08-Multiplexing2 - Week 7
08-Multiplexing2 - Week 7
Communications
Chapter 8 – Multiplexing
Multiplexing
S1 Subchannel for S1
Frequency
Guard band
Subchannel for S2
S2
Guard band
X1 Y1 X2 Y2
Station X
X1 Y1 X2 Y2
Station Y
Time
Tp Tb Tg
Tp = Propagation delay
Tb = Burst transmission time
Tg = Guard time
Frequency
Uplink frequency band for S3
Guard band
Base station
Downlink frequency band
S3
S1
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Time Time Time Time Time Time Time
slot slot slot slot slot slot slot
for for for for for for for
S2 S1 S2 S3 S1 S2 S3 S1
Frequency
Guard band
Base station
S3
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Guard time
Time Time Time Time Time Time Time
slot slot slot slot slot slot slot
for for for for for for for
S2 S3 S1 S2 S3 S1 S2
Time
Individual
If a subchannel Requires fewer subchannels
Each subchannel is not in use, it is overhead bits must be
is dedicated to a idle; the because each separated by
single station capacity is subchannel is guard bands to
wasted dedicated minimize
interference
TDMA
• Time-Division Multiple Access
– There is a single, relatively large, uplink frequency band that is used
to transmit a sequence of time slots
– Repetitive time slots are assigned to an individual subscriber station
to form a logical subchannel
– Key features: