Why does this matter operationally?
Performance
The measurable behaviour of a connectivity system under real operating conditions, including throughput, latency, jitter, and packet loss. Performance determines whether applications and control systems receive data at the speed and consistency their operations require.
557 terms
Peering
An interconnection arrangement in which two networks exchange traffic directly with each other, typically without payment between the parties, providing reachability limited to each party's own networks and customers rather…
Concept/Framework
Performance Management
The operational practice of continuously monitoring, analyzing, and acting on network and system performance metrics to maintain service quality, identify degradation before it becomes service-affecting, and support capacity planning decisions…
Operations
Performance Metric
A performance metric is a formally defined measurement used to assess the behavior, quality, or effectiveness of a system or process. It specifies what is measured, how it is measured,…
Concept/Framework
Phase Alignment
Phase Alignment is the adjustment of signal or clock phases so they are synchronized or matched within a desired tolerance.
Operations
Phase Noise
Phase noise is the undesirable short-term fluctuation of a signal’s phase around its nominal value. It appears as spectral spreading around a carrier and is a key metric of signal…
Concept/Framework
Phased Array Antenna
Phased Array Antenna is an antenna system that steers its beam electronically by controlling the phase of multiple radiating elements, enabling directional beam movement without mechanical structure rotation.
Hardware
Plant-Wide Control Network
Plant-Wide Control Network is the communications infrastructure that connects control systems, devices, and operator systems across an entire plant to coordinate control, monitoring, and supervisory functions throughout the facility.
Concept/Framework
Pointing Accuracy
Pointing Accuracy is the degree to which an antenna or sensor is aligned with its intended target direction, measured as the alignment error between actual pointing direction and desired target…
Operations
Polarization
Polarization is the orientation or state of the electric field of a radio wave or electromagnetic signal. It is a property of the signal's field geometry.
Concept/Framework
Polarization Isolation
Polarization Isolation is the degree to which two orthogonal polarization channels remain separated from each other in a radio system.
Concept/Framework