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In telecommunications, a framing bit is a bit used for frame synchronization. In a bit stream, framing bits are used in determining the beginning or end of a frame. They occur at specified positions in the frame, do not carry information, and are usually repetitive.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

Categories: Telecommunications

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	Bit robbing is a term used to describe using the least significant bit in a single voice channel for signaling.
	The framing bit is a single bit at the beginning of the DS1 frame.
	The standard DS1 frame was used (one frame bit and 24 channels that are 8 bits each), but a group of 12 frames were bundled together and the framing bits were defined in a specific patter for the 12 frames.

Framing bit (53 words)
	In telecommunications, a framing bit is a bit used for frame synchronization.
	In a bit stream, framing bits are used in determining the beginning or end of a frame.
	They occur at specified positions in the frame, do not carry information, and are usually repetitive.

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