Unit 1 Basics of Communication/1 Text A/1 A Mathematical Theory of Communication/1 Text B/4 Information Theory/4 Expanding reading/7 Channel Capacity/7 Unit 2 Modulation Technology/11 Text A/11 Modulation Technology/11 Text B/18 PCM/18 Expanding reading/21 An Introduction to Sampling Theory/21 Unit 3 Mutiple Access/25 Text A/25 Mutiple Access/25 Text B/29 Multiplexing/29 Expanding reading A/32 Communication Antenna/32 Expanding reading B/39 OFDM/39 Unit 4 Switching technology/46 Text A/46 Circuit Switching/46 Text B/50 Packet Switching/50 Expanding reading/53 Asynchronous Transfer Mode/53 Unit 5 Computer Network/60 Text A/60 LAN/60 Text B/65 Computer Networks/65 Expanding reading/67 Wide Area Networks/67 Unit 6 Network Protocol/70 Text A/70 TCP/IP architectural model/70 Text B/74 Voice over IP/74 Expanding reading/78 IPv4 & IPv6/78 Unit 7 Digital Compression Technologies/83 Text A/83 Video and Audio Compression/83 Text B/86 Coding of Text, Voice, Image, and Video Signals/86 Expanding reading/90 JPEG/90 Unit 8 Multimedia/94 Text/94 Multimedia/94 Expanding reading A/96 Multimedia Communication Systems/96 Expanding reading B/102 Streaming media/102 Unit 9 IPTV/110 Text/110 IPTV Overview/110 Expanding reading A/113 CATV/113 Expanding reading B/121 UWB/121 Unit 10 Data Telecommunication Network/124 Text A/124 ISDN/124 Text B/130 Public switched telephone network/130 Expanding reading/134 Internet/134
Unit 11 Optic Fiber Communication/137 Text A/137 Optical Fiber/137 Text B/140 Wavelength-division Multiplexing/140 Expanding reading/146 Synchronous digital hierarchy/146 Unit 12 Mobile Communication/153 Text A/153 Global Systems for Mobile Communications/153 Text B/157 Handover/157 Expanding reading/161 Evolution of 2G Systems to 3G Systems/161 Unit 13 The Third Generation/165 Text A/165 Spread spectrum/165 Text B/168 CDMA/168 Expanding reading A/170 UMTS and IMT-2000/170 Expanding reading B/174 Introduction of LTE technology/174 Unit 14 Satellite Communication/178 Text A/178 Satellite Systems/178 Text B/182 GPS/182 Expanding reading A/186 Microwave communication systems/186 Expanding reading B/193 RFID/193 Unit 15 WPAN/196 Text A/196 Wireless Personal Area Networks/196 Text B/201 ZigBee/201 Expanding reading/205 Home RF/205 Unit 16 Power Line Communication/208 Text A/208 Introduction to PLC/208 Text B/213 Power Line Communication/213 Unit 17 Future Technologies and Applications/218 Unit 18 Advanced Reading/222 1. Smart Antenna/222 2. Green Radio/228 3. Laser/233 4. Iris Recognition/241 5. Electron Microscope/247 6. Wireless Sensor Networks/253 7. Nanotechnology/258 8. Quantum Communications/267 9. X-ray Computed Tomography/276 10. Magnetic Resonance Imaging/280 11. Artificial Intelligence/287 References/291