computer and digital communication is accomplished by sampling the input, quantizing it as digital information, converting that digital information to symbols, modulating those symbols into a signal that is transmitted across a communications infrastructure.
This section is actually a collection of descriptions of the various steps that occur during communication:
- Sampling & Quantization
- Signalling
- Modulation
- Multiplexing
- Transmission
- Propagation
- Synchronous vs. Asynchronous
- Asynchronous vs. Synchronous
- Pliesiosynchronous
- Segmentation & Reassembly
- Encapsulation
- Error-Detection
- Error-Correction
- Error Recovery
- Reliable vs. Unreliable