Data Communications

By Engr.Alauddin
Lecturer , Dept. of Electrical Engineering
NWFP UET Kohat Campus
McGraw-Hill © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2000
Grading Policy

Assignments 10%
Quizzes 15%
Mid Term 25%
Comprehensive Final 50%
Textbook(s)

Primary: Behrouz A Forouzan., Data

Communication and Networking , 5th edition,
2008, McGraw Hill

Secondry: William Stalling., Data and

Computer Communication , 8th edition, Prentice
Hall
 Chapter 1
Introduction

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 1-1 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
The term telecommunication means communication at a
distance. The word data refers to information presented
in whatever form is agreed upon by the parties creating
and using the data. Data communications are the
exchange of data between two devices via some form of
transmission medium such as a wire cable.

Topics discussed in this section:

Components
Data Representation
Data Flow
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 Data communications
For data communications to occur, the
communicating devices must be part of a
communication system made up of a
combination of hardware (physical
equipment) and software (program).
Fundamental characteristics influence the
effectiveness of a data communications
system
Delivery
Accuracy
Timeliness
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Jitter
 Jitter

Jitter refers to the variation in the

packet arrival time.
It is the uneven delay in the
delivery of audio or video packets.
For example, let us assume that
video packets
are sent every 3ms. If some of the
packets arrive with 3-ms delay and
others with 4-ms delay, an uneven
1.7 quality in the video is the result.
 Components of data
communications
1. Message:
The information (data) to be communicated.
Popular forms of information include text,
numbers, pictures, audio, and video.
2.Sender:
The device that sends the data message.
It can be a computer, workstation,
telephone handset, video camera, and so
on.
3.Receiver:
The device that receives the data message.

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 4.Transmission medium:
The physical path by which a message
travels from sender to receiver.
e.g., twisted-pair wire, coaxial cable,
fiber-optic cable, and radio waves.
5.Protocol:
A set of rules that govern data
communications.
It represents an agreement between the
communication devices

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 Figure 1.1 Five components of data communication

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 Data representation
Text
In data communications, text is
represented as a bit pattern, a sequence
of bits (0s or 1s).
Different sets of bit patterns have been
designed to represent text symbols. Each
set is called a code, and the process of
representing symbols is called coding.
Unicode uses 32 bits to represent a
symbol or character
Numbers
Also represented by bit patterns
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Code is not used to represent numbers
 Data representation (contd.)
Images
Image is composed of a matrix of pixels (picture
elements)
Each pixel is a small dot
Each pixel is assigned a bit pattern
For black and white representation only one bit is
enough
One method of representing an image is RGB
(red, green, blue)
In RGB each color is made of a combination of
three primary colors
YCM (yellow, cyan, and magenta)
Audio
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Video
 Data flow
Communication between two
devices can be simplex, half-
duplex, or full-duplex (as shown
in next slide).
Simplex
The communication is
unidirectional, as on a one-way
street.
Only one can transmit
1.13 Keyboards and traditional
 Data flow (contd.)
Half-duplex
Each station can both transmit
and receive, but not at the
same time.
Walkie-talkies are example
Full-duplex
Both stations can transmit and
receive simultaneously.
1.14 Telephone network
 Figure 1.2 Data flow (simplex, half-duplex, and full-duplex)

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 1-2 NETWORKS

A network is a set of devices (often referred to as nodes)

connected by communication links. A node can be a
computer, printer, or any other device capable of sending
and/or receiving data generated by other nodes on the
network.

Topics discussed in this section:

Distributed Processing
Network Criteria
Physical Structures
Network Models
Categories of Networks
Interconnection of Networks: Internetwork
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 Distributed processing
Most networks use distributed
processing, in which a task is
divided among multiple
computers.
Network Criteria
i.Performance
More throughput
Less delay
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 Distributed processing

ii. Reliability
Measured by the frequency of
failure
The time it takes a link to recover
from a failure
The network robustness in a
catastrophe
iii. Security
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Includes protecting data from
 Physical Structures
A network is two or more devices
connected through links
A link is a communication pathway that
transfers data from one device to another
Two types of connections:
Point to point
Provides a dedicated link between
devices
Multi point
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More than two specific devices share a