Back-to-back Connection

In telecommunication, a back-to-back connection has one of two meanings. It can be a direct connection between:
  1. the output of a transmitting device and the input of an associated receiving device. When used for equipment measurements or testing purposes, such a back-to-back connection eliminates the effects of the transmission channel or medium.
  2. the output of a receiving device and the input to a transmitting device.
The term direct may be construed as permitting a passive device such as a pad to accommodate power level constraints.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

 

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