Time Division Multiple Access. A method of digital wireless communications transmission allowing a large number of

users to access, in sequence, a single radio frequency channel without interference by allocating unique time slots to

each user within each channel. As many as three time slots can be assigned to each frequency channel, allowing for

three times the capacity of current analog systems. The cellular phone sends bursts, or packets, of information during

each time slot. These packets are reassembled by the receiving equipment into the original voice components.