Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ορθογώνια Διαίρεση Συχνότητας (OFDM)	Πρωτόκολλο Τυχαίας Πρόσβασης Slotted ALOHA
Πεδίο	Τηλεπικοινωνίες	Τηλεπικοινωνίες
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1971	1970
Δημιουργός	Weinstein and Ebert	Norman Abramson and Lawrence Roberts
Τύπος	multicarrier modulation scheme	random access protocol
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Weinstein, S. B., & Ebert, P. M. (1971). Data transmission by frequency-division multiplexing using the discrete Fourier transform. IEEE Transactions on Communication Technology, 19(5), 628-634.	Roberts, L. G. (1975). ALOHA packet system with and without slots and capture. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, 5(2), 28-42.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	multicarrier modulation	random access, medium access
Συναφείς	5	3
Σύνοψη	OFDM is a multicarrier modulation technique that divides a wideband channel into many narrowband orthogonal subcarriers. Introduced by Weinstein and Ebert in 1971, it exploits the duality between time and frequency domains to efficiently use spectrum while mitigating intersymbol interference in frequency-selective channels. OFDM is now the standard for high-speed wireless systems including WiFi, cellular LTE, and digital broadcasting.	Slotted ALOHA is a fundamental random access protocol enabling multiple devices to share a wireless channel without centralized coordination. Introduced by Abramson (1970) and refined by Roberts (1975), it divides time into fixed slots and allows devices to transmit at the beginning of a slot with a fixed probability. While simple and elegant, Slotted ALOHA achieves only 37% channel utilization under saturation (optimal traffic load), a fundamental limit discovered by Abramson. Despite this limitation, Slotted ALOHA remains a teaching tool and appears in modern systems like satellite and IoT networks.