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International Journal on Communications (IJC) Volume 3, 2014

On Thinking Fields and Noetic Technology in

System Analysis of Radio Communication
System
Qiongrong Yu
School of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Hubei University
No.368 Xueyuan Road, Youyi Avenue, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China
Tk_yp@126.com
Received Jul 1, 2014; Accepted Jul 5, 2014; Published Jul 9, 2014
2014 Science and Engineering Publishing Company

Abstract
Through system analysis in noetic technology, this paper
analyzed the basic radio communication system and divided
it into five tiers; discussed the purpose, function,
performance index, component, and system structure of
each tier by hierarchical analysis; distinguished different
knowledge concerned in the process of deduction in system
analysis according to their different fields; put forward the
concept of thinking field. Through deduction, the paper
induced that different thinking fields intersect with each
other and there exits an interpenetrating and inter-influence
relationship between thinking fields and noetic technology.
Keywords
Basic Radio Communication System; Thinking Field; Noema
Technology; System Analysis

Introduction
Noetic Technology:
An important branch of noetic science, which studies
thinking from the perspective of technique. It contains
planning, making decisions, investigating, deducing,
creating and many aspects of thinking. Noetic
technology studies all links and main aspects involved
in scientific and technological thinking activities, thus
it has a much larger research scope than that of the
traditional logic.
Thinking Field:
An important part of noetic science, which is a
combination of various purposeful thinking activities
carried out in a relatively professional knowledge
field. Such as thinking activity about mathematics is

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mathematical thinking, thinking activity about physics

is physical thinking and thinking activity within the
scope of economics is economic thinking, etc. Thus all
thinking activities concerned with practical activities
in certain practical field are called engineering
thinking. Noetic science is itself a thinking field. Every
thinking field contains various noetic technologies and
thinking patterns, While, a same noetic technology
and thinking approach can be implemented in diverse
thinking fields.
System Analysis:
An analysis method adopted to study the subsystems,
constituent parts, basic units of the whole system and
their interrelationship and interaction, thus to achieve
a whole understanding of the whole system.
Hierarchical Analysis:
An analysis method that subdivides the whole system
according to its direct hierarchical structure and
studies the subsystems about their characteristics and
interrelationship, thus to understand their position
and function in the whole body. This is an important
method to learn the inner structure of systems, grasp
its overall property and discover its evolution course.
Part Analysis:
An analysis method that divides a system into several
constituent parts according to their entity connecting
and location in the system, thus to study the
constituent parts to achieve an overall understanding
about the system. Although, part analysis shares many
similarities with hierarchical analysis, there exist

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distinct differences between them: part analysis

simply starts from the entity connection and location
of different parts, which is the static aspect of the
system. However, hierarchical analysis starts from the
property and intimacy of the involved connections,
focuses on the role and function of each unit. It is
closely related to the dynamic properties, movements
and changing process of the system.
Module Analysis:
Except that many systems can be divided into
subsystems, they contain basic structural units and
connections, which reflect the fundamental property
of the system, embody overall function and inflict
direct influence on the whole system. Such
phenomenon is more observable in some multi-layers
systems.
Some Notes about Systems Analysis
Two Main Lines of System Analysis
This paper adopts two lines of system analysis. One is
conducted in the field of wireless radio about the basic
radio communication system, while the other is
conducted in the field of noetic science, which is about
thinking deduction process involved in systems
analysis of the basic radio system. To put it neatly, it is
the thinking deduction of the system analysis. In order
to distinguish the two lines of system analysis, this
paper describes the system analysis in the field of
radio communication system as system analysis, and
the system analysis in noetic science as system
analysis, and there will be no more redundant
explanations about specific system analysis in the
following pages. System analysis belongs to noetic
technology in noetic science, and it is a kind of
separation technology, which includes thinking
methods as simplification, comparison, classification,
system analysis, process analysis, element analysis,
problem analysis, abstraction, etc.
Objective of System Analysis
Basic radio communication system can realize simple
wireless radio communication. To put it from the
simple to the difficult, basic radio communication
systems consist of P to P simplex communication
system, P to MP simplex communication system, P to
P duplex communication system, MP t MP duplex
communication system, etc. In order to explain the
process of system analysis, understand thinking fields
and noetic technology, and to avoid complex

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knowledge about radio technology, this thesis chooses

P to P simplex communication system as the research
object.
The object of system analysis is the thinking deduction
process of system analysis, including the thinking
fields, noetic technology as well as the relationship
between them two.
System Analysis and Chronological Order Of System
Analysis
The relation between system analysis and
chronological order of system analysis is shown in
figure 1.
The second phase

The first
phase

system analysis

The third phase

0
system analysis

FIGURE1: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND THE

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF SYSTEM ANALYSIS

There involves three phases.

Phase is a preparation phase of system analysis to
determine its approach. Three common approaches
adopted in system analysis are hierarchical analysis,
part analysis and module analysis. Here, we adopt
hierarchical analysis as the main analysis approach,
and part analysis as auxiliary approach.
Phase is the system analysis phase, in which two
main lines of system analysis proceed together. The
purpose is to complete the process of system analysis.
Phase is the inducing and synthesizing phase of the
system analysis. The purpose is to find effective
thinking approach in the process and then induce and
organize them.
Generally, system analysis with three phases is rare,
but normally, it has the first two phases. Most people
are at phase, but they complete it passively rather
than actively. If we can complete the three phases
actively, our working and learning efficiency will be
immensely improved.
Hierarchical Structure of the Basic Radio
Communication System
System analysis is a kind of separation technology in
noetic science. The first step of System analysis is to
divide a complete system, the basic radio
communication system, into its next level.

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At the first level, the basic system level is a complete

whole (see level 1 in figure 2).

part of the second level as a system, and then separate

them to form the third system level

The second level, which is called the subsystem level,

is directly separated from the first level as shown in
level 2 of figure 2.

The third level, which is called function module level,

only has the content of the equipment part (see the
third level in figure 2) with the structure being absent.
This is because even if the content is roughly the same,
with the structure being different, their function will
divert greatly.

If we compare the two levels, we can find their

similarities. The first level is itself an integral whole. If
we take the second level as a whole, then the two
levels, as integral wholes, are alike in their function
and performance index. However, they have
differences in their form. The first level has only one
part, while the second level contains multiple parts,
which
are
low-frequency
signal,
electronic
equipments, antenna and wireless signal channel.
Low-frequency signal includes information source and
information sink, and its function is to realize the
transmission from information source to information
sink. Electronic equipments include signal sending
and signal receiving equipments, and its functions are
to change frequency spectrum of the information
source, intensify the signal and facilitate the
transmission of signal in the information channel.
Antenna includes transmitting antenna and receiving
antenna, and its function is to convert the signal from
electronic form provided by the equipment into
electromagnetic waves, which provides convenience
to wireless transmission. The function of wireless
signal channel is to transmit signals in the air in the
form of electromagnetic waves.
At the second level, the thinking approach of part
analysis once again shows up in the separation
technology. For the second level is itself a system, after
being separated, it has its own content and structure.
The four parts mentioned above are the content that
constitutes the subsystem. In figure 3, the constituents
of the second level formed a one-direction structure
according to the signal processing order, which is
information
sourcesending
equipment
transmitting
antennainformation
channel
receiving deviceinformation sink. This sequence
makes up the structure of the system. That is to say,
content and structure make up the system.
There may not need too much profound professional
knowledge to go from the first level to the second
level, nevertheless, the scope of knowledge concerned
is relatively broad, including electronic technology,
antenna technology, electromagnetic field and
electromagnetic wave, signal treatment, etc. Further
discussion about noetic technology and thinking
patterns is what we call transfer. Take each constituent

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Follow the method taken from level 1 to level 3, to

further subdivide the system until there is no
possibility for further subdivision, there form five
sublevels.
The fourth level is the basic circuit level and the fifth
level is the electronic component level, which are
shown in the fourth level and the fifth level in figure 2
separately.
Basic radio communication system

LEVEL.1 BASIC SYSTEM LEVEL

Information
sources

Sending
equipment

Receiving
equipment

Information
sink

LEVEL2: SUBSYSTEM LEVEL

sine-wave
oscillator

high frequency
power amplifier

a
ev
ei
hc
a
m
et
sy
s

modulator

high frequency
small signal
amplifier

mixer

demodulator

si
sy
la
na
m
et
sy
s

LEVEL3:FUNCTION MODULE LEVEL

Filter

Active amplifier

spectrum
transform circuit

Power

LEVEL4: BASIC CIRCUIT LEVEL

1
2
3
4

feedback
network

a1

b1

a2

b2

a3
a4

b3
b4

5
6

U/D

B1

Reset

B4

7
8

Carry out
ENB

LEVEL5: ELECTRONIC COMPONENT LEVEL

FIGURE2:THE FIVE LEVEL OF THE HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE

Combine the five system levels from high to low, there

forms figure7, in which an obvious hierarchical
attribute of the radio system is shown in its basic
constituent and structure

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System analysis mainly takes the approach of

hierarchical analysis, which is separation, level
separation again, levelseparation again, level, etc.
Separation technology has been used for four times in
the process. Multiple use of separation technology
constitutes the hierarchical analysis approach of
system analysis. At each separation, the method of
part analysis is used to convert the upper level to the
constituent content and organizing structure of the
lower level. Also, the same part analysis method of
system analysis is used for four times. The thinking
approach of adopting the same thinking method in
different occasions is also called transfer.
The Hierarchical Structure Characteristics
of Basic Radio Communication System
Observing figure 2, we find that the hierarchical
structure of basic radio communication system has its
characteristics.
Change Numerous For Brief, Hard For Simple
Without separation, analysis about the first system
level will be very complicated, because there involves
a broad range of profound knowledge. However,
when arranged in hierarchical structure, most of the
system analysis about figure2 is transferred to
analysing the sublevels and their contents. The
constituent parts of the lower level are generally
simpler than that of the upper level, therefore, analysis
about the lower level will be easier. Here, we replace
the complicated analysis of the upper level with the
relatively larger amount but easier analysis of the
lower level, thus achieving the decrease in difficulty.
Just as Lao Tzu, a philosopher in the spring and
Autumn Period of ancient China put in his book Tao
The King that great issues generate from trivial and
detailed ones, while difficult problems are evolved
from simple ones. In noetic science, the phenomenon
of quantitative change to qualitative change reflects
obvious characteristics of dialectical logic thinking.
Obvious Similarities
In addition to the first and last level in the five levels,
there amid three levels sharing similar hierarchical
structure. Whether there exist similar characteristics
among them three? Through scrupulous analysis,
many similarities among them are found.
1) The Uniqueness of the Function and Performance of
the Constituent Parts.
For any constituent part of any level, the requirement

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of function and performance index is determined by

its upper level. The part itself asserts no requirements
to itself but only to fulfil the requirements offered by
the upper level.
2) The Diversity of Constituent Parts and Structure.
In order to fulfil the requirements on function, we
need to select the needed constituent parts from the
lower level. There are relatively much more
constituent parts at the lower level, thus there will be
various section methods and structure patterns which
can fulfil the same functional and performance
requirements. This reflects the diversification of
constituent pattern including the constituent content
and constituent structure. If we develop our thinking,
and broaden our horizon, we can even discover new
territory to realize the function of the constituent parts.
Software radio technology is such a new territory that
it gets rid of the specific implementation mode of the
lower level called electronic technology, and it just
keeps the function and performance of the constituent
parts. It takes advantage of the computer technology
to meet the requirements with the help of software
programming.
3) Similarity in Analysing the Function of the
Constituent Parts.
Analysis about constituent part with electronic
technology, no matter at which level, will go through
three phases, including basic concept, basic circuit
(actual circuit), basic analysing method. For different
constituent parts, their specific function and basic
circuit will be different from each other, thus
analysing method applied will diverse. However, all
the constituent parts contain the three phases and
share the same order which is basic conceptbasic
circuit (actual circuit)analysing method. This paper
is not focused on engineering practice, thus there will
lack the link of practice.
4) Similarity in Analysing Method, Which Has Been
Mentioned Above.
The Shielding Constituent Content and Structure of
the Interlayer
When analysing the function of a specific level, we
only need the function and dynamic property
(described in mathematic model) of the next level, and
there is no need to consider those of a third level.
Thats to say, the constituent content and structure of
the interlayer are shielded. For example, when
analysing the sending equipments at the second level,

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there is no need to learn the constituent content and

structure of the fourth level, only those of the third
level are needed, which should be described in
mathematic model.

sending antenna and receiving antenna, and the

equipment into sending equipment and receiving
equipment, there will be seven parts to constitute level
2.

Unity of Opposites

The dividing process should follow the basic logic in

formal logic. According to thinking sequence, there
will appear the following steps.

Take a synthetic look at the hierarchical structure of

the system, we will find that constituent parts of the
same level are interconnected but at the same time
they are independent from each other. Such
relationship also exists among different levels in a
system.
Typical Time Sequence
According to the order we adopted to solve problems,
system analysis reveals obvious time sequence. From
the perspective of system analysis, the process will
start from the basic system, and then subdivide it level
by level until the fifth level, electronic component
level. However the order adopted in the engineering
practice is totally inverted, which starts from the
electronic component level, and then the electronic
components constitute basic circuit, the basic circuits
constitute function module, and function modules
constitute the subsystem called sending and receiving
equipments. Till then all problems solving and goals
achieving practices take place within the scope of
electronic circuit. If we analyse further, partners need
to achieve goals within the upper basic
communication system level.
Thinking Fields and Noema Technology in
System Analysis of Basic Radio System
Inducing the noetic technology, thinking approach
and thinking field from phase to phase according to
the analytic sequence of system analysis.
Phase is the reparation phase for system analysis. Its
purpose is determining the system analysis approach.
Here we take hierarchical analysis as main analytic
approach and part analysis as complementary analytic
approach. This phase takes place completely in mind.
Phase is hierarchical analysis in the system analysis.
Hierarchical analysis divide the system into the
subsystems according to the direct hierarchy, then
respectively
study
their
properties
and
interrelationship, thus to discover their position and
function in the whole system. For example, from level
1 to level 2, the basic radio communication system
with complete function is divided into four parts. If
we further divide the antenna at the second level into

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Giving Definition
Each new definition represents a new concept, and the
concept should clearly specify the connotation and
denotation of the object. The process of definition is
itself the process to specify the connotation and
denotation of an object. The connotation of an object is
a reflection of its unique attributes, thus to clarify the
connotation is to clarify the special properties of the
object. And to offer a concept is to isolate a constituent
part.
The Separation Rules Followed Are Those Set in
Formal Logic.
Rule No.1, the items after being separated should not
be compatible to each other, meaning that attributes of
an object belong to no more than one sub items at the
same time. Rule No.2, all the sub items combined
should exhaust the upper item, namely after the
separation, the combination (union set) of all sub items
should be identical to the upper item. To put the rule
in this paper, then the union of all the attributes of the
seven components at level 2 should be identical to the
attribute of the level 1. Rule No.3, the same standard
should be applied to each separation. Here, separation
of different levels could adopt different standard,
however, for separation of different parts of the same
level, the same standard should be taken.
noema science
physical
thinking

mathematical
thinking

engineering
thinking

FIGURE3: THINKING REALMS AND THE

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IN SYSTEM ANALYSIS

Relationship between separation and definition: To

separate and define is the way to specify the
connotation and denotation of concepts. They are

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closely related with each other. The best way to clarify

concepts is to reveal the connotation of the concept by
definition, and to confirm the denotation of the
concept by separation.
The above mentioned three points are set in the
complete noetic science environment. If project them
to the separating and defining process of each level in
radio communication system, there will involve a
wide range of knowledge, including electromagnetic
field and electromagnetic wave (information sink),
antenna technology (antenna), electronic technology
(sending and receiving equipments), signal and
system (signal treatment), etc. These different kinds of
knowledge belongs to mathematics and physics, thus
the thinking fields are mathematical thinking and
physical thinking plus noetic science, there will be
three thinking realms. The relationship between them
three is shown in figure8.
Phase is the concluding and synthesizing phase of
the noetic technology and thinking approach in system
analysis. It is still set in the complete noetic science
environment. In fact, the title of this thesis thinking
fields and noetic technology of system analysis in
basic radio communication system just signifies the
third phase. From phase to phase, thinking
approach adopted is mainly deduction, while in
phase, it is mainly induction.
Conclusion
This paper takes basic radio communication system as
research object and conducts analysis about it from the
perspective of thinking deduction. Here are the
conclusions.
Firstly, the process of system analysis takes place in an
obvious time order, and there involve two main
analysis lines, the system analysis and system analysis.
Secondly, there are four thinking fields involved in the
deduction: mathematical thinking, physical thinking,
engineering thinking and noetic science. The first three

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fields intersect with each other, and they belong to

noetic science. Thirdly, the basic radio communication
system can be subdivided into five levels. Each
different level shares similarities with each other.
Fourth, phase and phase in system analysis are of
the same important role and value with Phase. At
last, main noetic technology and thinking approaches
taken here are separating, methods in formal logistics
and system analysis, etc.
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Qiongrong Yu, born in Hunan province of China in July
1965 received her bachelors degree of science from the
physics department of radio electronics in Xiangtan
University in 1985. In 2004, she received her masters degree
of control engineering from Huazhong University of Science
and Technology.
Over the years, she has participated in or presided over
more than a dozen electrical system design and
development of automatic control. She is mainly engaged in
teaching work in the field and radio technology and
communication engineering. This article is the fruit of many
years of research work by combining radio communications
and noetic technology.

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