telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

, the term customer office terminal has the following meanings: *1. Termination equipment that (a) is located on the customer premises and (b) performs a function that may be integrated into the

common carrier A common carrier in common law countries (corresponding to a public carrier in some civil law (legal system), civil law systems,Encyclopædia Britannica CD 2000 "Civil-law public carrier" from "carriage of goods" usually called simply a ''carrier ...

equipment. ''Note:'' An example of a customer office terminal is a stand-alone

multiplexer In electronics, a multiplexer (or mux; spelled sometimes as multiplexor), also known as a data selector, is a device that selects between several Analog signal, analog or Digital signal (electronics), digital input signals and forwards the sel ...

located on the customer premises. *2. The digital loop carrier (DLC)

multiplexing In telecommunications and computer networking, multiplexing (sometimes contracted to muxing) is a method by which multiple analog or digital signals are combined into one signal over a shared medium. The aim is to share a scarce resource� ...

function that is near the exchange termination (ET) when provided by a stand-alone multiplexer. ''Note:'' This function may be integrated into the ET.

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