common channel signaling

telephones
Also known as: CCS

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interoffice signaling

  • Alexander Graham Bell and the New York City–Chicago telephone link
    In telephone: Out-of-band signaling

    …of interoffice signaling, known as common channel signaling (CCS), was developed. In CCS an “out-of-band” circuit (that is, a separate circuit from that used to establish the voice connection) is dedicated to serve as a data link, carrying address information and certain other information signals between the microprocessors employed in…

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