Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mediation function: In telecommunications network management, a function that routes or acts on information passing between network elements and network operations. Note 1: Examples of mediation functions are communications control, protocol conversion, data handling, communications of primitives, processing that includes decision-making, and data storage. Note 2: Mediation functions can be shared among network elements, mediation devices, and network operation centers. Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.