THE

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM:
THEIR NOSE IMPACT

GROUP 5
BSEcE 4-5

THE COMMUNICATION
CHANNEL/ MEDIUM
The communication
channel is the
medium by which the
electronic signal is
sent from
one place to another.
Communication
media refers to the
means of delivering
and receiving data or
information

TYPES OF
COMMUNICATION
MEDIUM

1.Wired Network
Twisted Pair Wires
Coaxial Cable
Fiber Optics
2. Wireless Network
Radio Waves
Terrestrial Wave
Communication
Communication
Satellite

Twisted Pair Wires

In this, there is a pair of
2 copper wire, each 1-2
mm thick, enrolled on
each other in a spiral
pattern. These are used
to
avoid
interference
from the nearby similar
pairs. There are number
of pairs bundled together
in a cable by wrapping
the pairs in a protective
shield.A pair consists of
a single communication

Invented byAlexander
Graham Bell
the most oldest means of
communication in
computer networking
the least expensive
mode of communication
used in networks.

Coaxial Cable
Coaxial Cables same as twisted
Wire cables consists of two
copper wire. But in this, the two
wires are concentric to each
other. It has awire conductor in
the centre, a circumferential
outer conductor known as foil
shield,and
an
insulating
medium called thedielectric
separating
these
two
conductors.
The
outer
conductor is protected in an
outer jacket.
can
achieve
high
transmission rates.

data

Fiber Optics
Opticalfiberis a flexible,
thin,
transparentfibermade of
high quality glassor
plastic, slightly thicker than
a human hair

is a thin, flexible medium

that conducts pulses of
light, with eachpulse
representing a bit of your
data

 It can generate high Data

Rates, so these are used for
long distance communications,
that require high speed and
least data loss
It have no electromagnetic
interference andcan process
data at GB/sec of speed.

Radio Waves
Radio
waves
are
electromagnetic
waves
withwavelengthsgreater
thaninfra-redradiations.
There frequency varies
from as high as 300 GHz to
as low as 3KHz. They
travel by speed of light.
Radio
Waves
can
be
natural
and
artificial
also.Natural
Radio
Waves occur due to
lightingandArtificial

Terrestrial Radio
Wave
Communication

Radio Waves doesn't need

any physical wire to travel.
They
can
penetrate
through air, through walls
and windows and can be
used
todeliverlong
distances
messages.
Terrestrial
Radio
Wave
Communication can be
divided
into
3
parts:

(a) The waves that can be

operated
over
a
short
distance, say 3-5 metres.

(b) The waves that can

operate in local area network
say upto 100 metres
(c) The waves that can
operate in wide areas of
1000's of kilometres.

Communication
Satellite
A communication
satellite links
two or more transmitter or
receiver that are situated on
Earth, called as Ground
Stations.The satellite receives
the message or transmission on
one frequency band, reproduce
the signal using a repeater and
transmits the signal or the
message on another frequency.
There are basically two types of
satellites are used in
communications. These are:
(a) Geostationary

Diagram that shows the flow of data

through satellite from sender host to
the receiver host