In United States regulatory law, interconnection is specifically defined (47 C.F.R. 51.5) as "the linking of two or more networks for the mutual exchange of traffic."
在美国的法律中，互联互通被专门地定义为（47 C.F.R. 51.5）“两个或多个网络的链路，用于通信流量的双边交换”。