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E/N ratio

In the transmission of a pulse of an electromagnetic wave representing a bit, the ratio of (a) the energy in each bit, E, to (b) the noise energy density per hertz, N.
Note: E is usually expressed in joules per bit and N is usually expressed in watts per hertz. Thus, the E/N ratio is hertz-seconds per bit. A joule… (Read More →)

E2E

End-to-end

E9-1-1 System Service Providers (E9-1-1 SSP)

An E9-1-1 System Service Provider (E911SSP), is typically but not always an ILEC, and provides systems and support necessary to enable 9-1-1 calling for a single or group of Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). In relation to the jurisdictional boundary of the PSAP and the system provider’s scope of authority, this includes:

A method of interconnection for all telecommunications providers… (Read More →)

EAN

Emergency Alert Notification

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol

EAPS

Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching

Earth coverage (EC)

In satellite communications, the coverage that occurs when the satellite-to-Earth beam is sufficiently wide to cover all of the surface of the Earth exposed to the satellite, i.e., the footprint is as large as it can possibly be from a geographic standpoint.

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