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hop definition - telecom
  1. A small, quick jump.
  2. In networks, the journey a signal makes across a transmission link between two devices such as bridges, hubs, switches, or routers.There often are multiple links in an endto-end circuit between two devices. Therefore, a frame may make multiple hops as it transverses a physical path from one workstation to another. An IP packet typically makes a significant number of hops as it transverses the Internet. See also bridge, circuit, frame, hub, Internet, LAN, link, packet, router, and switch.
  3. In radio communications, one skip of a radio wave from an earth station to the ionosphere and back. See also ionosphere, radio, and waveform.
  4. In satellite communications, one roundtrip of a signal from an Earth station to a space station (i.e., satellite) and back to an Earth station. See also satellite and signal.
  5. In frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio communications, a small, quick jump from one frequency channel to another in a carefully choreographed hop sequence. See also channel, FHSS, and frequency.

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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