Customer premises equipment
The term Customer Premises Equipment ( CPE .., Engl for "equipment in customer premises," dt subscriber network device ) refers to a subscriber - terminal in a computer network , a telephone network or telephone systems .
These terminals, whose legal owner is usually the end user or customer, are connected to a telephone or data network ( Internet or LAN ). Phones , fax machines, and modems are the most common CPE devices. In the DSL context, CPE is used to designate DSL modems ; based on this, the WiMAX modem is also called CPE in wireless broadband WiMAX technology.
See also
- Central Office (CO)
- Central Office Equipment (COE) or ATU-C
- ADSL Transceiver Unit - Remote (ATU-R)
- TR-069 CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP)
- Dying Gasp
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Office of Communications: Technical guidelines for layer 1 FTTH installations in buildings . Ed .: Federal Department for the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication DETEC. October 6, 2009, chapter 2.6, p. 10 .