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Computers Are Your Future

Chapter 8 Wired and Wireless Communication

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What You Will Learn About

The limitations of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) for sending and receiving computer data Multiplexing and digital telephony Wireless transmission media How convergence is blurring the boundaries among popular communication devices Home networking using wired and wireless communications applications Teleconferencing and videoconferencing technology Telecommuting and workgroup computing

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Connectivity
Connectivity is the ability to link various media and devices.

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Wired Communication via the PSTN

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the world telephone system.
It is used for data as well as voice communications. Twisted-pair wire and fiber-optic cable provide the connections for the system. Home and business phones are connected to subscriber loop carriers (SLCs). The area serviced by SLCs is called the local loop.

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Multiplexing
Multiplexing technology enables simultaneous multiuse of transmission lines.
Copper wire allows up to 24 simultaneous calls per wire.

Fiber-optic cable permits up to 43,384 calls per strand.

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Last Mile Technologies

The last mile refers to the phone lines that connect homes and businesses to the local loop.
The inability of users to access the high-speed fiber-optic cable creates a bottleneck of data called the last mile problem.

Digital telephony technologies that use twisted-pair wire are referred to as last mile technologies.
ISDN DSL

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Wireless Transmission Media

Microwave

Radio

Infrared

Wireless transmission media refers to the methods of carrying data through the air or space using infrared, radio, or microwave signals.
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Infrared
Infrared is a wireless transmission medium that carries data via light beams.
Transmitter and receiver must be in line of sight. An IrDa port is needed to use infrared with a computer.

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Radio
Radio is a wireless transmission medium that carries data via radio frequency signals.
Wireless LANs in a home or business are one type of radio technology. Radio signals can be long range (between cities or regions) and short range (within a building). Radio signals are susceptible to noise and electrical interference.

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Microwaves
Microwaves are high-frequency radio waves.
Much of long-distance telephone service is carried by microwaves. Microwaves travel in a straight line. Microwave relay stations are built about 30 miles apart.

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Satellites
Satellites are microwave relay stations suspended in space.
They are positioned in geosynchronous orbits.

Satellites use microwave signals to transmit data to and from earth-based microwave relay stations.

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Cellular Telephones
Cellular telephones enable calls to be placed through a wireless telecommunications system.
Cellular phones use radio or infrared signals. Cells are limited geographic transmission areas.

A mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) monitors the signal strength of cellular phones.

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Personal Communication Service (PCS)

Personal Communication Service (PCS) refers to digital cellular telephone service technologies. Digital cellular phones offer:
Noise-free sound Improved coverage Protection from eavesdropping and phone fraud Voice recognition High-speed Internet access

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Pagers
Pagers work like a simple radio. Pagers are:
Constantly listening for a specific signal from a transmitter Either one-way (only receive signals) or two-way (send and receive signals) Declining in use due to the increase in cell phone use

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Web-Enabled Devices
A web-enabled device is any device that can display and respond to HTML or XML. PDAs, cell phones, and tablet PCs are web-enabled devices.

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Facsimile (Fax) Transmission

Fax transmission is the means of sending an image of a document over telephone lines. Fax modems support fax as well as data protocols.
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TV Internet Set-Tops
Internet TV is an Internet service that uses a TV to:

Broadcast TV programs
Send and receive e-mail

Access Web sites

Navigate the Internet using a remote control

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Wired and Wireless Home Networks

Wired home networks use coaxial cable, telephone wires, cat-5 wires, or the homes electric power wiring. Wireless home networks use radio signals.

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Wired and Wireless Applications

Teleconferencing:
It is the simplest wired application for voice communication. A telephone is used to conduct a conference between more than two people who are separated by a distance.

Videoconferencing:
Two or more people can have a face-to-face meeting when they are geographically separated. Cameras, a computer, and videoconferencing software are used to conduct the conference.
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Wired and Wireless Applications

Telecommuting:
Telecommuting is performing work at home while being linked to the office by telecommunications-equipped computers. The advantages of telecommuting include not having to commute, flexible hours, more family time, and familiar surroundings.

Workgroup Computing:
A workgroup is a group of individuals, working together on a task, who are able to communicate and collaborate by way of computers connected to a network. Groupware software is used by workgroups.
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