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Routing of signals back to their source
Loopback is the routing of electronic signals or digital data streams back to their source without intentional processing or modification. It is primarily a means of testing the communications infrastructure. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: LoopbackA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Semantic Loopback Detection Method Based on Instance Segmentation and Visual SLAM in Autonomous DrivingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: TCP/IP IllustratedThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mitigation of Loopback Self-Interference in Full-Duplex MIMO RelaysCited 912 times
- Go sideways: RS-232A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Null modemA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mitigation of Loopback Self-Interference in Full-Duplex MIMO Relays
Impact of backreflection on upstream transmission in WDM single-fiber loopback access networks
Loopback Recovery From Double-Link Failures in Optical Mesh Networks
Reflections and Multiple Rayleigh Backscattering in WDM Single-Fiber Loopback Access Networks
Embedded Loopback Test for RF ICs
Enhancing 5G QoS Management for XR Traffic Through XR Loopback Mechanism
Compact 10 GHz loopback arrayed-waveguide grating for high-fidelity optical arbitrary waveform generation
Transmission of 10-Gb/s Directly Modulated RSOA Signals in Single-Fiber Loopback WDM PONs
🆕 Influential since 2022
Semantic Loopback Detection Method Based on Instance Segmentation and Visual SLAM in Autonomous Driving
T/R Switch Composed of Three HV-MOSFETs With 12.1-μW Consumption That Enables Per-Channel Self-Loopback AC Tests and −18.1-dB Switching Noise Suppression for 3-D Ultrasound Imaging With 3072-Ch Transceiver
A Binocular Vision/IMU MSCKF Localization Method Considering Dynamic Initialization and Loopback Detection
Double Helical Loopback Fiber SPR Sensor for Chromium Ion Detection
Novel Inter-Core Crosstalk Measurement Method Using a Loopback and Bidirectional OTDR Technique
📚 Books worth reading
TCP/IP IllustratedW. Richard Stevens, Kevin R. Fall · 1993
The Implementation (TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2)Gary R. Wright, W. Richard Stevens · 1995
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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