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OFDM
Last modified: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 

(pronounced as separate letters) Short for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, an FDM modulation technique for transmitting large amounts of digital data over a radio wave. OFDM works by splitting the radio signal into multiple smaller sub-signals that are then transmitted simultaneously at different frequencies to the receiver. OFDM reduces the amount of crosstalk in signal transmissions. 802.11a WLAN, 802.16 and WiMAX technologies use OFDM.

Compare with FHSS and DSSS.

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Multiplexing

Wireless Computing

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802.11

crosstalk

demultiplex

DSSS

FDM

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LOS

modulate

multiplex

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PLL

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roaming

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WDM

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