media converter

media converter definition - telecom
A device that interfaces disparate transmission media, making the necessary signal conversions at the Physical Layer. For example, a media converter is required to interface a fiber optic transmission system such as Passive Optical Network (PON) to the copper unshielded twisted pair (UTP) used in inside wire applications on the customer premises. See also Physical Layer, PON, and UTP.

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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