kanavayksikkö
Kanavayksikkö is a Finnish term commonly used in telecommunications and broadcasting to denote the smallest allocation unit that constitutes a channel within a multiplexed or multi-channel system. Literally “channel unit,” the term is a generic one rather than a fixed standard, and its exact meaning varies with the technology and context.
In practice, a kanavayksikkö describes the unit that carries the data or service assigned to a single
Usage and translation: In English-language documentation the concept is often described as channel unit or subchannel;