BPV

BPV definition - telecom
A violation of the line coding convention required by alternate mark inversion (AMI) in T-carrier networks or high density bipolar order 3 (HDB3) in E-carrier networks. AMI reverses the polarity of alternate marks, or 1 bits, expressing the first as a positive voltage of +3V, the second as a negative voltage of

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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