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modulation

vr.tr.modulation · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain modulation and its kinds, relay analogue and digital schemes, their trade-offs and standards from telecommunications references, describe applications, and distinguish modulation from coding, multiplexing and the musical or other senses of modulation.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain modulation and its kinds, relay analogue and digital schemes, their trade-offs and standards from telecommunications references, describe applications, and distinguish modulation from coding, multiplexing and the musical or other senses of modulation.

The process of varying one or more properties of a carrier signal, such as amplitude, frequency or phase, in accordance with an information signal so that it can be transmitted over a channel, in analogue forms such as AM and FM, digital forms such as phase-shift and quadrature amplitude modulation, pulse modulation, spread spectrum techniques such as direct-sequence spread spectrum, multicarrier schemes with subcarriers, and line codes such as eight-to-fourteen modulation used on optical discs; standardised radio modes combine modulation with protocols.

What it is for: Carrying information on signals.

It can be explain the concept and kinds; relay schemes and trade-offs; describe applications; distinguish related concepts.

Distinguishing features

Carrier variation

Analogue or digital

Bandwidth and power trade-offs

Standardised schemes

What it looks like

Not a visible object; variations in a signal.

Physical character

QAM orders in use: up to 4096 points - in cable and Wi-Fi

FM broadcast deviation: 75 kHz - typical

EFM code rate: 8 to 14 bits - plus merging bits

How it is recognised

Varying a carrier to carry information

AM, FM, PSK, QAM, pulse modulation, direct-sequence spread spectrum, subcarriers, eight-to-fourteen modulation, standardised radio modes

Channel coding adds redundancy; multiplexing shares a channel; musical modulation changes key

Related models

is a kind of - process in registry terms

telecommunications

is reversed by - at the receiver

demodulation

is combined with - in modern systems

channel coding

is contrasted with - a homonym

modulation (music)

In practice

Families and kinds

analogue modulation such as AM, FM and PM

digital modulation such as ASK, FSK, PSK and QAM

pulse modulation such as PCM, PWM and PPM

spread spectrum including direct-sequence and frequency hopping

multicarrier modulation such as OFDM with subcarriers

line codes and recording codes such as eight-to-fourteen modulation

Standards and regulation

ITU radio regulations and emission designations

Standards such as DVB, LTE, 5G NR and Wi-Fi specifying modulation

Optical disc standards for EFM

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing modulation with coding or multiplexing

Interference and spectral inefficiency

Mixing the telecommunications and musical senses

Also called

standardized radio modedirect-sequence spread spectrumpulse modulationNyquist subcarrierdigital modulationeight-to-fourteen modulation plusdouble-sideband modulationquadrature modulationring modulationdelta modulationfrequency modulationamplitude modulationSingle/Multi Channel Simulcastmultidimensional modulationGMSKangle modulationphase-shift keyingLoRaMechanically induced modulationpolar modulationquadrature amplitude modulationphase modulationVideo modulationG.DMTFT8frequency-shift keyingwowmodified frequency modulationwow and flutterAdvanced Wave MemoryRadio Babelvestigial-sideband modulationdouble-sideband suppressed-carrier transmissionamplitude-shift keyingsingle-sideband modulationA3E8-PSKPSK31quadrature phase-shift keyingdifferential phase-shift keying

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.modulation

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What modulation is.

Science.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is modulation, and how does it differ from coding, multiplexing and musical modulation? definition
  2. Is the question about telecommunications modulation, a specific scheme or another sense? boundary

Kinds

Kinds.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do analogue, digital, pulse, spread spectrum, multicarrier and line-code modulation differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific scheme? action
Engineer Design.

Science.

Tradeoffs

Trade-offs.

Tradeoffs

Tradeoffs.

  1. How do bandwidth, power, noise and error rate trade off across schemes? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Implementation

Implementation.

Implementation

Implementation.

  1. How are modulators and demodulators implemented in hardware and software-defined radio? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Apply Applications.

Application.

Radio

Radio and mobile.

Radio

Radio.

  1. Which modulation schemes are used in broadcasting, mobile networks, Wi-Fi and satellite, and what are standardised radio modes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific standard? action

Storage

Storage and wired.

Storage

Storage.

  1. How are codes such as eight-to-fourteen modulation used on optical discs, and what schemes carry data over cable and fibre? provenance
  2. Which entry fits eight-to-fourteen modulation? action
Context History.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did modulation develop from spark and AM radio to FM, digital and OFDM? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of radio? action

Theory

Theory.

Theory

Theory.

  1. How do Shannon capacity and signal space describe modulation limits? provenance
  2. Which entry fits information theory? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should QAM and OFDM be separate primary entries?
  • How should telecommunications standards be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming schemes and codes; should they be split off?