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Overview of
Data Communications
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Networking
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Data Communication
What is Communication?
Telecommunication.
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Data Communication
Effectiveness of Data Communication Systems
Delivery
Accuracy
Timeliness
Jitter (variation in packet arrival time)
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Networks
Set of devices (nodes) connected by a communication
links.
multiple computers.
number of criteria.
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Network Criteria
Performance measured in many ways. i.e.
Number of users.
Type of transmission medium.
Capabilities of connected hardware.
Efficiency of software.
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Type of Connection
Point to Point
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Type of Connection
Multipoint
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Multidrop - more than two specific devices can share a single link.
Spatially shared connection several devices use the link
simultaneously.
Time share connection.
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Categories of topology
Refers to the way in which a network is laid out physically.
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Categories of networks
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Internet today
The Internet
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Advantages
Ensures a large market for equipment and software
Allows products from different vendors to communicate
Disadvantages
Freeze technology
May be multiple standards for the same thing
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Whats a protocol?
A human protocol and a computer network protocol:
Hi
TCP connection
req.
Hi
TCP connection
reply.
Got the
time?
2:00
Get http://gaia.cs.umass.edu/index.htm
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