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bonding definition - telecom
  1. The process or method of permanently joining the metallic shields, screens, or armor of multiple wire and cable segments in order to establish electrical continuity between them, to a ground strap or wire that connects to a ground rod, and eventually to ground. Bonding serves to ensure that electrical noise will be conducted to ground, rather than coupling with and, therefore, interfering with the desired signal.
  2. Synonymous with channel aggregation, dynamic bandwidth allocation, multirate ISDN, and Nx64. A feature of ISDN-compatible terminal adapters (TAs), PBXs, and routers that enables the system to dynamically allocate, or bond, multiple contiguous 64-kbps bearer (B) channels to serve an application that requires more than a narrowband channel. From the transmitter, through the network, and to the receiver, the narrowband channels are bonded and treated as a single superrate channel known as a high-speed (H) channel. As an example, a videoconference might require 128 kbps (2 channels) or 384 kbps (6 channels). Dial-up Internet access typically benefits from bonding two channels for a connection at 128 kbps. Also, multiple IP, ATM, or frame relay links can be joined to emulate a faster channel. See also B channel, H channel, ISDN, narrowband, PBX, router, superrate, and TA.

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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