- 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.
Contents
Essence of telecommunication
Main article: TelecommunicationTypes of telecommunication networks
Main article: Telecommunications network- Computer networks
- Public switched telephone networks (PSTN)
- Packet switched networks
- Radio networks
- Television networks
Aspects of telecommunication transmission
Main article: TelecommunicationTelecommunication technology
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
Relationship between media and transmitters
- Physical access to media
- Logical relationships
Multiple access to media
- Multiplexing
- Analog
- Digital
- Media Access Control
- Contention
- Token-based
- Centralized token control
- Distributed token control
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
Basic telecommunication concepts
Major telecommunications equipment manufacturers
- Ericsson
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Avaya
- Aricent
- NEC
- Nortel
- ZTE
- Cisco Systems
- Huawei
- Ciena
- Fujitsu
- Nokia-Siemens Networks
- HCL Technologies
Major telecommunications service providers
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