medium access unit (MAU)

medium access unit (MAU): In a communications system, the equipment that adapts or formats the signal for transmittal over the communication medium. Note: An example of a MAU is an optical transmitter, which accepts an electrical signal at its input port and converts it to an optical signal accessible at its output port.

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