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Differentiate between CDMA, TDMA and FDMA.

Subject : Mobile Communication

Topic : Cellular Communication System

Difficulty : Medium

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Approach TDMA FDMA CDMA
Idea Segments sending time into disjoint time slots demand driven or fixed patterns. Segment the frequency band into disjoint subbands Spread the spectrum using orthogonal codes.
Terminals All terminals are active for short periods of time on same frequency. Every terminal has its own frequency uninterrupted All terminals can be active at the same place at the same moment uninterrupted.
Signal separation Synchronization in time domain Filtering in the frequency domain. Code plus special receivers.
Transmission scheme Discontinuous Continuous Continuous
Cell capacity Limited Limited No absolute limit on channel capacity but it is an interference limited system
Advantages Established fully digital, flexible Simple, established, robust Flexible, less frequency planning needed, soft handover
Disadvantages Guard space needed (multipath propagation), synchronization difficult Inflexible, frequencies are scarce resource Complex receivers, needs more complicated power control for senders
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