Chapter 7: MULTIPLEXING
This chapter examines the principal multiplexing techniques—frequency-division, time-division, wavelength-division, and spatial multiplexing—and show how they build upon the modulation methods developed here to enable scalable, multi-user communication systems.
Chapter Contents
- 7.1 INTRODUCTION
- 7.2 FDM
- 7.3 TDM
- 7.4 WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
- 7.5 ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM)
- 7.6 A COMPARISON OF FDM, TDM, WDM AND OFDM
- 7.7 SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING
- 7.8 CHAPTER SUMMARY
- 7.9 LOOKING AHEAD
- 7.10 REVISION QUESTIONS
- 7.11 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)