The reciprocal of the pulse repetition rate.

The number of pulses per unit time.

See rise time.

Synonym pulse train.

See bit stuffing.

A series of pulses having similar characteristics. Synonym pulse string.

Deprecated synonym for pulse duration.

The ability of a communication satellite to receive signals from several Earth terminals simultaneously and to amplify, translate, and relay the signals back to Earth, based on the addressing of each station by an assignment of a unique combination of time and frequency slots.
Note: This ability may be restricted by allowing only some of the terminals access to the… (Read More →)

Modulation in which the amplitude of individual, regularly spaced pulses in a pulse train is varied in accordance with some characteristic of the modulating signal.
Note: The amplitude of the amplitude-modulated pulses conveys the information.

Modulation in which a signal is sampled, and the magnitude (with respect to a fixed reference) of each sample is quantized and digitized for transmission over a common transmission medium.
Note 1: In conventional PCM, before being digitized, the analog data may be processed (e.g., compressed), but once digitized, the PCM signal is not subjected to further processing (e.g., digital… (Read More →)