Telecmunication and Network.ppt

Lecture 6 Telecommunications and Network Learning Objective Understand the concept of a network. Identify several major developments and trends in the industries, technologies, and applications of telecommunications and Internet technologies. Provide examples of the business value of Internet, intranet, and extranet applications. Identify the basic components, functions, and types of telecommunications networks used in business. Explain the functions of major components of telecommunications network hardware, software, media, and services. Explain the concept of client/server networking. Learning Objective Understand the two forms of peer-to-peer networking. Explain the difference between digital and analog signals. Identify the various transmission media and topologies used in telecommunications networks. Understand the fundamentals of wireless network technologies. Explain the concepts behind TCP/IP Understand the seven layers of OSI network model. Networking Enterprises Network business processes and employees together through internet, the Web, intranets and extranets Connect the entity to their customers, suppliers, and other business stakeholders Companies and workgroups through telecommunications can: Collaborate more creatively Manage their business operations and organizational resources more effectively Compete successfully in today’s fast changing global economy Concept of Network Network An interconnected chain, group or system Could be of a chain of hotels, the road system, the names in a person’s address books, and certainly includes computer networks. In this topic, network means how telecommunication is used to link people together for vary purposes. Telecommunications Exchange of information in any form (voice, data, text, images, audio, video) over networks Trends in Telecommunications Open Systems IS uses common standards (Internet Networking Technologies) for hardware, software, applications and networks Connectivity: Ability of networked comp