Signal transmission

For other uses of "Transmission", see Transmission (disambiguation).

Antenna used for transmission of radio signals

In telecommunications, transmission (sometimes abbreviated as "TX") is the process of sending or propagating an analog or digital signal via a medium that is wired, wireless, or fiber-optic.[1][2]

Transmission system technologies typically refer to physical layer protocol duties such as modulation, demodulation, line coding, equalization, error control, bit synchronization and multiplexing, but it may also involve higher-layer protocol duties, for example, digitizing an analog signal, and data compression.

Transmission of a digital message, or of a digitized analog signal, is known as data transmission.

Examples of transmission are the sending of signals with limited duration, for example, a block or packet of data, a phone call, or an email.

See also

• Radio transmitter

References

1. "Telecommunications Technology Fundamentals". informit.com. 28 December 2001.
2. "Telecommunications Media". britannica.com. 21 January 2014.