Telecommunication principles

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Recommended course of study

The chapters of concern are divided into general, particular and applied topics:

General topics

History

Particular topics

Tuned circuits LC_circuit Resonance_(ac) RLC_circuit [[[w:Oscillation]]] [[[w:Electronic_oscillator]]] [[[w:Crystal_oscillator]]] [[[Voltage-controlled_oscillator]]] [[[w:Phase-locked_loop]]] [[[Multivibrator]]] [[[w:Bandwidth_(signal_processing)]]]
Modulation [[[w:Modulation]]]
Electromagnetic waves [[[Electromagnetic_spectrum]]] [[[w:Electromagnetic_wave]]] [[[w:Electromagnetic_wave_equation]]] [[[w:Maxwell%27s_equations]]]
Antennas [[[w:Antenna_(radio)]]] [[[w:Antenna_measurement]]]
Spectral efficiency [[[w:Spectral_efficiency]]]
Electronics (power components and integrated circuits [[[w:Microelectronics]]] [[[w:Integrated_circuit]]])
Transmission [[[w:Signal_electronics]]] and all "See Alsos" [[[w:Nyquist_frequency]]] [[[w:Sampling_frequency]]] [[[w:Channel_capacity]]] [[[w:Bit_rate]]]
Microwaves [[[b:Communication_Systems/Microwave_Systems]]]
Microwave hierarchy, transmitters, repeaters, receivers [[[w:Microwave_radio_relay]]] Communications satellite [[[w:Communications_satellite]]] Submarine communications cable [[[w:Submarine_communications_cable]]]
Telephone systems [[[b:Communication_Systems/Telephone_System]]] Switching [[1]] PABXs [[[w:Private_branch_exchange]]] POTS [[[w:Plain_old_telephone_service]]] Teletraffic_engineering
GSM [[[w:GSM]]]
OSI model [[[w:OSI_model]]]
Telecommunications software w:Common_Object_Request_Broker_Architecture

Applied topics

Network management, billing
System design, planning installation and maintenance

Textbooks under construction

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