Installation Manual
Table Of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About This Book
- Warnings and Safety Guidelines
- Avertissements et consignes de sécurité
- Conventions
- Risque de lésions corporelles provoquées par la décharge électrique
- Risque de lésions corporelles provoquées par les câbles à fibres optiques
- Risque de lésions corporelles provoquées par l’exposition de l’énergie radiofréquences
- Autres risques des lésions corporelles
- Risque d’interruption de service
- Autres mises en garde
- Installation Overview
- Staging Procedure
- Installation Procedures
- Commissioning Procedures
- Removing an IFU
- IFU Test Results
- Index
Product Glossary - R0.1 glossary-9
CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY
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Crane rain model
System of formulas, charts, and maps developed by Robert K. Crane to depict
a global prediction of attenuation caused by rain. See also rain attenuation.
D
dB
Decibel. The unit of measurement for signal strength, usually the ratio
between a transmitted signal and a standard signal source.
decibel (dB)
See dB.
demarcation point
Logical dividing point between equipment and a network.
E
Element Management System (EMS)
Software application used to manage network equipment.
EMS
See Element Management System (EMS).
Ethernet
Generic term for the IEEE 802.3 standard network transmission protocol.
exciter
An oscillator that enables a tuner to change its frequency.
F
fade margin
Amount of signal reduction a receiver can tolerate and continue to maintain
satisfactory performance.
far-end IFU
a) IFU at the other end of the link in the network (during site evaluation).
b) Second IFU installed in a linked pair of IFUs.
See also near-end IFU.
Fast Ethernet
Generic term for a IEEE standard network 100 Mbps transmission protocol.
fault management
Software that reports and identifies the source of network faults.