Add Drop Multiplexing
A Multiplexing function offered in connection with SONET that allows lower level signals to be added or dropped from a high-speed optical carrier in a wire center. The connection to the add/drop Multiplexer is via a Channel to a Central Office Port at a specific Digital speed (DS3, DS1, etc.)
Related Terms
Add Drop Multiplexing,
Coarse Wavelength division Multiplexing (CWDM),
Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM),
Drop,
Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM),
Millivolt drop,
Multiplexing,
OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,
Time Division Multiplexing,
Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM),
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