Gating (telecommunication)
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In telecommunication
, the term gating has the following meanings:
1. The process of selecting only those portions of a wave between specified time
intervals or between specified amplitude limits.
2. The controlling of signals by means of combinational logic elements.
3. A process in which a predetermined set of conditions, when established, permits a second process to occur.
Source: From Federal Standard 1037C
and from MIL-STD-188
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, the term gating has the following meanings:
1. The process of selecting only those portions of a wave between specified time
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
intervals or between specified amplitude limits.
2. The controlling of signals by means of combinational logic elements.
3. A process in which a predetermined set of conditions, when established, permits a second process to occur.
Source: From Federal Standard 1037C
Federal Standard 1037C
Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended....
and from MIL-STD-188
MIL-STD-188
MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications.-Purpose:Faced with “past technical deficiencies in telecommunications systems and equipment and software…that were traced to basic inadequacies in the application of telecommunication standards and to the lack of a...