Master station

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

Examples:

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".

 This article incorporates public domain material from the General Services Administration document "Federal Standard 1037C".

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