backscatter

backscatter definition - telecom
In a fiber optic transmission system (FOTS), the portion of an optical signal that is deflected back towards the transmitter through interaction with the glass or plastic medium. See also back reflection, FOTS, GOF, and POF.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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