Channel access method — In telecommunications and computer networks, a channel access method or multiple access method allows several terminals connected to the same multi point transmission medium to transmit over it and to share its capacity. Examples of shared… … Wikipedia
Channel (communications) — Old telephone wires are a challenging communications channel for modern digital communications. In telecommunications and computer networking, a communication channel, or channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire, or … Wikipedia
Packet switching — is a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data – regardless of content, type, or structure – into suitably sized blocks, called packets. Packet switching features delivery of variable bit rate data streams… … Wikipedia
Packet Layer Protocol — or PLP is the network layer protocol for X.25 protocol. PLP manages the packet exchanges between DTE (data terminal) devices across VCs (virtual circuits). PLP also can be used on ISDN using Link Access Procedures, D channel (LAPD).There are 5… … Wikipedia
Data transmission — Data transmission, digital transmission, or digital communications is the physical transfer of data (a digital bit stream) over a point to point or point to multipoint communication channel. Examples of such channels are copper wires, optical… … Wikipedia
Packet (information technology) — In information technology, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point to point telecommunications links, simply transmit… … Wikipedia
Packet analyzer — A packet analyzer (also known as a network analyzer, protocol analyzer, or sniffer, or for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is a computer program or a piece of computer hardware that can intercept and log… … Wikipedia
High-Speed Downlink Packet Access — (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System… … Wikipedia
Network packet — In computer networking, a packet is a formatted unit of data carried by a packet mode computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point to point telecommunications links, simply transmit data… … Wikipedia
Evolution-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… … Wikipedia
General Packet Radio Service — (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system s global system for mobile communications (GSM). GPRS was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in response … Wikipedia