Point-to-multipoint communication (telecommunications)

Point-to-multipoint communication (telecommunications)

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Point-to-multipoint communication is a term that is used in the telecommunications field which refers to communication which is accomplished via a specific and distinct type of multipoint connection, providing multiple paths from a single location to multiple locations [cite book
last = M. Cover
first = Thomas
coauthors = Joy A. Thomas
title = Elements of Information Theory
publisher = Wiley-Interscience
year = 1991
isbn = 0471062596
] .

"Point-to-multipoint" is often abbreviated as P2MP, PTMP, or PMP.

Point-to-multipoint telecommunications is most typically (2003) used in wireless Internet and IP Telephony via gigahertz radio frequencies. P2MP systems have been designed both as single and bi-directional systems. A central antenna or antenna array broadcasts to several receiving antennas and the system uses a form of Time-division Multiplexing to allow for the back-channel traffic.

ee also

*Multipoint Microwave Distribution System
*Point-to-point (telecommunications)

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