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Responding to the fact that the telecommunications industry continues to rely on the use of digital methods of transmitting information and provision of switching functions, this BASIC course provides an introduction.

Chapter 1

• Course Syllabus [1]


• Introduction [2]


• Learning Activity 1: Discussion Forum [3]

• Introduction to Module 1: Network Protocols and Standards [4]


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• Introduction to Module 2 : Communication Systems [8]


• Communications Systems [9]


• Nature of Information [10]


• Analog vs. Digital Signals [11]


• Sine Waves [12]


• Networks [13]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [14]


• Signal Conversion [15]


• Pulse Code Modulation [16]


• Digital Transmission [17]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [18]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [19]


• References [20]

• Introduction to Module 3: Modulation and Multiplexing [21]


• Multiplexing [22]


• Modulation and Demodulation [23]


• Types of Modulation (AM, FM, PM) [24]


• Demodulation or Detection [25]


• Learning Activity: Individual Assignment [26]


• Summary [27]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [28]


• References [29]

• Introduction to Module 4: Switching [30]


• PSTN [31]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [32]


• Structures of Networks [33]


• Signaling [34]


• International Networks [35]


• Message Switching [36]


• Circuit Switching [37]


• Packet Switching [38]


• Data Networks [39]


• Data Networks Continued [40]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [41]


• Virtual Circuits [42]


• Policy and Regulatory Implications [43]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [44]


• References [45]

• Introduction to Module 5: Radio Technology [46]


• Radio Communications [47]


• Radio Technology [48]


• Digital Modulation Techniques [49]


• Amplitude Shift Key Modulation [50]


• Frequency Shift Key Modulation [51]


• Phase Shift Key Modulation [52]


• Phase Shift Key Modulation Continued [53]


• Phase Shift Key Modulation Continued [54]


• Phase Shift Key Modulation Continued [55]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [56]


• Multiple Access Schemes [57]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [58]


• Point-to-Point Radio Systems [59]


• Radio Wave Propagation and Impairments [60]


• Terms and Definitions [61]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [62]


• References [63]

• Introduction to Module 6: Broadcast Communications [64]


• Traditional Radio Broadcast Systems [65]


• Functions of a Radio Receiver [66]


• Introduction to Television [67]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [68]


• References [69]

• Introduction to Module 7: Wireless Communications [70]


• Advances in Wireless [71]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [72]


• WLL [73]


• Fixed Wireless Access [74]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [75]


• Spread Spectrum Systems [76]


• Policy and Regulatory Implications [77]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [78]


• References [79]

• Introduction to Module 8: Modern Data Communications [80]


• Definitions and Discussion [81]


• The Internet [82]


• Protocol Layering [83]


• ISO OSI Reference Model [84]


• IP Suite [85]


• Organisation of the Internet [86]


• VoIP [87]


• Learning Activity: Discussion Forum [88]


• References [89]

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