Telephone traffic means, number of subscribers .trying to contact other subscribers. It has an interesting similarity with vehicular traffic on a road in a city.
When we AC input is applied to the transmission line its inductive reactance (XL) increases with increase in frequency. As the transmission line is made of the millions of small particles, therefore the chain of those particles make the transmission line to
As shown in the diagram, at the open circuited end the current is minimum and voltage is maximum. At each λ/2 interval this behavior is repeated if we move away from the load end towards the source
As shown in the diagram at the short circuited end the current is maximum and voltage is minimum. At each λ/2 interval. This behaviour is repeated if we move away form the load end towards the source.