Telecommunications: A Systems Approach (Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting)

Cover
	Cover
	Half Title
	Title Page
	Copyright Page
	Original Title Page
	Original Copyright Page
	Preface
	Table of Contents
	1 Introduction and Overview
		1.1 A Simple System
		1.2 Some Examples of Telecommunication Systems
		1.3 Telecommunication Services
		1.4 Transmission Media
			1.4.1 Bounded Media: Cables and Waveguides
			1.4.2 Radio
		1.5 Two Selected Systems: Telephone and Television
	2 Switched Telecommunication Systems: System Structure
		Introduction
		2.1 Types of Switching
		2.2 Basic System Structure
		2.3 An Own-Exchange Telephone Call
		2.4 Local Signalling
		2.5 Numbering Schemes
		2.6 Multi-Exchange Connections
		2.7 Inter-Exchange Signalling
		2.8 International Calls
		2.9 Traffic
		2.10 Message Switched Systems
	3 Switched Telecommunication Systems: Terminals, Transmission Links and Exchanges
		Introduction
		3.1 Characteristics of the Overall Transmission Channel
		3.2 Terminals
		3.3 Transmission Systems
			3.3.1 The Properties of Wire Pairs
			3.3.2 Audio Transmission Links
			3.3.3 Transmission Systems Using f.d.m
			3.3.4 Transmission Systems Using t.d.m
			3.3.5 Microwave Radio Systems
		3.4 Exchanges
			3.4.1 The Basic Structure of Circuit Switched Exchanges
			3.4.2 Efficient Switching Equipment Structures
			3.4.3 Efficient Control Equipment Structures
			3.4.4 Types of Switching Equipment
			3.4.5 Time-Shared Digital Crosspoints
			3.4.6 Message Switched Exchanges
		3.5 New Ideas in System Design
	4 Switched Telecommunication Systems: Design and Planning
		Introduction
		4.1 Design of Telecommunication Equipment
		4.2 Demand for Service
		4.3 Grades of Service
			4.3.1 Basic Traffic Theory
			4.3.2 Traffic Overload
			4.3.3 Alternative Routing
		4.4 Transmission Plans
		4.5 Reliability of Service
		4.6 Economic Analysis in Planning
		4.7 A System Overview: The British Telephone System
			4.7.1 Size and Capacity
			4.7 2 International Links and Exchanges
			4.7.3 The Exchange Hierarchy
			4.7.4 Exchanges in the Trunk Network
			4.7.5 Signalling in the Trunk Network
			4.7.6 Trunks in the Trunk Network
			4.7.7 Transmission Systems in the Trunk Network
			4.7.8 Local Exchange Networks
			4.7.9 Local Exchanges
			4.7.10 Local Lines
			4.7.11 Telephone Terminals
			4.7.12 Shared Service
	5 Monochrome Television Systems
		Introduction
		5.1 Light and Photometry
		5.2 The Audio and Video Signals
		5.3 The Scanning Process
		5.4 Transmitter and Receiver: Basic Elements
		5.5 Picture Parameters
			5.5.1 Visual Acuity
			5.5.2 Number of Lines in a Picture
			5.5.3 The Flicker Effect
			5.5.4 Interlaced Scanning: Picture and field Frequencies
		5.6 The Bandwidth of the Video Signal
		5.7 The Video Waveform
			5.7.1 The Scan Generators
			5.7.2 The Line Synchronisation Pulses
			5.7.3 The field Synchronisation Pulses
		5.8 Vestigial Sideband Modulation
		5.9 Quadrature Distortion and the Shape of the i.f. Amplifier Response
			5.9.1 Envelope Demodulation
			5.9.2 Single Sideband Plus Carrier; Quadrature Distortion
			5.9.3 Vestigial Sideband Demodulation
		5.10 The Transmitted Signal
		5.11 Receiver Structure
		5.12 Gamma Correction and System Gamma
	6 Colour Television Systems
		6.1 The Colour Systems
		6.2 Colorimetry and the Specification of Colour
			6.2.1 Colour Matching and Tristimulus Values
			6.2.2 Chromaticity and the Colour Triangle
			6.2.3 CIE Chromaticity Diagrams
			6.2.4 Tristimulus Values and Luminance; The Luminosity Coefficients
			6.2.5 Chrominance
			6.2.6 Hue and Saturation
			6.2.7 The Perception of Colour Change
		6.3 Colour Display Devices
			6.3.1 The Shadow Mask Tube
		6.4 The Choice of Video Signals
			6.4.1 Compatibility and Reverse Compatibility
			6.4.2 The Colour difference Signals and the Luminance Signal
			6.4.3 Gamma Corrections and their Effects
		6.5 Quadrature Modulation
			6.5.1 Quadrature Distortion
		6.6 Colour Bar Signals
			6.6.1 The Weighted Chrominance Signals
			6.6.2 Phaser Representation of the Colour Bar Signals
			6.6.3 The EI and EQ Signals in the NTSC System
		6.7 The NTSC Colour Burst
		6.8 The Choice of Subcarrier Frequency for the NTSC System
		6.9 NTSC Transmitters and Receivers
			6.9.1 Differential Phase Distortion in the NTSC System
		6.10 The PAL System
			6.10.1 Operation of a PAL Chrominance Decoder
			6.10.2 The Choice of Chrominance Subcarrier Frequency for the PAL System
		6.11 The SECAM System
		6.12 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References and Bibliography
	Index