The most common five techniques are FDM, TDM, WDM, CDM and SDM. Each technique operates on different dimension i. These techniques help to maximize channel utilization and meets the requirements of modern communication. The below are the different types of multiplexing techniques, each designed to handle various types of data and communication needs. It is applied in copper, fiber and wireless systems. Time-division multiplexing (TDM) is a digital (or in rare cases, analog) technology that uses time, instead of space or frequency, to separate the different data streams. Multiplexing techniques play a vital role in telecommunications, specifically in utilizing bandwidth and transmitting multiple signals. The methods of multiplexing are divided into analog and digital multiplexing.
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