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simplex mode [1 record]

Record 1 2009-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Telecommunications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Simplex operation indicates that transmission can take place in only one direction from one device to the next. In this mode, one of the devices can tansmit but cannot receive, or it receives but does not transmit.

CONT

Simplex operation limits one modem to transmission only and the modem at the other end of the link to reception only. A single pair of wires, known as a two-wire circuit, is adequate because no return data is involved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiodiffusion
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Télécommunications
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

En cas de communication exclusivement unidirectionnelle, on parle de mode simplex.

CONT

Le mode simplex. Ce mode n'exploite qu'un seul sens de transfert de l'information. Il correspond généralement à l'usage d'un seul émetteur pour [«n»] récepteurs ... Une fibre optique n'offre qu'un sens de connexion, ne permettant que le mode simplex. Ainsi, au moins deux fibres sont utilisées, en multimode, pour permettre une communication bidirectionnelle.

CONT

L'émission de programmes radio est un exemple d'utilisation de communication en mode simplex.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiodifusión
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Telecomunicaciones
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Operación de un canal de comunicaciones en una dirección, pero que no tiene la capacidad para hacerlo a la inversa.

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