A non-technical definition is the commercial wholesale bandwidth provider who offers Quality of Service (QOS) guarantees to the retailer. Backhaul generally refers to the side of the network that communicates with the global Internet, paid for at wholesale commercial access rates to or at an Ethernet Exchange or other core network access location. For example, while cellphones communicating with a single cell tower constitute a local sub-network, the connection between the cell tower and the rest of the world begins with a backhaul link to the core of the telephone company’s network (via a point of presence). Cell phone towers must be directly connected to fiber optic, replacing older T-1 connections.
Glossary Terms
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- 5G
- Aerial Work Platform (AWP)
- As Built
- Backhaul
- Bandwidth
- Broadband
- Broadband Network Services
- C-RAN
- CADD
- CBRS
- CD
- CDMA
- CDMA system
- Cell On Wheels (COW)
- Cell Site Agreement
- Cellular
- COI
- Colocation
- Construction Management
- DAS
- Ethernet
- EVDO (Evolution Data Optimized)
- FCC
- Fiber Optic Network
- Fixed Wireless Access
- Foundation Analysis
- FTTB
- FTTH
- FTTP
- FTTX
- GPS Mapping
- GSM
- HCS
- Hotspot
- HSPA
- Inside Plant Fiber Optic Design
- Lateral Connection
- Layer 1 Network
- LE
- Lease Review/Audit
- LOA (Letter of Authorization)
- Long Haul Networks
- LTE
- Media Access Control, or MAC
- Microwave
- Middle Mile
- MLA (Master License Agreement)
- MmWave
- Mobile Broadband
- Mount Analysis
- NEC and IBC
- NEPA
- Network
- Network Lateral Movement
- New Site Development
- NSB (New Site Build)
- NTP (Notice To Proceed)
- OSHA 10 & OSHA 30
- Outside Plant Fiber Optic Design
- Permitting
- Phase 2
- Private LTE
- Professional Engineer (PE)
- Project Management
- Pull Box
- RAD
- RFDS
- Right Of Way Sites
- RRH
- S&S
- SAP (Site Action Plan)
- SARF (Site Acquisition Request Form)
- SCIP
- Scope or Scope of Work
- Site Acquisition
- Small Cell
- Stealth Enclosures
- Sub-6
- Switch/Switching
- TDMA
- TIA-222
- TR-14
- Utility Easement
- VoIP
- Wireless Network
- Zoning