line switching concentrator

line switching concentrator

[′līn ¦swich·iŋ ′kän·sən‚trād·ər]

(communications)

Switching center used between a group of users and the switching center to reduce the number of trunks and increase efficiency of switching equipment usage (sometimes referred to as statistical multiplexing).

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