Any combination of equipment and systems forming a communications network as a group of <a class="sc-ktHwxA jHnjog" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_(networking)" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_(networking)" data-renderer-mark="true">nodes</a> interconnected by <a class="sc-ktHwxA jHnjog" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_(telecommunications)" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_(telecommunications)" data-renderer-mark="true">links</a> that are used to exchange messages between the nodes. The links may use a variety of technologies based on the methodologies of <a class="sc-ktHwxA jHnjog" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_switching" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_switching" data-renderer-mark="true">circuit switching</a>, <a class="sc-ktHwxA jHnjog" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_switching" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_switching" data-renderer-mark="true">message switching</a>, or <a class="sc-ktHwxA jHnjog" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_switching" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_switching" data-renderer-mark="true">packet switching</a>, to pass messages and signals including Local Area Networks, Home Area Networks and web-based solutions and cloud services for smart gird operations
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