DataCommunicationsandNetworksOverview.pptVIP

Chapter 1Data Communications and Networks - Overview Data Communications deals with the transmission of signals in a reliable and effective manner. Topics covered include signal transmission, transmission media, signal encoding, interfacing, data link control, and multiplexing. Networking deals with the technology and architecture of the communication networks used to interconnect communicating devices (entities). Topics include LANs, WANs. 1.1 A Communications Model Source Generates (binary) data to be transmitted Transmitter Converts data into transmittable electromagnetic signals Transmission system This can be a single transmission line or a complex network Receiver Converts received signal into data Destination Takes incoming data Simplified Communications Model - Diagram Communications Tasks 1.2 Data Communications 1.3 Data Communication Networking Point to point communication not usually practical Devices are too far apart Large set of devices would need impractical number of connections Solution is a communications network Wide Area Network (WAN) Local Area Network (LAN) Wide Area Networks Large geographical area Crossing public rights-of-ways Rely in part on common carrier circuits Alternative technologies Circuit switching Packet switching Frame relay Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Circuit Switching Dedicated communications path established for the duration of the conversation Data transmission is rapid, without delay This kind of switching is good for real-time services The typical network which adopts this kind of switching is telephone network Packet Switching Data sent out of sequence Small chunks (packets) of data at a time Packets passed from node to node between source and destination At each node, the entire packet is received, stored briefly, and then transmitted to the next node Used for terminal to computer and computer to computer communications There are two kinds of packet switching: Virtual circuit and datagram Packet swit