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TECHNIQUES
FDMA
Frequency division multiple access
FDMA is the division of the frequency band
allocated for wireless cellular telephone
communication into channels
FDMA in Analogue Advanced Mobile Phone
System (AMPS)
The Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service (D-
AMPS) also uses FDMA but adds time division
multiple access (TDMA)
Each channel can be assigned to only one user
at a time.
FDMA is a
method that lets
more than one
user to share a
single radio
frequency
spectrum. This is
done by
assigning active
users a different
frequency
channel.
FDMA puts each
call on a separate
frequency.
Frequency division multiplexing
GUARD BANDS
10 people in a room.
5 speak English, 2 speak Spanish, 2 speak
Chinese, and 1 speaks Russian.
Everyone is talking at relatively the same
time over the same medium – the air.
Who can listen to whom and why?
Who can’t you understand?
Who can’t speak to anyone else?
12.20
Simple idea of
communication with code
Chip sequences
Data Representation
in CDMA
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DISADVANTAGES