Introduction to
Telecommunication Systems
– Chapter 1 –
Spring 2021
Outline (chap 1) - Introduction to Telecommunication Systems
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Introduction and History
Communication Systems
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Transmission Media Characteristics
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Definition
Modes
Elements
Guided Transmission Media
Unguided Transmission Media
Comparison Between Transmission Media
Communication Systems Configurations
Performance of Communication Systems
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Introduction
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Telecommunications, especially the Internet, has accelerated the globalization of commerce
and changed the fabric of society.
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According to an industry market study by the Insight Research Corporation, the expectation
of the telecommunications services revenue was $1.5-2.9 trillion in 2019.
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Introduction (2)
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International standards are essential to ensure that new equipment has compatibility on a
global level with existing and future equipment.
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“To understand a science it is necessary to know its history” Auguste Comte
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Historical Background
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Telegraph
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Battery (Volta, 1799)
Morse Code (Morse, 1837)
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Historical Background
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Telephony
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Alexander Graham Bell (1876)
Invention of Triode Amplifier (DeForest, 1906)
Automatic Switching (1897)
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Historical Background
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Wireless Communications
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Magnetic Field/ Electric Field (Faraday 1831)
EM wave (1864)
Radio Transmission at a distance of 2 km (1895)
Amplitude Modulation (1920)
Frequency Modulation (1933)
Commercial Television (1936)
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The past 100 years
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Invention of Transistors (1947)
Integrated Circuits (1958)
Telstar I Satellite (1962)
Fiber Optic lines
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Outline (chap 1) - Introduction to Telecommunication Systems
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Introduction and History
Communication Systems
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

Transmission Media Characteristics




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Definition
Modes
Elements
Guided Transmission Media
Unguided Transmission Media
Comparison Between Transmission Media
Communication Systems Configurations
Performance of Communication Systems
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