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Backward channel

In telecommunication, the term backward channel has the following meanings:

1. In data transmission, a secondary channel[?] in which the direction of transmission is constrained to be opposite to that of the primary, i.e. , the forward (user-information) channel.

Note: The direction of transmission in the backward channel is restricted by the control interchange circuit that controls the direction of transmission in the primary channel.

2. In a data circuit, the channel that passes data in a direction opposite to that of its associated forward channel[?].

Note 1: The backward channel is usually used for transmission of request, supervisory, acknowledgement, or error-control signals. The direction of flow of these signals is opposite to that in which user information is being transferred.

Note 2: The backward-channel bandwidth is usually less than that of the primary channel, that is, the forward (user information) channel. For example, ADSL's upstream channel, considered a backward channel for some types of analysis, typically has a bandwidth less than one-fourth of the downstream channel.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188



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