B3ZS

Abbreviation for bipolar with three-zero substitution . A T-carrier line code in which bipolar violations are deliberately inserted if user data contain a string of 3 or more consecutive zeros. Note 1: B3ZS is used to ensure a sufficient number of transitions to maintain system synchronization when the user data stream contains an insufficient number of "ones" to do so. Note 2: B3ZS is used in the North American hierarchy at the T3 rate.