Data Transmission

Basics
Types of medium
• Bounded media
• Cable or wire
– Single Wire
– Coaxial
– Twisted Pair
– Shielded twisted pair
– Un shielded twisted pair
– Optical fibre

• Un bounded media
• Wireles
• Blue tooth infrared
Information Information
Convert the
Source Convert the Destination
Electric signal
signal into Transmission Media back to the
electrical format
required format

Information: sound, text, data file, picture, … etc

Electrical Format: normally in voltage, current or light

1.3 Coaxial

• It consists of a center conductor

surrounded by a concentric outer conductor
1.2 Twisted Pair

• Two insulated conductors are twisted

each other
1.2 Twisted Pair

Shielded Twisted Pair UnShielded Twisted Pair

(STP) (UTP)
2. Optical Fiber

• Optical Communication Link

• Major Characteristics
• Light Propagation
Basics of Networking
Types of Networks
• TCP / IP Basics
• LAN (Local Area Network)
• WAN (Wide Area Network)
• MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
LAN (Local Area Network)
WAN (Wide Area Network)
MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)

“The OSI model for network

protocols is well-designed Application Layer
and very interoperable.”
Presentation Layer
“It was developed too late to
be accepted by the principal
communications customers
Session Layer
in industry and the military,
who had already invested Transport Layer
heavily in TCP/IP.”
Network Layer
And while serving as a good
framework for protocols it is not Data Link Layer
ideal for actual high speed
implementations. Physical Layer
Quotes & diagram provided by Dr.
White 13
Generalized Connection

Communications Network
User Data User Data

Internet

Provided by Dr. Fujinoki and Dr.

White 14
 Common Network Topologies

Ring Topology Complete Topology Bus Topology

Hub / Repeater
• Every packet is being sent out through
every other port broad cast
Switch

• determining the source and destination

device of that packet, and forwarding it
appropriately
• By delivering each message only to the
connected device it was intended for
Hub / Repeater
Switch