Signals : the science of telecommunications / John R. Pierce and A. Michael Noll.
By: Pierce, John R. (John Robinson).
Contributor(s): Noll, A. Michael.
Material type: BookSeries: Scientific American Library series ; no. 32.Publisher: New York : Scientific American Library: Distributed by W.H. Freeman, 1990Description: vi, 247 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0716750260 .Subject(s): TelecommunicationDDC classification: 621.38Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 621.38 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00056951 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index.
A grand dream in a real world -- Electrical communication -- Theories of communication: Fourier to Shannon -- Modulation and encoding -- Multiplexing: Many messages on one medium -- Electricity and light as waves: signals as physical phenomena -- Electric and electronic devices: the physics of communication systems -- Switching and signaling: the "brains" of communication -- Networks for voice and data communication -- Telecommunications policy and challenges -- The present and future of communication.