What Is Relay Broadcasting?

In a relay broadcast, the originator fax machine sends a document over a long distance to another fax machine called the “relay unit.” After the relay unit receives your document, it automatically sends the document to several other fax machines in the local area. In this way, you can send a document to several fax machines in the same locality with only one long distance transmission.

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Using a Relay Network

Originator

Relay Unit

In a relay network, your machine can function as both an originator and a relay unit. If your machine is the “originator,” it sends a document to a relay unit from which the document is relayed to several destinations in the same locality. If your machine is the “relay unit,” it receives a document from another party, and your machine relays it to one or several other facsimile machines in your own locality.

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