EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS|communications
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- remote | satellite exchange | RSU | remote switching unit | remote switching system | RSS | remote switch | dependent exchange
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- Definition local switch with limited call-processing capabilities, installed in a sparsely populated area and linked to a single host system on which it depends both for complex control functions and for routing traffic Reference Lauriston/Le Néal, Bilingual [EN/FR] Dictionary of International Telecommunications, Volume 2 (Transmission Equipment), Teleglobe Canada, 1991
- Comment Remote switches, which typically consist of interconnected, microprocessor-controlled remote line modules, have capacities ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand lines and are increasingly used as rural switching systems. Most modern remotes are discriminating satellite exchanges providing limited stand-alone service in case the host-to-remote link is temporarily severed.