noun
time-division multiple access; TDMA
Technical term in telecommunications; a channel access method where multiple users share the same frequency channel by dividing the signal into different time slots.
時分割多元接続は、携帯電話の通信方式の一つとして使われている。
Time-division multiple access is used as one of the communication methods for mobile phones.
Compound of 時分割 (time division) + 多元接続 (multiple access), calque of English 'time-division multiple access'.