industry:Telecommunications
That point at which operational control or ownership of communications facilities changes from one organizational entity to another. Note: The demarcation point is usually the interface point between customer-premises equipment and external network service provider equipment. Synonym network terminating interface.
Industry:Telecommunications
That period of time between the onset of an outage and the restoration of service.
Industry:Telecommunications
That part of the transmission loss caused by the dissipation or conversion of electrical, electromagnetic, or acoustic energy into other forms of energy as a result of its interaction with a material medium.
Industry:Telecommunications