• In telecommunications and computer networks, a channel access method or multiple access method allows more than two terminals connected to the same transmission...
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  • A random-access channel (RACH) is a shared channel used by wireless terminals to access the mobile network (TDMA/FDMA, and CDMA based network) for call...
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    to establish a logical channel if a circuit-switched or channelization-based channel access method is used. The channel access control mechanism relies...
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  • Frequency-division multiple access (FDMA) is a channel access method used in some multiple-access protocols. FDMA allows multiple users to send data through...
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  • Self-organized time-division multiple access (STDMA or SOTDMA) is a channel access method designed by Håkan Lans, based on time-division multiplexing...
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    Carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) in computer networking, is a link layer multiple access method in which carrier sensing...
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    Time-division multiple access (TDMA) is a channel access method for shared-medium networks. It allows several users to share the same frequency channel by dividing...
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  • Carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD) is a medium access control (MAC) method used most notably in early Ethernet technology...
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  • An access method is a function of a mainframe operating system that enables access to data on disk, tape or other external devices. Access methods were...
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    Space-division multiple access (SDMA) is a channel access method based on creating parallel spatial pipes (focused signal beams) using advanced antenna...
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  • In telecommunications, pulse-address multiple access (PAMA) is a channel access method that enables the ability of a communication satellite to receive...
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    instead of being combined into a single signal, are best viewed as channel access methods, rather than a form of multiplexing. TD is a legacy multiplexing...
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  • carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance and resolution using priorities (CSMA/CARP) is a channel access method. CSMA/CARP is similar in...
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  • network, only the central hub transmits on the forward link, so channel access method is a consideration only on the return link. The "forward/return"...
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    Code-division multiple access (CDMA) is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several...
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    streaming and broadband Internet access. W-CDMA uses the DS-CDMA channel access method with a pair of 5 MHz wide channels. In contrast, the competing CDMA2000...
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  • Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) is a method for creating, maintaining, and manipulating computer files of data so that records can be retrieved...
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    Manipulates DWDM channel contents Arrayed waveguide grating – Optical multiplexer component Code-division multiple access – Channel access method used by various...
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  • interface and channel access method. Wireless service providers may deploy equipment using any of several air interface and channel access methods, as long...
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  • a time, so a channel access method must always be in effect. In circuit switching, each user typically gets a fixed share of the channel capacity. A multiplexing...
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  • Token passing (category Channel access methods)
    a channel access method where a packet called a token is passed between nodes to authorize that node to communicate. In contrast to polling access methods...
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  • the collision domain do not have collisions with those inside. A channel access method dictates that only one device in the collision domain may transmit...
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    passing is a channel access method providing fair access for all stations, and eliminating the collisions of contention-based access methods. Following...
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    code-division multiple access (CDMA) method of multi-user medium access, which allows multiple transmitters to share the same channel within the limits of...
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  • Time Slotted Channel Hopping or Time Synchronized Channel Hopping (TSCH) is a channel access method for shared-medium networks. TSCH is used by Low-Power...
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    successor of CDMA2000 but replaced by LTE OFDMA is also a candidate access method for the IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRAN), a cognitive...
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  • Polarization-division multiple access (PDMA) is a channel access method used in some cellular networks and broadcast satellite services. Separate antennas...
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  • over one communication channel using one sequence of so-called OFDM symbols. OFDM can be extended to multi-user channel access method in the orthogonal frequency-division...
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  • programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was created in the United States between 1969 and 1971...
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  • multiple access, a channel access method used in communication (for instance in MIMO technology) Soft direct memory access, a type of direct memory access (DMA)...
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