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Data and Computer Communications
Data and Computer Communications
Communications
Chapter 1 Data Communications,
Data Networks, and the Internet
Eighth Edition
by William Stallings
Lecture slides by Lawrie Brown
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A Communications Model
Communications Tasks
Transmission system utilization Addressing
Interfacing
Routing
Signal generation
Recovery
Synchronization
Message formatting
Exchange management
Security
Network management
Flow control
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Transmission Medium
selection is a basic choice
fiber optic
wireless
Networking
growth of number & power of computers is
circuit switching
packet switching
frame relay
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
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Circuit Switching
uses a dedicated communications path
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Packet Switching
data sent out of sequence
small chunks (packets) of data at a time
packets passed from node to node
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Frame Relay
packet switching systems have large
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attached devices
data rates much higher
switched LANs, eg Ethernet
wireless LANs
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The Internet
Internet evolved from ARPANET
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Internet Elements
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Internet Architecture
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Example Configuration
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Summary
introduced data communications needs
communications model
defined data communications
overview of networks
introduce Internet
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