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TRANSMISSION

BASEBAND & BROADBAND


Baseband Transmission Broadband Transmission

 Uses digital signaling  Uses analog signaling


 Bi-directional transmission  Unidirectional transmission
 Signal travels over short  Signal can travel over long
distances distances before being
attenuated
Baseband Transmission Broadband Transmission

 Medium (wire) carries  Enables a single wire to


only one signal, or
carry multiple signals at
channel, at a time
the same
 No frequency-division  Frequency-division
multiplexing
multiplexing is possible
Baseband Transmission Broadband Transmission

EXAMPLE
 Ethernet LAN  how you view different
channels through your
cable box and a signal
coaxial cable carrying
multiple signals in cable
television

Coaxial cable

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