Modulation
Modulation
the process of varying one or more properties of a periodic waveform, called the carrier signal,
with a modulating signal that typically contains information to be transmitted.
Digitization
Digitization is the process of converting information into a digital format . In this
format, information is organized into discrete units of data (called bit s) that can be
separately addressed (usually in multiple-bit groups called byte s). This is
the binary data that computers and many devices with computing capacity (such
as digital camera s and digital hearing aid s) can process.
A codec is a device or computer program capable of encoding or decoding a digital data
stream or signal.[1][2][3] Codec is a portmanteau of coder-decoder or, less commonly,compressordecompressor.
A codec encodes a data stream or signal for transmission, storage or encryption, or decodes it for
playback or editing. Codecs are used in videoconferencing, streaming mediaand video
editing applications. A video camera's analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converts its analog signals
into digital signals, which are then passed through a video compressor for digital transmission or
storage. A receiving device then runs the signal through a video decompressor, then a digital-toanalog converter (DAC) for analog display
The sampling frequency or sampling rate, fs, is the average number of samples obtained in one
second (samples per second), thus fs = 1/T.
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What is SDM: When we want to transmit multiple messages, the goal is maximum reuse of
the given resources: time and frequency. Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM), operates by dividing
the time up into time slices, so that the available time can be reused. Frequency-Division
Multiplexing (FDM), operates by dividing up the frequency into transmission bands, so that the
frequency spectrum can be reused. However, if we remember our work with directional
antennas, we can actually reuse both time and frequency, by transmitting our information along
parallel channels. This is known as Space-Division Multiplexing.