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DBA is not the same as statistical multiplexing. Stat muxing is a way to share bandwidth, usually in a dynamic way, but it is only one such way, albeit a very common one. It is a very specific method of bandwidth sharing.
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'''Dynamic bandwidth allocation''' is a technique by which traffic bandwidth in a shared telecommunications medium can be allocated on demand and fairly between different users of that bandwidth.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tatum |first=Malcolm |date=18 January 2024 |title=What Is Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation? |url=https://www.easytechjunkie.com/what-is-dynamic-bandwidth-allocation.htm |access-date=5 February 2024 |website=EasyTechJunkie}}</ref> This is a form of [[bandwidth management]], and is essentially the same thing as [[statistical multiplexing]].{{disputed inline|Merge with statistical multiplexing?|date=April 2012}} Wherewhere the sharing of a link adapts in some way to the instantaneous traffic demands of the nodes connected to the link.
 
Dynamic bandwidth allocation takes advantage of several attributes of shared networks: