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Time division multiple access (TDMA) is a method of transmitting and receiving multiple independent signals over a single transmission channel. The TDMA at the transmit side, known as the multiplexer, assigns multiple channels in preassigned time slots. The TDMA at the receive side, known as the de-multiplexer, separates the incoming composite signal into parallel streams. Both multiplexer and de-multiplexer are synchronized by a common clock to receive data in accordance with the transmit sequence. This chapter presents the key concepts, underlying principles and practical applications of TDMA used in land-mobile telecommunication systems.
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- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)
- Time Slot
- Land Mobile Telecommunication Systems
- Single Channel Transmission
- TDMA Frame
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Faruque, S. (2019). Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). In: Radio Frequency Multiple Access Techniques Made Easy. SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91651-4_4
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