Friday, March 20, 2009

FDMA Technology



FDMA Technology

Frequency Division Multiple Access or FDMA is a channel access method used in multiple-access protocols as a channelization protocol. FDMA gives users an individual allocation of one or several frequency bands, allowing them to utilize the allocated radio spectrum without interfering with each other. Multiple Access systems coordinate access between multiple users. The users may also share access via different methods such TDMA, CDMA, or SDMA. These protocols are utilized differently, at different levels of the theoretical OSI model.

FDMA requires high-performing filters in the radio hardware, in contrast to TDMA and CDMA.
FDMA is not vulnerable to timing problems as TDMA. Since a predetermined frequency band is available for the entire period of communication, stream data (a continuous flow of data that may not be packetized) can easily be used with FDMA.
Due to the frequency filtering, FDMA is not sensitive to near-far problem which is pronounced for CDMA.

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