Editing Master station

{{Short description|Network station to control other stations}}
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In [[telecommunications]], a '''master station''' is a station that controls or coordinates the activities of other stations in the system.

Examples:
*In a [[data network]], the control station may designate a master station to ensure [[data transfer]] to one or more slave stations.<ref name=FS1037C>[[Federal Standard 1037C]]</ref> Such a master station controls one or more [[data link]]s of the data [[communications network]] at any given instant. The assignment of master status to a given station is temporary and is controlled by the control station according to the procedures set forth in the operational [[Communications protocol|protocol]]. Master status is normally conferred upon a station so that it may transmit a [[message]], but a station need not have a [[message]] to send to be designated the master station.
* In navigation systems using precise [[time dissemination]], the master station is a station that has the [[clock]] that is used to synchronize the clocks of subordinate stations.<ref name=FS1037C/>
* In [[basic mode link control]], the master station is a data station that has accepted an invitation to ensure a [[data transfer]] to one or more slave stations.<ref name=FS1037C/>  At a given instant, there can be only one master station on a data link.

==Operation modes==
In data transmission, a master station can be set to not wait for a reply from a slave station after transmitting each message or [[transmission block]]. In this case the station is said to be in "continuous operation".<ref>Federal Standard 1037C, entry for "Continuous operation".</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Telecommunications systems]]