Outline of telecommunication
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to telecommunication:
Telecommunication – the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process almost always involves the use of electromagnetic waves by transmitters and receivers, but in earlier years it also involved the use of drums and visual signals such as smoke, fire, beacons, semaphore lines and other optical communications.
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[edit]Essence of telecommunication
Main article: Telecommunication
[edit]Types of telecommunication networks
Main article: Telecommunications network
- Computer networks
- Public switched telephone networks (PSTN)
- Packet switched networks
- Radio networks
- Television networks
[edit]Aspects of telecommunication transmission
Main article: Telecommunication
[edit]Telecommunication technology
[edit]Communications media types
- Physical media for Telecommunication
- Telecommunication through Free Space
- Broadcast radio frequency including television and radio
- Line-of-sight
- Communications satellite
- Terrestrial Microwave
- Wireless LAN
[edit]Relationship between media and transmitters
- Physical access to media
- Logical relationships
[edit]Multiple access to media
- Multiplexing
- Analog
- Digital
- Media Access Control
- Contention
- Token-based
- Centralized token control
- Distributed token control
[edit]History of telecommunication
Main article: History of telecommunication
- History of radio
- History of television
- History of videophones
- History of mobile phones
- History of computing hardware
- History of the Internet
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