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Communications and
Telecommunications
•In human speech, the sender transmits a signal
through the transmission medium of the air
•In telecommunications, the sender transmits a signal
through the transmission medium of a cable
What is a Network?
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Why Networking?
Sharing information — i.e. data communication •
Do you prefer these? •
Or this? •
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Transmission Media
• Two main categories:
– Guided ― wires, cables
– Unguided ― wireless transmission, e.g. radio, sonar.
• We will concentrate on guided media here:
– Twisted-Pair cables:
Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP) cables
Shielded Twisted-Pair (STP) cables
– Coaxial cables
– Fiber-optic cables
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USA
WAN
Student Computer
Centre
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Cable TV
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TV
Cable
Drop
Coaxial Cable company
Cable
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Communication Design: Project
Location of CMS ( Central monitoring station)
Main computer room (MCR)
Network operation center (NOC)
Control room
Computer storage room
Public Address system
Access control system (ACS) monitoring
CMS security control room
CCTV
Local Area Network (LAN)
IP Telephony
Building Management Systems (BMS)
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Communication Design: Project
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Communication Design: Project
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Communication Design: Project
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