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ECE 319 - Lecture 2
ECE 319 - Lecture 2
ECE 319 - Lecture 2
MINDANAO
PRINCIPLES OF
COMMUNICATION
GERALDO P. ULEP, PECE
Assistant Professor III
Faculty – Department of Electronics Engineering
College of Engineering and Information Technology
University of Southern Mindanao
WEEK 2 - 4
• Communication:
Communication is the process of conveying (or)
transferring messages from one point to another.
Generally it can be classified in to 2 types.
• Communication within the line of sight.
• Communication beyond the line of sight, point to
point.
Examples of Communication
Systems:
• Telephony, Telegraphy, radio broadcasting, RADAR,
mobile communication, computer communication
Important events in development of communication systems
1838:Telegraph (Cooke and Wheatstone)
1871:Telephone “Caveat” Some believe Antonio Meucci (not A.G.
Bell) was the
inventor of the talking telegraph or telephone.
1900:Marconi sends wireless signal across Atlantic.
1920:Beginning of radio broadcasting.
1936:First public B/W TV broadcast.
1951:First public color TV broadcast.
1957:First earth satellite, Sputnik I.
1962:First communication satellite, Telstar I.
1966:Principles of fibre optic communications published (Kao and
Hockham).
1973:Birth of Internet.
Important events in development of
communication systems
1979:First-generation cellular phone service.
1985:Fax machines gain popularity.
1990’s:HDTV, second-generation cellular
systems.
2000’s:Third-generation cellular systems, satellite
radio, “anytime, anywhere, multimedia
communications”.
2010’s:Online social networks, smart phones,
LTE, wireless sensor networks(WSNs)
Basic Communication System:
Information
Transmitter Channel Receiver Destination
Source
Transmitting
Noise Receiving section
section
Communication medium
Information Source:
• The transferring message originates in the
information source, There can be various
messages in the form of words, code, symbols,
sound signal. The function of Information source
is to produce the required message which has to
be transmitted.
Transmitter
• A transmitter comprising electrical and electronic
components converts the message signal into a
suitable form for propagating over the
communication medium. This is achieved by the
process of modulation.
The channel and the noise
• Channel is the medium through which the message
travels from the transmitter to the receiver. The
function of the channel is to provide physical
connection b/w transmitter and the receiver. The
channel can be coaxial cable, microwave links, radio
wave links, and an optical fiber. During the process of
transmission & reception the signal gets distorted
due to noise introduces in the system. Noise is an
unwanted signal which tends to interfere with the
required signal (message). Noise may interfere with
signal at any point in a communication system.
However a noise has its greatest effect on the signal
in the channel.
Receiver
• The main function of the receiver is to reproduce
the message signal in electrical form from the
distorted received signal. This reproduction of the
original signal is accomplished by a process
known as demodulation (or) section.
Destination:
PAM (or)
PWM PPM
PCM
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