value-added network


value-added network

[′val·yü ¦ad·əd ′net‚wərk] (communications) A communications network that provides not only communications channels but also other services such as automatic error detection and correction, protocol conversions, and store-and-forward message services.

value-added network

A communications network that provides services beyond normal transmission, such as automatic error detection and correction, protocol conversion and message storing and forwarding. Telenet and Tymnet are examples of value-added networks.