Character interval: In a
communications system, the total number of unit intervals required to transmit any given
character
Character or Characters may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''Character'' (novel), a 1936 Dutch novel by Ferdinand Bordewijk
* ''Characters'' (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to The ...
, including
synchronizing
Synchronization is the coordination of events to operate a system in unison. For example, the conductor of an orchestra keeps the orchestra synchronized or ''in time''. Systems that operate with all parts in synchrony are said to be synchronou ...
,
information
Information is an abstract concept that refers to that which has the power to inform. At the most fundamental level information pertains to the interpretation of that which may be sensed. Any natural process that is not completely random ...
,
error checking, or
control characters, but not including signals that are not associated with individual characters.
An example of a
time
Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
interval that is excluded when determining character interval is any time added between the end of a
stop signal
In telecommunication, a stop signal is a signal that marks the end of part of a transmission, for example:
#In asynchronous serial communication, a signal at the end of a character that prepares the receiving device for the reception of a subsequen ...
and the beginning of the next
start signal
In telecommunication, a start signal is a signal that prepares a device to receive data or to perform a function.
In asynchronous serial communication, start signals are used at the beginning of a character that prepares the receiving device for ...
to accommodate changing
transmission
Transmission may refer to:
Medicine, science and technology
* Power transmission
** Electric power transmission
** Propulsion transmission, technology allowing controlled application of power
*** Automatic transmission
*** Manual transmission
*** ...
conditions, such as a change in
data signaling rate
In telecommunication, data signaling rate (DSR), also known as gross bit rate, is the aggregate rate at which data passes a point in the transmission path of a data transmission system.
# The DSR is usually expressed in bits per second.
# The d ...
or
buffering requirements. This added time is defined as a part of the
intercharacter interval.
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