2.

5 THE BR OA D B A N D
INTE R NE T C ON N EC T I ON
BY A B BEYGA ILE Y STEPHEN
FROM CP03
 BROADBAND INTERNET CONNECTION

• IS WIDE BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION WHICH TRANSPORTS MULTIPLE

SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC TYPES.

• THE MEDIUM CAN BE COAXIAL CABLE, OPTICAL FIBER, RADIO OR 

TWISTED PAIR.
 2 TYPES
Wired Wireless

Cable FTTP Satellite

Internet (Fibre to
premise WIFI Internet
Service Service
s)

DSL Mobile
Fixed
Broad Wireless
band
 DSL

• A WIRELINE TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY THAT TRANSMITS DATA FASTER OVER TRADITIONAL COPPER
TELEPHONE LINES ALREADY INSTALLED TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES.

• DSL-BASED BROADBAND PROVIDES TRANSMISSION SPEEDS RANGING FROM SEVERAL HUNDRED KBPS
TO MILLIONS OF BITS PER SECOND (MBPS).
TYPES

1) ASYMMETRICAL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (ADSL) – USED PRIMARILY BY RESIDENTIAL

CUSTOMERS, SUCH AS INTERNET SURFERS, WHO RECEIVE A LOT OF DATA BUT DO NOT SEND
MUCH
2) SYMMETRICAL DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (SDSL) – USED TYPICALLY BY BUSINESSES FOR
SERVICES SUCH AS VIDEO CONFERENCING, WHICH NEED SIGNIFICANT BANDWIDTH BOTH
UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.
3) HIGH DATA RATE DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (HDSL)
4) VERY HIGH DATA RATE DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (VDSL)
 CABLE INTERNET SERVICE

• CABLE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TRANSMIT DATA BETWEEN SERVERS

• USE COAXIAL CABLE
• WIRED TROUGH CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK VIA CABLE MODEM
• HIGH SPEED ACCESS
• VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE CABLE TV SERVICE IS AVAILABLE
FTTP

• WIRED USING FIBER OPTIC CABLE

• HIGH SPEED, FAST
• EXPENSIVE
• LIMITED TO FIBER HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO THE BUILDING
FIXED WIRELESS
• USES RADIO WAVES TRANSMITTED BY A CELL TOWER TO BRING YOU YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION.
• IT USES AN ANTENNA LOCATED ON THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR HOUSE.
• THE ANTENNA PICKS UP RADIO SIGNALS FROM THE CLOSEST CELL TOWER
• THE PROVIDER IS THEN ABLE TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET VIA A CABLE CARRYING THE SIGNAL
FROM THE ANTENNA TO THE ROUTER IN YOUR HOME.

• HIGH SPEED ACCESS EXAMPLE: WIMAX

• MAINLY URBAN AREA WHERE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE
CELLULAR RADIO NETWORK
• A COMMUNICATION NETWORK WHERE THE LAST LINK IS WIRELESS.
• THE NETWORK IS DISTRIBUTED OVER LAND AREAS CALLED "CELLS", EACH SERVED BY AT LEAST ONE
FIXED-LOCATION TRANSCEIVER

• THESE BASE STATIONS PROVIDE THE CELL WITH THE NETWORK COVERAGE WHICH CAN BE USED FOR
TRANSMISSION OF VOICE, DATA, AND OTHER TYPES OF CONTENT.

• A CELL USES A DIFFERENT SET OF FREQUENCIES FROM NEIGHBOURING CELLS, TO AVOID

INTERFERENCE AND PROVIDE GUARANTEED SERVICE QUALITY WITHIN EACH CELL

• WHEN JOINED TOGETHER, THESE CELLS PROVIDE RADIO COVERAGE OVER A WIDE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
• THIS ENABLES NUMEROUS PORTABLE TRANSCEIVERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER
WIFI

• WIRELESS: USES RADIO SIGNAL

• HIGH SPEED ACCESS
• ANYWHERE ACCESS POINT AVAILABLE(HOTSPOT)
SATELLITE INTERNET SERVICE
• JUST AS SATELLITES ORBITING THE EARTH PROVIDE NECESSARY LINKS FOR TELEPHONE AND TELEVISION SERVICE, THEY CAN ALSO
PROVIDE LINKS FOR BROADBAND.

• SATELLITE BROADBAND IS ANOTHER FORM OF WIRELESS BROADBAND

• USEFUL FOR SERVING REMOTE OR SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS.
• ACCESS VIA SATELLITE TO A SATELLITE DISH THAT COMMUNICATES WITH A SATELLITE MODEM
• EXPENSIVE THAN CABLE AND DSL
• SPEEDS MAY BE SLOWER THAN DSL AND CABLE MODEM, BUT THEY ARE ABOUT 10 TIMES FASTER THAN THE DOWNLOAD SPEED WITH
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS.

• SERVICE CAN BE DISRUPTED IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.

DIAL-UP INTERNET
• A FORM OF INTERNET ACCESS THAT USES THE FACILITIES OF THE 
PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK  (PSTN) TO ESTABLISH A CONNECTION TO
AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER  (ISP)

• BY DIALING A TELEPHONE NUMBER  ON A CONVENTIONAL TELEPHONE LINE.

• DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS USE MODEMS:
1) TO DECODE AUDIO SIGNALS INTO DATA TO SEND TO A ROUTER OR COMPUTER
2) TO ENCODE SIGNALS FROM THE LATTER TWO DEVICES TO SEND TO ANOTHER
MODEM.
DIAL-UP CONNECTION VS BROADBAND
CONNECTIONS.