| Preface | |
Communications Engineering comprises three subtasks which partly overlap: message transfer, message storage, and message processing. Message transfer is concerned with the possibilities of transmitting messages over "large" distances. Not long ago the classic methods of this subdiscipline were expanded mainly to the transmission of messages by means of light guides as well as satellite transmission systems. Digital audio and video disks as well as memory chips are examples for media to store information. The activities and applications of message processing are diverse. Examples for this are the evaluation of satellite photographs in environmental engineering, the representation and preparation of three-dimensional objects in medical technology or the automated material testing.
The course
Communications Engineering deals with the methods which are necessary for
the description, dimensioning, and optimization of circuits and systems in communications
technology and illustrates their application with the help of some examples. When
you have finished the course you should be familiar with the basic terms and methods
of operation in communications technology and you should be able to apply them
in different areas.