Installation Manual

Table Of Contents
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TCM
Trellis Coded Modulation. The goal of TCM is the same as other error
correction schemes to increase data rate by adding redundancy to reduce
error. TCM uses redundancy to enhance the signal detection process.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Family of data
communication protocols universally implemented on the Internet.TCP is a
transport layer protocol used for reliable, connection-oriented communication
between two applications. SNMP is a commonly used protocol in the TCP/IP
family.
TOOS
Temporarily Out Of Service. System status indicating the IFU is out of
service, but is expected to recover without human intervention.
transceiver
Abbreviation for a transmitter and receiver.
transmitter
Device that converts signals for transmission.
Trellis encoding rate
Rate of TCM. (See TCM.)
Tx
Transmitted signal or transmitter.
V
Virtual Private Network
See VPN.
VPN
Virtual Private Network. Private network that is built on top of a public
network.
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WAN
Wide Area Network. High-speed network that connects networks over a large
geographical area. (See also LAN and MAN.)
Wide Area Network
See WAN.