The Differences Between Twisted Pair And Fibre Optic Media

Twisted Pair Cable Transmission Rate Low data transmission rate.

FIbre Optic High data transmission rate.

Made of

Generally made of copper.

Generally made of glass or plastic

Signal noise

Cables arranged in a twisted No electronic noise, very clean pair to help cancel-out signal.

electronic noise. Distance For long distances, needs a Can go super-long distances device to boost the signal before needing to be boosted before it degrades.

Industry Standard

Industry Standard on large, Industry standard for high-end medium to small-scale deployments, super-fast speeds Core networking

deployments. Usually found (10Gigabit), on the user-side of infrastructure

infrastructure Training No special training is Proper training is needed to properly use Fibre

needed.

Flexible

It is a thin, flexible cable that it has certain limitations (such as is easy to string between it can't be bent at a 90-degree walls angle).

Details on Wireless Transmission Media Radio Waves 1. Type of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the electromagnetic

spectrum longer than infrared light. 2. Have frequencies from 300 GHz to as low as 3 kHz, and corresponding wavelengths from 1 millimeter to 100 kilometers. 3. Travel at the speed of light. 4. Different frequencies of radio waves have different propagation characteristics in the Earth's atmosphere. 5. Different frequencies experience different combinations of these phenomena in the Earth's atmosphere, making certain radio bands more useful for specific purposes than others.

Microwave 1. Radio wave with wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz (0.3 GHz) and 300 GHz. 2. Broad definition includes both UHF and EHF (millimeter waves), and various sources use different boundaries. 3. Radio waves propagated in all direction. Sending antenna and receiving antenna do not have to be aligned. 4. Apparatus and techniques may be described qualitatively as "microwave" when the wavelengths of signals are roughly the same as the dimensions of the equipment, so that lumped-element circuit theory is inaccurate. 5. Practical microwave technique tends to move away from the discrete resistors, capacitors, and inductors used with lower frequency radio waves.

Infrared 1. Is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light. 2. Use for short ranged wireless communication. 3. Useful for data transmission because use high frequencies(400THz) 4. Cannot penetrate wall or affected by another system in the next room

ITT459 DATA COMMUNICATION ESSENTIAL Assignment 1(Individual Assignment)

Name

: Muhammad Akmal Bin Abdul Latip

Student No : 2011424584