Continuous transmission mode is a
telecommunications
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...
mode where a good part of the communication transmission links are of the continuous-mode type, in which the signal is present at all times.
In more quantitative terms, continuous transmission mode takes place:
*at
constant bit rate
Constant bitrate (CBR) is a term used in telecommunications, relating to the quality of service. Compare with variable bitrate.
When referring to codecs, constant bit rate encoding means that the rate at which a codec's output data should be con ...
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*when the communication channel is active for times much longer than both:
**the time needed to set up the channel itself, and/or
**the time needed to transmit any file or record or any other sequence of information bearing bits.
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