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UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

IGEH AYIETUOMA COLLINS

2005/128116

TITLE: DEMULTIPLEXING TECHNIQUES

Demultiplexing is a means of retrieving the individual signals previously multiplexed

so that they can be used separately. Generally, a group of signals multiplexed by a
multiplexing technique would be demultiplexed using a corresponding
demultiplexing technique. Therefore, similar to multiplexing techniques, the group
of demultiplexing technologies may be divided into; space division demultiplexing,
frequency division demultiplexing, time division demultiplexing, and code division
demultiplexing.

Space-division Demultiplexing Technique

This method is used to retrieve signals that were space-division multiplexed. In

space-division multiplexing (SDM), multiplexed signals are propagated with different
multipath propagation signatures. During demultiplexing, with the aid of digital
signal processing techniques, it is possible to separate the different signals that
were previously multiplexed by use of their different multipath propagation
signature.

Frequency-division Demultiplexing Technique

In this method, the FDM multiplexed signal received is combined in a reverse

pattern to a frequency (fc) of same magnitude as the carrier frequency (fc) that was
used in multiplexing the original signal (i.e. group of signal that was multiplexed,
0.3 – 3.4, in this case). An illustration is shown in the figure below. This method is
inherently an analogue technology.
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Fig. 1 Diagrammatic representation of FDM multiplexing and frequency-division

demultiplexing.

Time-division Demultiplexing Technique

Time-division demultiplexing is used to retrieve signals multiplexed using TDM

multiplexing technique. In this method, the timing of the original signal (i.e. signal
that was multiplexed) during multiplexing is synchronized to its timing during
demultiplexing. This implies that in a case of ATDM, the appropriate channel is
retrieved. A better description is detailed using the set of figures that follow.

Fig. 2 Illustration of multiplexing and demultiplexing at cycle time t1

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Fig. 3 Illustration of multiplexing and demultiplexing at cycle time t3 for

synchronous TDM and t2 for asynchronous TDM

Fig. 4 Illustration of multiplexing and demultiplexing at cycle time tN

Code-division Demultiplexing Technique

Code-division demultiplexing technique is employed with CDM (Code-division

Multiplexing). Under this condition, the transmitted signals are retrieved
asynchronously. Asynchronous retrieval is possible because the various original
signals are a coded channel-specific sequence of code.