logical reach

The maximum length of a fiber optic link, without regard to the loss budget, or the allow-

able amount of signal attenuation that the system can withstand. See also attenuation, fiber optic, link, loss budget, physical reach, and signal.

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• Public Service Commission (PSC)
• public switched telephone network (PSTN)
• public switched telephone system (PSTS)
• Public UNI (Public User Network Interface)
• Public Utility Commission (PUC)
• PUC (Public Utility Commission)
• pull
• pulse
• pulse amplitude modulation (PAM)
• pulse code modulation (PCM)
• pulse dispersion
• pulse shape
• pulse shaping
• pump laser
• pump laser
• pump laser
• PU (Physical Unit)
• PU (Physical Unit)
• pure mesh
• purist
• push
• push-to-talk over cellular (PoC)
• push-to-talk (PTT)
• PVC
• PWE3 (PseudoWire Emulation Edge to Edge)