Bandwidth Utilization: Multiplexing
Bandwidth Utilization: Multiplexing
Bandwidth Utilization:
Multiplexing
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6-1 MULTIPLEXING
Whenever the bandwidth of a medium linking two
devices is greater than the bandwidth needs of the
devices, the link can be shared. Multiplexing is the set
of techniques that allows the simultaneous
transmission of multiple signals across a single data
link. As data and telecommunications use increases, so
does traffic.
Topics discussed in this section:
Frequency-Division Multiplexing
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing
Statistical Time-Division Multiplexing
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Figure 6.1 Dividing a link into channels
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Figure 6.2 Categories of multiplexing
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Figure 6.3 Frequency-division multiplexing
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Note
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Figure 6.4 FDM process
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Figure 6.5 FDM demultiplexing example
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Example 6.1
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Figure 6.6 Example 6.1
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Example 6.2
Solution
For five channels, we need at least four guard bands.
This means that the required bandwidth is at least
5 × 100 + 4 × 10 = 540 kHz,
as shown in Figure 6.7.
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Figure 6.7 Example 6.2
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Figure 6.9 Analog hierarchy
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Figure 6.11 Prisms in wavelength-division multiplexing and demultiplexing
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Figure 6.12 TDM
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Figure 6.13 Synchronous time-division multiplexing
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Example 6.5
Solution
a. 1/1000 s or 1 ms.
b. 1/3 ms.
c. 3 × 1/3 ms, or 1 ms
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Figure 6.14 Example 6.6
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Example 6.6
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Figure 6.15 Interleaving
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Example 6.8
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Figure 6.16 Example 6.8
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Figure 6.19 Multilevel multiplexing
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Figure 6.20 Multiple-slot multiplexing
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Figure 6.21 Pulse stuffing
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Homework
1. Assume that a voice channel occupies a bandwidth of 4 kHz. We
need to multiplex 10 voice channels with guard bands of 500 Hz
using FDM. Calculate the required bandwidth.
2. Ten sources, six with a bit rate of 200 kbps and four with a bit rate
of 400 kbps are to be combined using multilevel TDM.
Answer the following questions about the final stage of the
multiplexing:
a. What is the size of a frame in bits?
b. What is the frame rate?
c. What is the duration of a frame?
d. What is the data rate?
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