Glossary of Terms

Understand basic Public Safety definitions and terms.

Time Division

Definition:

A method of serving a number of simultaneous channels over a common transmission path by assigning the
transmission path sequentially to the various channels, each assignment being for a discrete time interval.

Diversity

The technique of using one, two, or more separate transmission channels. If the channels are along the same path, there is frequency or polarization...

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Out-Of-Brand Signaling

Any signaling method that uses frequencies that are not in the normal transmission frequency bands of the information transmissions.

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SCTP

Stream Control Transmission Protocol. Used by SIGTRAN.

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Point-to-Point

A line or a transmission between two points that neither requires, nor transmits, an intermediate point.

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