Definition of "channelization" in English

noun

1. The straightening and widening of a stream or river.

2. The division of a wide-band communications channel into multiple narrow-band channels.

   • 1979, Radiofrequency use and management: impacts from the World Administrative Radio Conference of 1979. The specific frequency bands are not consistent with the current design and channelization plans for the DSCS [Defense Satellite Communications System] III.