In fiber-optic communications, a muxponder is the element that sends and receives the optical signal on a fiber in much the same way as a transponder except that the muxponder has the additional functionality of multiplexing multiple sub-rate client interfaces onto the line interface.[1][2]

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  1. ^ Muxponder. Cisco.com. Retrieved July 2011
  2. ^ Muxponder Ciena.com. Retrieved July 2011