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- From: moop@interlog.com (Ray Barker)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Communication Questions
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 96 23:35:27 GMT
- Organization: modus operandi
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- In article <31159CE8.604E@iastate.edu>, Steve Lee <sjlee@iastate.edu>
- wrote:
- >Hi,
- >
- >I have a few questions about data communications, and can't find a
- better newsgroup to post to
- >(if someone thinks of one, could they please suggest it). I am taking
- a networking class this
- >semester and some questions have arisen. So, here goes...
- >
- >I have a pretty good understanding of frequency shift keying (FSK),
- where one frequency is
- >defined to be SPACE and another frequency is defined to be MARK. My
- question is when you see a
- >frequency spectrum graph for a modem implementing FSK (such as the
- Bell model 103), it shows a
- >spectrum that is 1500 Hz or so wide (it is a full duplex modem, so
- this is one direction). I
- >don't understand why all of those frequencies are used in the signal
- when I thought only 2
- >frequencies were used to encode the digital data (in this case, 1070
- Hz for SPACE and 1270 Hz for
- >MARK). Can someone clear up my confusion?
-
- Firstly, let me say that this is only an educated guess. If someone
- offers a more empirical answer, I'm willing to concede. Since the
- frequency shifting occurs in a psuedo-random manner, the apparent
- wavelength of the signal varies accordingly. I suggest that this is
- what you are seeing on your frequency spectrum graph.
-
- >
- >Another question is about full duplex with digital signals. I
- understand how you can implement
- >full duplexity on analog signals (either use different frequency
- spectrums or use echo
- >cancelation multiplexing), but I don't understand how it would be done
- with digital signals.
-
- Digital, and some analogue, communications occur over 4-wire
- facilities. One transmit pair. One receive pair. Therefore the
- signal separation is physical.
-
- >
- >Thanks in advance.
- >
- You're welcome.
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