This document discusses analog communication systems and amplitude modulation. It defines three main types of modulation: amplitude, frequency, and phase modulation. It then describes amplitude modulation in detail. Amplitude modulation varies the amplitude of the carrier signal based on the instantaneous amplitude of the modulating signal. The document provides equations for the carrier signal, modulating signal, and amplitude modulated signal in both time and frequency domains. It also defines the modulation index and describes under, critical, and over modulation types based on the modulation index value.