telecommunication 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 ...

, communications survivability is the ability of

communications Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inqui ...

systems to continue to operate effectively under adverse conditions, though portions of the system may be damaged or destroyed. Various methods may be used to maintain communications services, such as using alternate routing, different

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 ** ...

media or methods, redundant equipment, and sites and equipment that are radiation hardened.

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