Whatist heInternet

?TheInter
netisav astnetworkthatconnect
s
comput ersall
ov ert
heworld.ThroughtheInternet
,peoplecan
shareinformationandcommuni catefr
om any wherewithan
Int
ernetconnect i
on

I
nter
netisaglobal
computernet
workpr ovidi
ngavari
etyof
i
nfor
mationandcommunicati
onfacil
i
ties,consi
sti
ngof
i
nter
connect
ednetworksusi
ngstandardizedcommunicati
on
pr
otocol
s.

Ty
pesofi
nter
netconnect
ions.

Di
al-
UpConnect
ion

Adi
al-
upconnect
ioni
sest
abl
i
shedbet
weeny
ourcomput
erand
t
heI
SPserverusi
ngamodem.

Adial
-UpConnecti
onisacheapandt
radi
ti
onalconnect
ionthati
s
notpr
efer
redthesedaysasthi
sty
peofconnect
ionisverysl
ow.

Toaccesst heinter
netconnecti
oni nthedial-
upconnecti
onwe
needt odialaphonenumberont hecomput erandthat
’swhyit
requiresatel
ephoneconnecti
on.I tr
equiresamodem t osetupa
dial-
upconnection,whichworksasinterfer
encebetweenyour
comput erandthetelephonel
ine.Inthisconnecti
on,wecanuse
eitheranint
ernetconnecti
onortelephoneatat i
me.
Br
oadbandConnect
ion

Br oadbandreferst ohigh-speedinternetaccessthatisfasterthan
traditi
onaldi
al-upaccess.I tisprovidedthrougheithercableor
telephonecomposi ti
on.Itdoesnotr equi
reanytelephone
connect i
onthat ’
swhyher ewecanuset el
ephoneandi nternet
connect i
onsimul taneously.Inthi
sconnect ion,
mor ethanone
per soncanaccesst heinternetconnect i
onsimult
aneousl y
.

Itisawidebandwidthdatatransmissionthatt
ransportssever
al
signalsandtr
affi
ctypes.I
nt hi
sconnect i
on,t
hemedi um usedis
coaxialcabl
e,opt
icalf
ibercable,
radio,ortwi
stedpaircabl
e.

DSL

DSLst andsforDi
git
al Subscri
berLine.Itprovidesanint
ernet
connectionthr
oughthet el
ephoneline(network).DSLisaform of
broadbandcommuni cationthatisalwayson, therei
snoneedt o
di
al aphonenumbert oconnect .DSLconnect ionusesarouterto
tr
anspor tdat
aandthespeedoft hi
sconnect ionrangebetween
128kto8Mbpsdependi ngont heservi
ceof fered.ADSL
connectioncantr
anslatedataat5mi l
l
ionby tespersecond,or
5mbps.

DSLser v
icecanbedeli
ver
edsimult
aneousl
ywithwir
edtelephone
servi
ceont hesametel
ephonel
ineduetohigh-
fr
equencybands
fordata.
Cabl
e

Itisaform ofbroadbandaccesscabl emodem thatcanpr

ovi
de
ex t
remelyfastaccesstotheinter
net.Thespeedofthis
connectionvari
eswhi chcanbedifferentf
orupl
oadingdat
a
transmissi
onordownl oading.

I
tusesacablemodem t
opr ovi
deanint
ernetconnect
ionand
operat
esovercabl
eTVl
ines.Thespeedofcableconnect
ion
rangesfr
om 512kt
o20Mbps.h

Sat
ell
i
teConnect
ion

Thistypeofconnect
ionisprov
idedmainlyi
nruralar
easwherea
broadbandconnecti
onisnotyetoff
ered.I
taccessesthei
nter
net
vi
aasat el
li
tethati
sinEart
h’sorbi
t.

Thesignalt
ravel
sfrom alongdist
ancethati
sf r
om ear
thto
sat
ell
i
t eandbackagainwhichprovidesadelay
edconnecti
on.
Sat
ell
iteconnect
ionspeedsrangefrom 512kto2.0Mbps.

Wi
rel
essConnect
ion

Asthenamesuggest swir
elessconnect
iondoesnotuse
tel
ephoneli
nesorcablest
oconnectt otheint
ernet
.Thewir
eless
connecti
onusesaradiofr
equencybandt oconnecttot
heint
ernet.
Iti
salsoanalways-
onconnectionandthisconnect
ioncanbe
accessedfrom anywher
eandspeedmayvaryf
ordi
ff
erent
l
ocations.I
trangesfr
om 5Mbpsto20Mbps.

Cel
l
ular

Cell
ulartechnol
ogypr ov
ideswirelessI
nternetaccessthroughcel l
phones.Speedmayv arydependingont heserviceprovi
der.The
mostcommonar e3Gand4Gwhi chmeansf rom 3rdgenerat i
on
and4t hgenerati
onrespecti
vel
y.Thespeedoft he3Gcel l
ular
networkisaround2.0Mbpsandt he4Gcel l
ularnetworkisar ound
21Mbpst hegoalofthe4Gnetwor kistoachievepeakmobi l
e
speedsof100Mbpsbutt hecurrentspeedoft he4Gnet wor kis
about21Mbps.

I
SDN

ISDNst andsf orIntegratedServiceDigit

al Networ kanditisa
cir
cuit
-switchedt elephonenet worksy stem, butital
sopr ovi
des
accesst opacket -swit
chednet workst hattransmi t
sbot hvoi
ce
anddat aov eradi git
alline.I
tprovidesapacket -switched
connectionf ordat ai
ni ncrementsof64ki lobit/
s.

I
SDNconnect ionprovi
desbet t
erspeedsandhigherqual
i
tythan
tr
adit
ionalconnect
ions.Itpr
ovidedamaximum of128kbit/
s
bandwidthinbothupstream anddownstr
eam dir
ecti
ons.