Communication Systems
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[edit] Introduction
This book will eventually cover a large number of topics in the field of electrical communications. The reader will also require a knowledge of Time and Frequency Domain representations, which is covered in-depth in the Signals and Systems book. This book will, by necessity, touch on a number of different areas of study, and as such is more than just a text for aspiring Electrical Engineers. This book will discuss topics of analog communication schemes, computer programming, network architectures, information infrastructures, communications circuit analysis, and many other topics.
This book is still in an early stage of development. Many topics do not yet have pages, and many of the current pages are stubs. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[edit] Table of Contents
[edit] Communications Basics
- Baseband and Broadband Signals
- Time Division Multiplexing
- Frequency-Division Multiplexing
- Voltage-Controlled Oscillators (VCO)
- Envelope Filters (Envelope Detectors)
- What is Modulation?
- Analog vs. Digital
- Communication Mediums
- Coherent Receivers
[edit] Analog Modulation
- Analog Modulation Introduction
- Amplitude Modulation (AM)
- Frequency Modulation (FM)
- Phase Modulation (PM)
- FM and PM Generalization
[edit] Transmission
- Wave Propagation
- Noise Figure
- Wired Transmission
- Wireless Transmission
- Space-Division Multiplexing
- Fading Channels
- Correlative Coding
[edit] Digital Modulation
- Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
- Binary Modulation Schemes
- M-ary Modulation Schemes
- Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
- Noncoherent Receivers
- Line Codes

