Abstract: While many questions still surround the creation and deployment of the smart grid, the need for a reliable communications infrastructure is indisputable. Developers of the IEEE 1901.2 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Having previously discussed aspects of multiplexing in this column, this month we’ll consider the ...

Modern communication systems ranging from 5G cellular to military radios are increasingly required to support a growing number of channels and frequency bands, and it is often essential to be able to ...

We all know that it’s sometimes better to beg forgiveness than ask permission to do something, and we’ll venture a guess that more than a few of us have taken that advice to heart on occasion. But ...

Multiplexing is a technique for carrying multiple channels of information within a common signal. Although usually thought of as a digital process, the method was actually pioneered many years ago as ...

Measuring key characteristics of high-speed pulses such as frequency, amplitude, and pulse width for simultaneous pulses that overlap in time has long been an issue in design. To solve that problem, ...

Imagine that you had to send different letters to multiple friends, but all at the same time. Sending every letter individually, obviously, would end up taking a lot of effort and time. So, instead… ...