Basics of TDMA

Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems divide the radio spectrum into time slots, and in each time slots only one user is allowed to either transmit or receive. Each user occupies a cyclically repeating time slot. Features of TDMA are as follows:


  1. TDMA can be used by multiple users at a time.
  2. TDMA uses wideband systems.
  3. In TDMA the bandwidth is not lost as in the case of FDMA.
  4. Handoff process is simple in TDMA.
  5. High synchronized overhead is required in TDMA.
  6. In TDMA the guard time should be minimized.
  7. Adaptive equalization is necessary in TDMA systems, since the transmission rates are generally higher than FDMA.
  8. TDMA uses different time slots for transmission and reception so there is no need of Duplexers.

The Features of FDMA and CDMA are discussed separately, click on respective links to find out the features of FDMA and CDMA

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