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permanent virtual circuit

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permanent virtual circuit

See PVC.

(networking)Permanent Virtual Circuit - (PVC, or in ATM terminology, "Permanent Virtual Connection") A virtual circuit that is permanently established, saving the time associated with circuit establishment and tear-down.


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The IP-optimized DSL concentrator's ability to see and direct IP packets in these ways yields important advantages for broadband providers in the MDU market: It enables them to aggregate customer Internet traffic onto a single permanent virtual circuit through the network backbone, and into the POP, dramatically reducing service-provisioning time and costs.
Implementing On-Demand Video Services Using DSL Technology by Beliveau, Robert / Computer Technology Review
use of sub-frames to transport several voice and data channels over a single Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC).
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Virtual paths and channels: Concepts of virtual path and virtual channel connections relationship between ATM virtual paths and channels and SDH transmission paths functions of ATM switches and cross-connects features of Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs) and Switched Virtual Circuits (SVCs).
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