In [[telecommunicationtelecommunications]], '''pulse-address multiple access''' ('''PAMA''') is a [[channel access method]] that enables the ability of a communication [[satellite]] to receive signals from several Earth terminals simultaneously and to amplify, translate, and [[relay]] the signals back to Earth, based on the addressing of each [[Ground station (telecommunication)|station]] by an [[assignment]] of a unique combination of [[time]] and [[frequency]] slots.
''Note:'' This ability may be restricted by allowing only some of the terminals [[Access control|access]] to the satellite at any given time.
==References==
Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]
