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Glossary


OFDM

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing. A signal transmission scheme using multiple subcarriers closely-spaced in the frequency domain such that adjacent subcarriers are orthogonal to each other; such schemes enable the symbol length to be increased compared to a single-carrier transmission and are therefore typically tolerant of multipath propagation. It is the radio access technology used for the LTE downlink.