Master station

In telecommunication, a master station is a station that controls or coordinates the activities of other stations in the system.

Examples:

Operation modes

In data transmission, a master station can be set to not wait for a reply from a slave station after transmitting each message or transmission block. In this case the station is said to be in "continuous operation".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Federal Standard 1037C
  2. Federal Standard 1037C, entry for "Continuous operation".

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