CARP

Cache Array Routing Protocol

Carriage

The established procedures of a cable TV system regarding the carrying of signals of local TV stations on its channels.

Carried Load

The average volume in a traffic system. Carried load equals offered load when all calls are served. Carried load is less than offered load when some calls are denied service.

Carried Traffic

That part of the traffic offered to a group of servers that successfully seizes a server. Carried traffic equals offered traffic less the overflow traffic.

Carrier

(1-signal) A sine wave that can be modulated in amplitude, frequency or phase for the purpose of carrying information. (2-company) A business organization providing telecommunications service, such as a radio common carrier or a telephone service provider. (3-frequency) The frequency of the radio carrier signal. (4-level) The radio energy (power) of a carrier signal, typically expressed in decibels in relation to some nominal (reference) level.

Carrier Access Billing System (CABS)

A system that is used by network access providers to bill carriers for their customer s access to the network facilities.

Carrier Controlled Squelch

Carrier controlled squelch is a process where the audio output of a radio receiver is muted until the reception of an incoming RF signal that is above a predetermined carrier signal strength level. Carrier controlled squelch allows a radio user to avoid listening to noise or weak interference signals of distant radio transmissions that occur on the same frequency.

This diagram shows how a carrier controlled squelch system mutes the audio...