RTS

RTS definition - telecom
  1. A message sent from a device seeking access to a wireless network. Demand assigned multiple access (DAMA), for example, is a protocol that assigns available channel capacity to an Earth station from a pool of bandwidth, on demand and as available.The Earth station transmits request to send (RTS) messages to the satellite until it responds with a clear to send (CTS), at which time the message transmission ensues. See also DAMA.
  2. An electrical line on a serial interface (e.g., a COM port) that a terminal asserts to indicate it has information to send. The other device may give permission by asserting clear to send (CTS). See also serial communications.

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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