Individual local loop telephone lines are connected to a remote concentrator.
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Besides a cross connect point, they sometimes contain a DSLAM or more rarely a remote concentrator or both.
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RSS acts as a remote concentrator and deals with the conversion of analogue telephony signals used in the access network, which is the copper pairs between exchange buildings and customer premises, also called local loop, and the multiplexing of customer lines over cabling to the AXE10 local switching unit.