access node

access node definition - telecom
Synonymous with service node and edge switch. In packet networks, the outermost device on a carrier network, an access node is a switching point that comprises a point of end user access to the network. See also edge switch and node.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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