Telecommunication principles

An understanding of telecommunication principles is essential for development and growth of the technology. None of these topics are stubs, but some must still be accessed from Wikipedia or Wikibooks. Click on the citation to access these.

Recommended course of study

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

General topics

• History
  • Telecommunication
  • Radio wave
  • Broadcasting
  • Telephone exchange

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

Educational level: this is a tertiary (university) resource.

Type classification: this resource is a course.

Subject classification: this is an engineering resource.

• Wikibooks:Signals and Systems
• Wikibooks:Communication Systems
• Wikibooks:Communication Networks
• Wikibooks:Communication Systems/Packet Data Systems
• Wikibooks:User:Nachiketsakinal/Collections/Communication System