tree-and-branch
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Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.
- The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98:
- The PSTN we have been describing utilizes a star configuration. But this is not the only configuration being applied in today's telecommunications world. The cable television (CATV) companies, for instance, use a tree-and-branch technology.2004, Stephan S. Jones, The Basics of Telecommunications, page 11:
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- Figure 1.1 Tree-and-branch cable topology.2004, Walter S. Ciciora, Michael Adams, Modern Cable Television Technology, page 15: