# Telecommunications engineering
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** [[Wave|wave]]-field
- **Microsimmability score:** 28/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Wavelength` (spatial period of the wave)
- `Speed` (propagation speed)
- `Source separation` (spacing of emitters)
### What animates
Waves radiate and overlap across the field, building an interference or propagation pattern that shifts as wavelength and spacing change.
### Learning objective
Relate propagation and interference patterns to wavelength, speed, and spacing.
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library (beauty pass)
*Telecommunications engineering — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Electronics room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Telephone_Service_Carries_On%2C_London%2C_January_1942_D6437.jpg).*
> Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance.[1][2] The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication engineer is responsible for designing and overseeing the installation of telecommunications equipment and facilities, such as complex electronic switching system, and other plain old telephone service facilities, optical fiber cabling, IP ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_engineering))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_engineering)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of [[Electronics|electronics]] [[Engineering|engineering]] which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance.[1][2] The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments. A telecommunication engineer is responsible for designin...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Telecommunications engineering
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render wave-field; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_engineering) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Telecommunications_engineering)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Systems_engineering]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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