Noun
retransmission (countable and uncountable, plural retransmissions)
The transmission of something again, especially over a different medium or at a different time.
Cable companies have to pay for the retransmission of broadcast shows.
For years, broadcasters didn't get a nickel out of retransmission consent. But broadcast content is what the cable industry was selling to customers. Gordon Smith
ARQ and FEC may be combined, such that minor errors are corrected without retransmission, and major errors are corrected via a request for retransmission: this is called hybrid automatic repeat-request (HARQ). Source: Internet
A and CBS) and Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) today announced a comprehensive, ten-year agreement that provides for retransmission consent of CBS Television Stations until the year 2020. Source: Internet
An RTO occurs when a segment is retransmitted, but the receiver does not acknowledge the retransmission. Source: Internet
In addition, senders employ a retransmission timeout (RTO) that is based on the estimated round-trip time (or RTT) between the sender and receiver, as well as the variance in this round trip time. Source: Internet
FEC gives the receiver the ability to correct errors without needing a reverse channel to request retransmission of data, but at the cost of a fixed, higher forward channel bandwidth. Source: Internet