control plane

control plane definition - telecom
In the ATM reference model, and other architectures, the functions defining all aspects of network signaling and control, such as call control and connection control. See also ATM reference model, management plane, signaling and control, and user plane.

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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