👉 pretransmission refers to a stage or phase in the process of transmission, typically before the transmission occurs. In telecommunications, it is often used to describe the initial stages of communication between two or more devices that may not yet have connected. In the context of advanced networking and communications technologies such as Wi-Fi and 5G, pretransmission refers to the initial stages where data packets are transmitted over a wireless network without any physical connection. This can include establishing a connection with another device or a circuit