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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
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
(2000-03-10)