Equipment Aspects of the Packaged N3 Carrier Terminal

The packaged N3 carrier terminal is the latest Bell System addition to its short-haul carrier family. Recent technological advances were used to advantage to produce a system possessed of refinements which were heretofore unavailable. This paper describes the packaged N3 carrier terminal and the plug-in units which comprise the carrier portion of the terminal. The packaging philosophy and the advantages derived both by the operating companies and the manufacturing shop are discussed.