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Communication Systems Overview Guide

The document outlines a comprehensive mapping of topics covered in Kennedy's Electronic Communication Systems, categorized into six sections: Communication System, Radio Transmitter and Receiver, Analog Modulation and Demodulation, Television, Radio Wave Propagation, and Satellite Communication. Each section includes specific chapters and page references detailing fundamental concepts, principles, and technical aspects related to electronic communication. Key topics include noise characteristics, modulation techniques, television scanning methods, radio wave propagation, and satellite architecture.

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Communication Systems Overview Guide

The document outlines a comprehensive mapping of topics covered in Kennedy's Electronic Communication Systems, categorized into six sections: Communication System, Radio Transmitter and Receiver, Analog Modulation and Demodulation, Television, Radio Wave Propagation, and Satellite Communication. Each section includes specific chapters and page references detailing fundamental concepts, principles, and technical aspects related to electronic communication. Key topics include noise characteristics, modulation techniques, television scanning methods, radio wave propagation, and satellite architecture.

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Topic-wise Mapping from Kennedy's

Electronic Communication Systems


Section 1: Communication System
• Basic Parameters of Communication System — Chapter 1, PDF pages 12–14

• Fundamental elements — Chapter 1, PDF pages 14–16

• Different types of noise; causes, effects, characteristics — Chapter 2, PDF pages 26–33

Section 2: Radio Transmitter and Receiver


• Block diagram and description of AM transmitter — Chapter 7, PDF page 122–123

• Block diagram and description of FM transmitter — Chapter 7, PDF page 153–154

• SHR receiver (Superheterodyne) — Chapter 7, PDF pages 90–93

Section 3: Analog Modulation and Demodulation


• Modulated signal, message signal, carrier signal (definition & function) — Chapter 3, PDF
pages 36–38

• AM equation derivation — Chapter 3, PDF pages 41–42

• Envelope follower description — Chapter 3, PDF pages 66–67

• Power calculation in AM — Chapter 3, PDF pages 46–47

• Current calculation in AM — Chapter 3, PDF page 48

• DSB-SC principle with figure — Chapter 3, PDF pages 52–54

• SSB principle with figure — Chapter 3, PDF pages 56–58

• FM derivation — Chapter 4, PDF pages 130–132

• Wideband and narrowband FM — Chapter 4, PDF pages 133–134

• Performance of AM and FM in presence of noise — Chapter 4, PDF pages 171–173

Section 4: Television
• Horizontal scanning — Chapter 8, PDF page 218
• Vertical scanning — Chapter 8, PDF page 219

• 25 and 25 pattern scanning with waveform — Chapter 8, PDF pages 219–220

• Contrast — Chapter 8, PDF page 220

• Brightness — Chapter 8, PDF page 220

• Synchronization — Chapter 8, PDF pages 221–223

• Picture tube — Chapter 8, PDF pages 224–225

• Camera tube — Chapter 8, PDF pages 226–227

Section 5: Radio Wave Propagation


• Ground wave propagation — Chapter 10, PDF pages 177–179

• Space wave propagation — Chapter 10, PDF pages 179–180

• Sky wave propagation — Chapter 10, PDF pages 180–182

• Layers of ionosphere — Chapter 10, PDF pages 181–182

• Ionospheric abnormalities — Chapter 10, PDF pages 182–183

• Snell’s law in radio propagation — Chapter 10, PDF page 181

• Key features of ionosphere — Chapter 10, PDF pages 181–182

• HF radio communication link — Chapter 10, PDF pages 182–183

• Radar range equation — Chapter 15, PDF pages 205–206

• Pulse radar principle and application — Chapter 15, PDF pages 207–210

Section 6: Satellite Communication


• Passive satellites — Chapter 14, PDF page 244

• Active satellites — Chapter 14, PDF pages 244–245

• General architecture of satellites — Chapter 14, PDF pages 245–246

• GEO, MEO, LEO satellites — Chapter 14, PDF pages 248–249

• Frequency allocations for satellite services — Chapter 14, PDF pages 247–248

• Uplink and downlink frequency — Chapter 14, PDF pages 247–248


• Look angles and footprint — Chapter 14, PDF pages 250–251

• Orbital control and Kepler’s law — Chapter 14, PDF pages 252–253

• Orbital perturbations and parameters — Chapter 14, PDF pages 253–254

• Geosynchronous satellite orbital velocity and round-trip delay — Chapter 14, PDF pages
254–255

• Uplink model — Chapter 14, PDF pages 256–257

• Transponder — Chapter 14, PDF pages 245–246

• Downlink model — Chapter 14, PDF page 257

• Limits of visibility and Clark orbit — Chapter 14, PDF page 255

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