通信原理-英文版.pptVIP

Principles of Communications Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Historical Review of Communication Origin of ancient communication Two modes of communication Development of modern communication 1.2 Message, information signal Message：speech, letters, figures, images… Information：effective content of message. Different types of messages may contain the same information Signal：the carrier of message What transmitted in a communication system is signal. Measurement of information： # “quantity of message” ? information content # Ex: “Rainfall will be 1 mm tomorrow” – information content small