FIXED-ASSIGNED MULTIPLE ACCESS

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Information on Fixed-assigned multiple access (FAMA)

Fixed-assigned multiple access (FAMA) is one of the two main techniques for allocating channels to users. In FAMA, each user is allocated a channel permanently, whether they use it or not. This is inefficient and most multiple-access systems use demand-assigned multiple access (DAMA) in which the available channels are allocated on an as-required basis to users.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Fixed-assigned multiple access include: 
 
  • Demand-assigned multiple access (DAMA)
  • Carrier-sense multiple access (CSMA)
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  • Aloha
  • Time-division multiple access (TDMA)
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  • Frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)
  • Access Technique

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