channelization

== English == === Alternative forms === channelisation === Etymology === From channel + -ization. === Noun === channelization (countable and uncountable, plural channelizations) The straightening and widening of a stream or river. 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.