concentrator

communications A device that combines the data streams from

many simultaneously active inputs into one shared channel in

such a way that the streams can be separated after

transmission. The concentrator's output bandwidth must be at

least as great as the total bandwidth of all simultaneously

active inputs. A concentrator is one kind of multiplexing

device.

For example, a concentrator may be used to connect 24 2400 bps

TTYs to a host via a 57600 bps channel.

(2000-03-01)