| 单词 | broadband |
| 释义 | broadband 1. In the Wide Area Network (WAN) domain, broadband is an imprecise term referring to a circuit or channel providing a relatively large amount of bandwidth. The ITU-T defines broadband in Recommendation I.113 as a transmission rate faster than the primary rate (referring to ISDN), which translates into 1.544 Mbps in North America and 2.048 Mbps in most of the rest of the world.The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not define broadband, but defines high-speed services as supporting a data rate of at least 200 kbps in at least one direction and advanced telecommunications capability as at least 200 kbps in both directions. Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) generally is described as a broadband access technology, even though many ADSL services operate at less than T1 and E-1 rates. In this context, ADSL certainly operates at much higher rates than the predecessor modem 74570c02.qxd 9/11/07 12:18 PM Page 69 |
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