INTRODUCTION INTO THE GENERAL THEORY OF INFOCOMMUNICATIONS

Abstract

Further development of telecommunications and the desire to improve the efficiency of communication systems led to the creation of a new theory - the theory of electrical communication, the core of which is the theory of signal transmission. Both electromagnetic oscillations and information were already the focus of this theory. The notion of a "signal" appeared as an electromagnetic oscillation carrying information. The next step in the progressive development of telecommunications was caused by the growth of a communication network. This was due to a sharp increase in the number of users and the need to establish connections between any subscribers, regardless of their location. There was a need to switch information flows. Thus, the theory of mass service was applied, and the theory of information distribution arose. These theories no longer used the notion of an oscillation-signal. They considered information without a relative physical carrier. Based on the laws of the evolution of sciences, a conclusion has been made about the need for the general theory of infocommunications. Two definitions of infocommunications are given, both as of a branch of the economy and as a technical and technological system. A mathematical model of the open systems interaction was used to describe the functioning of infocommunication systems. The problem of analysis and synthesis of the infocommunication system has been formulated in a general way