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Compare TDMA, CDMA, FDMA and SDMA
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Approach SDMA TDMA FDMA CDMA
Idea Segment space into cells/sectors Segment sending time into disjoint time-slots, demand driven or fixed patterns Segment the frequency band into disjoint sub-bands Spread the spectrum using orthogonal codes
Terminals Only one terminal can be active in one cell/ one sector All terminals are active for short periods of time on the same frequency Every terminal has its own frequency, uninterrupted All terminal can be active at the same place at the same moment, uninterrupted
Signal separation Cell structure, directed antennas Synchronization in the time domain Filtering in the frequency domain Code plus special receivers
Advantages Very simple, increases capacity per km2 Established, fully digital, flexible Simple established, robust Flexible, less frequency planning needed, soft handover
Dis-advantages Inflexible, antennas typically fixed Quard space needed (multipath propogation), synchronization difficult Inflexible,  frequencies are a scarce resource Complex receivers, needs more complicate power control for senders
Comment Only in combination with TDMA, FDMA or CDMA useful Standard in fixed networks, together with FDMA/SDMA used in many mobile networks Typically combined with TDMA (frequency hopping patterns) and SDMA (frequency reuse) Still faces some problems, higher complexity, lowered expectations; will be integrated with TDMA/FDMA
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