What is Multiplexing in Networking?.
Multiplexing is a process of combining multiple data streams into one signal over a single medium. The hardware device used for multiplexing is known as a Multiplexer that combines the ‘n’ number of input signals into a single output signal. There are two main types of multiplexers – analog and digital. Analog multiplexing involves signals which are analog and are multiplexed according to their frequency and wavelength. When digital signals are multiplexed in the form of frames and packets, the process is called digital multiplexing. Multiplexing in networking allows effective utilisation of the bandwidth when multiple signals share one medium.
