DATA

COMMUNICATION

Lecture-6
 Recap of Lecture 5

Topology
Categories of Topologies
 Overview of Lecture 6

Transmission Modes
Types of Transmission Modes
Categories of Networks
Internetworks
Ring Topology
Hybrid Topology
 Transmission Mode

“Transmission Mode is used

to define the direction of the
signal flow between the
linked devices”
 Transmission Mode

Transmission Mode

Simplex Half-Duplex Full-Duplex

Simplex
Half-Duplex
Full Duplex (Duplex)
 Categories of Networks
Network

Local Area Wide Area Metropolitan

Networks Networks Area
(LANs) (WANs) Networks
(MANs)
Local Area Networks
Wide Area Networks
Circuit Switching
Packet Switching
 Summary
 Transmission Modes
 Types of Transmission Modes
 Categories of Networks
 Suggested Reading

 Section 2.4,2.5, “Data Communications and

Networking” 2nd Edition by Behrouz A.
Forouzan

 Sections 1.3, “Data and Computer

Communication” 6th Edition by William
Stallings