data packet network
101Packet switching — A technique where data is divided into pieces of data called packets and are then transmitted independently over a computer communications network. At the destination the individual packets are then reassembled into the original message …
102data circuit terminating equipment — (DCE) The interfacing equipment required to connect data terminal equipment (DTE) to or from a transmission circuit or channel. With an RS 232 C connection, the modem is usually regarded as DCE, while the terminal or computer is DTE. In a X …
103packet switched data networks — (PSDN) A network designed to carry data in the form of packets …
104Automatic Packet Reporting System — (APRS) is an amateur radio based system for real time tactical digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area. In addition, all such data is ingested into the APRS Internet system (APRS IS) and distributed globally for …
105ExOR (wireless network protocol) — Extremely Opportunistic Routing (ExOR) is a combination of routing protocol and media access control for a wireless ad hoc network, invented by Sanjit Biswas and Robert Morris of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and described in a 2005 …
106Evolution-Data Optimized — or Evolution Data only, abbreviated as EV DO or EVDO and often EV, is a telecommunications standard for the wireless transmission of data through radio signals, typically for broadband Internet access. It uses multiplexing techniques including… …
107Multi-bearer network — A multi bearer network, or an MBN, is a network having the capability to carry a data packet via one of several alternative bearers. To be more precise, the term multi bearer network should be interpreted as meaning ‘multi bearer type network’,… …
108Integrated Services Digital Network — ISDN redirects here. For other uses, see ISDN (disambiguation). Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is a set of communications standards for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network services over the… …
109Measuring network throughput — Throughput of a network can be measured using various tools available on different platforms. This page explains the theory behind what these tools set out to measure and the issues regarding these measurements. Contents 1 Reasons for measuring… …
110Cellular network — Top of a cellular radio tower A cellular network is a radio network distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed location transceiver known as a cell site or base station. When joined together these cells provide… …
