How do we transmit information?

• What is information?

  • Bits, symbols?

• Why is this hard?

  • Noise
  • Bandwidth
  • Power

• What are the hardware/software issues?

  • Wired or wireless
  • Analog or digital
  • Synchronous or asynchronous
  • Point-to-point or broadcast

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