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Telecommunications
and Networking
1. Compare and contrast the two major types of
networks.
2. Describe the wireline communications media
and transmission technologies.
3. Describe the most common methods for
accessing the Internet.
4. Explain the impact that networks have had on
business and everyday life for each of the six
major categories of network applications.
1. What Is a Computer Network?
2. Network Fundamentals
3. The Internet and the World Wide Web
4. Network Applications
[ Opening Case Massive Open Online
Courses]

• The Problem
• A Possible Solution
• The Results
• What We Learned from This Case
6.1 What Is a Computer
Network?
• Local Area Networks
• Wide Area Networks
• Enterprise Networks
6.2 Network Fundamentals

• Analog and Digital Signals

• Communications Media and Channels
• Network Protocols
• Types of Network Processing
Analog and Digital Signals

• Analog Signals
– Continuous waves that transmit information by altering the
characteristic of the waves
• Amplitude and frequency
• Digital Signals
- Discrete pulse that are either on or off, representing a series (0s and
1s)
• Modem or Modulator-demodulator
– Dial-up modem
– Cable modems
– DSL
Communications Media and
Channels
- Communicating data requires some form of
pathway or media
- Communication channel comprised 2 types
of media:
1.cable
Twisted-pair wire
Coaxial Cable
Fiber Optics
2.broadcast
Network Protocols

• Ethernet
- Common LAN protocols
• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)
– Four Layers
– Packet Switching
• Four layers of TCP/IP model
• Packet switching
Types of Network Processing

• Client/server computing
-common type of distributed processing
-Form of distributed processing in which some
machines (servers) perform computing functions
for end-user PCs (clients).
- fat client vs thin client
• Peer-to-peer Processing (P2P)
- Each computer act both as client and server
6.3 The Internet and
the World Wide Web
• Accessing the Internet
• The Future of the Internet
• The World Wide Web
Accessing the Internet

• Connecting via an Online Service

- get internet access by having account with internet
service provider ie: unifi
• Connecting via Other Means
- ie using internet in café etc
• Addresses on the Internet
- IP address
The Future of the Internet

• Three Factors Could Cause Internet Brownout

– Increasing number of people who work online
– Soaring popularity of Web sites such as YouTube requiring
large amounts of bandwidth
– Tremendous demand for high-definition television delivered
over the Internet
– Will cause computer to go offline for several minutes at a time
• Internet2
- develops advance network applications ie remote digital diagnosis,
digital libraries, distance education etc.
World Wide Web (WWW)

• A system of universally accepted standards for

storing, retrieving, formatting, and displaying
information via a client/server architecture
– Web site-Web pages of a particular company or individual.
– Webmaster – person in charge of organization website
– Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – address of a
specific resource on the web
– Browsers – software application through which user
primarily access the web
6.4 Network Applications

• Discovery
• Communication
• Collaboration
• E-Learning and Distance Learning
• Virtual Universities
• Telecommuting
Discovery

• Search Engines and Metasearch Engines

• Publication of Material in Foreign Languages
– automatic translation of web page
• Portals- web based, personalized gateway to
knowledge that provides information
Portals

• Commercial Portal
• Affinity Portal
• Corporate Portal
• Industrywide Portal
[about business]
A New Search Engine
Communication

• Electronic Mail (E-mail)

• Web-Based Call Centers
• Electronic Chat Rooms
• Voice Communication
– Internet Telephony (VoIP)
• Unified Communications (UC)
- voice mail, sms
Collaboration

• Work group
• Workflow
• Virtual Team
• Virtual Collaboration
• Crowdsourcing
• Synchronous versus asynchronous
Collaboration

• Microsoft SharePoint
• Google Docs
• IBM Lotus Quickr
• Jive
• Electronic Teleconferencing
E-Learning and Distance Learning

• E-Learning
– Learning supported by the Web
• Distance Learning
– Any learning situation in which teachers and
students do not meet face-to-face.
Virtual Universities

• Online universities in which students take

classes via the Internet at home or an off-site
location.
Telecommuting

• A process in which highly prized workers are

able to work anywhere anytime.
• Knowledge workers
• Advantages versus disadvantages
[about business]
Yahoo! CEO Marissa
Mayer Bans
Telecommuting
 [ Closing Case The City of Los
Angeles Turns to Google Apps ]

• The Problem
• The Solution
• The Results