What is Multiplexing?

An electronic or optical process that combines a large number of lower-speed transmission lines into one high-speed line by splitting the total available bandwidth of the high-speed line into narrower bands (frequency division), or by allotting a common channel to several different transmitting devices, one at a time in sequence (time division).

Multiplexing devices are widely employed in networks to improve efficiency by concentrating traffic.

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