E-carrier system
<communications> A series of digital transmission formats promulgated by
the ITU and used outside of North America and Japan.
The basic unit of the E-carrier system is the DS0, which has a transmission rate
of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one voice circuit. The E1 format consists
of 32 DS0 channels, for a total capacity of 2.048 Mbps. E2, E3, E4, and E5
circuits carry multiple E1 channels multiplexed, resulting in transmission rates
of up to 565.148 Mbps.
The E-carrier system is similar to, and compatible with, the T-carrier system
used in North America, but has higher capacity since it uses out-of-band
signaling in contrast to the in-band signaling or bit-robbing used in the
T-system.
(2000-03-10)
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