| a combination of two transmission channels permitting transmission in both directions between two points
NOTE 1 – If the telecommunication is by nature unidirectional, e.g. long distance television transmission, the term "circuit" is sometimes used to designate the single transmission channel providing the facility, but this usage is deprecated.
NOTE 2 – A telecommunication circuit may be qualified by the nature or characteristics of the transmitted signals; for example: telephone circuit, telegraph circuit, data circuit, digital circuit.
NOTE 3 – Such characteristics of the transmission channels as bandwidth, or digit rate, may be different in the two directions of transmission.
NOTE 4 – In telephony, usage of the term "telephone circuit" is generally limited to a telecommunication circuit directly connecting two switching centres. |