Multiplexing

Multiplexing refers to the combination of multiple communications streams on the same channel. The process of sorting out the multiple streams on the receiving end is called demultiplexing.

Some common forms of multiplexing include:

• Frequency division multiplexing (FDM)
• Time division multiplexing (TDM)
• Code division multiplexing (CDM)
• Statistical multiplexing

References:

• FDM: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/ph/p/id/269
• TDM: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/ph/p/id/270
• CDM: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/ph/p/id/268
• Statistical multiplexing: http://www.sics.se/~aeg/report/node6.html