According to the website www.techtarget.com “Telecommunications, also known as telecom, is the exchange of information over significant distances by electronic means and refers to all types of voice, data and video transmission”. This is a broad concept but the domain of discussion will typically include elements such as information transmitting technologies and communications infrastructures.
Telecommunications networks are typically described by their types and their topologies. By type, any discussion may mention microwave communications, fibre optics, satellites, radio and television broadcasting, and of course the Internet. Any reference to topologies will often include Personal Area Networks (PAN), Local Area Networks (LAN), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), Campus Area Networks (CAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Storage-Area Network (SAN) and System-Area Network (also known as SAN).
Thus telecommunications is a field encompassing a wide range of technologies. To support these technologies, various engineering needs are required which include but are not limited to:
Network design – Telecommunications engineers design, plan, and optimize communication networks to ensure network security and reliability.
Signal processing – Telecom professionals use signal processing techniques to encode and decode data, filter out noise and interference, and optimize transmission quality including standards for digital signal processing(DSP), modulation and demodulation, error correction, and data compression.
Radiofrequency (RF) design – Here the need to design and optimize RF circuits, antennas, and other components to enable wireless communication is addressed. These activities are critical when designing and managing cellular networks.
Telecommunications infrastructure – which is the design, installation and maintenance of the physical infrastructure of transmission lines, fibre optic cables, and communication points/towers.
Testing, validation and performance data – includes managing performance and quality standards in areas such as signal strength, data transfer rates, and network reliability.
In the past, some of these activities were labour-intensive. However, companies such as Leica Geosystems have been at the forefront of technology solutions for Telecom. Leica Geosystems offers solutions for ‘efficient management of telecommunications infrastructure’. Providers can find modern solutions to ‘effectively manage even the most complex of wired or unwired telecommunications networks with our varied offerings’ that cover Planning & Design, Construction and Operation & Maintenance of telecom systems.
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References
https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/telecommunications-telecom
