Multiplexing
In telecommunications and computer networks,
multiplexing (also known as muxing) is a process where multiple analog message signals
or digital data streams are combined into one signal over a shared medium. The
aim is to share an expensive resource. For example, in telecommunications,
several phone calls may be transferred using one wire. It originated in telegraphy,
and is now widely applied in communications.
The multiplexed signal is transmitted
over a communication channel, which may be a physical
transmission medium. The multiplexing divides the capacity of the low-level
communication channel into several higher-level logical channels, one for each
message signal or data stream to be transferred. A reverse process, known as
demultiplexing, can extract the original channels on the receiver side.
A device that performs the
multiplexing is called a multiplexer (MUX), and a device that performs the reverse
process is called a demultiplexer (DEMUX)
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