Communication Systems

What is a Transmitter

• Where information comes from.

• A device that gets information from another device

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

Receiver

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

• A system model that describes how messages are exchanged or sent from one location to a destination

• A device that gets information from another device

Source

• Where information comes from.

• A device that changes information from one format to another for sending

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

• A smaller system within a larger system

Encoder

• Where information comes from.

• A device that changes information from one format to another for sending

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

• A system model that describes how messages are exchanged or sent from one location to a destination

Decoder

• A device that changes information from one format to another

• Where information comes from.

• A place to hold information to access later, can be internal or external

• A smaller system within a larger system

Storage

• A place to hold information to access later, can be internal or external

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

System

• A smaller system within a larger system

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

• A system model that describes how messages are exchanged or sent from one location to a destination

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

Subsystem

• A group of parts that work together as a whole

• A device that sends signals from one device to another

• A system model that describes how messages are exchanged or sent from one location to a destination

• A smaller system within a larger system

Communication System

• A device that gets information from another device

• A place to hold information to access later, can be internal or external

• A system model that describes how messages are exchanged or sent from one location to a destination

• A group of parts that work together as a whole