TRANSPONDER

Transponder

In telecommunication, a transponder is one of two types of devices. In air navigation or radio frequency identification, a transponder is a device that emits an identifying signal in response to an interrogating received signal. In a communications satellite, a transponder gathers signals over a range of uplink frequencies and re-transmits them on a different set of downlink frequencies to receivers on Earth, often without changing the content of the received signal or signals.

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transponder

Noun

  1. A radio or radar transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal.


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