Significant instant

In telecommunications, a significant instant is the instant of change from one significant condition to another within a discretely-timed signal ^[1]

A signal in which the time interval between two successive significant instants is constant is called an isochronous signal. This time interval is called the unit interval.

See also

• Isochronous signal
• Synchronization in telecommunications
• Synchronous network

References

1. "significant instant". Electropedia. International Electrotechnical Commission. November 1991. Retrieved 2025-10-16.

 This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).

• Bregni, Stefano (2002). Synchronization of Digital Telecommunications Networks. Wiley. ISBN   0-471-61550-1.