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INTRODUCTION

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Definition

Data refers to facts, concepts and

instructions presented in whatever forms
In the context of computer information
systems, data represented by binary
units (bits) produced in forms of 0s and
1s
Data communication is the EXCHANGE of
data (in the forms of 0s and 1s) between
two devices via some forms of
transmission medium

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What about
telecommunication ?

The term of Telecommunication are

are includes telephony, telegraphy,
and television means
communication at a distances.
The word of tele derived from
Greek which mean of FAR..

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Data Communication

Data Communication
process of transferring information from a sender to a receiver
with the use of a medium in which the communicated
information is understood by both sender and receiver.

Telecommunication
Used a vast array of technologies that send information over
distances. Mobile phones, land lines, satellite phones and
voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) are all telephony
technologies -- just one field of telecommunications. Radio,
television and networks are a few more examples of
telecommunication.

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Effectiveness of Data Communication System

Delivery

The system must deliver data to the correct

destination and received by the intended device or
user
Accuracy

The system must deliver data accurately(cannot be

altered during transmission) without error
Timeliness

The system must deliver data in timely manner

Jitter

Refer to the variation in the packet arrival time. It is

uneven delay of delivery
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Figure 1.1
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Five components of data communication

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5 Component of Data Communication

System

Message Information to be
communicated=>text, numbers, pictures,
sound or video.
Sender device that sends the messagecomputer, telephone, video camera and so
on.
Receiver Device that receives the message
same as sender

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Medium Physical path by which a

message travels- twisted pair,
coaxial cable, fiber optic, laser or
radio waves
Protocol A set of rules govern data
communication represent an
agreement between the
communicating devices

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Data representation
Text
- test represent as bit a bit pattern, a sequence of
bits (0s or
1s).
- different sets of bit patterns have been
designed
to
represent text symbols.
-ACSII (American Standard Code Interchange)
is a character-encoding scheme originally based
on the English alphabet
- Extended ASCII- consists of 128 decimal numbers
and
ranges from 128 through 255 (using the full
8-bits of the
byte) representing additional special,
mathematical, graphic, and foreign characters.

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Unicode use 32 bits to present a symbol or character

ISO
Numbers represent by bit pattern
Image used bit pattern. It composed of matrix of
pixels. The size of pixel depend on the resolution.
Image divide into pixel. Each pixel is assigned by a bit
pattern. Eg: RGB color images
Audio refers to recording or broadcasting of sound or
music. Its produced as continuous entity NOT discrete
Video - refers to recording or broadcasting of picture
or movie. It produced as continuous entity

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Direction of Flow

Simplex the communication is

unidirectional-one of the two stations
on a link can transmit, other can only
received
Used entire capacity of the channel to
send data in one direction

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Ex keyboard and traditional monitor

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Figure 1.2
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Half Duplex
Each station can both transmit and receive but not
at same time
entire capacity of channel can be utilized for each
direction

Eg Walkie-talkie
Full duplex
Both station can transmit and receive
simultaneously
The capacity of channel must divided between the
two devices

Eg telephone system

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Figure 1.3

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Half-duplex

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Figure 1.4 Full-duplex

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Video : THE DAWN OF THE NET

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Networks

A set of devices(nodes) connected by

communication links. Eg computer
printer etc
Distributed Processing

Task is divided among multiple

computers, instead of a single large
machine being responsible for all aspects

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Faster problem solving

Security

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Performance
Measure in many way including
a) Response time elapsed time between an inquiry and a
response
b) Transit time
amount of time required for message to
travel from one device to another.
c) Throughput
- the average rate of successful message
delivery over a communication channel
d) Delay
specify how long it takes for a bit of data to
travel across the network from one node or
endpoint to another
Depends on a number of users, types of transmission
medium, capability of hardware and software
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Reliability
Frequency of failure: the time it take the link to
recover from a failure and the networks
robustness in catastrophe
Security
Security of data from: protect data from
unauthorized access, viruses

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Physical Structures
Types of Connection
Point to point

1.

Two and only two device are

connected by a dedicated link

multipoint

2.

Three or more devices share a link

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Figure 1.5
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Point-to-point connection
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Figure 1.6
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Multipoint connection
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Network Topology

MESH
STAR
BUS
RING

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Network Topology
Mesh

Every device has a

dedicated point to point
link to every device

Fully connected mesh has

n(n-1)/2 physical channel
to link n devices
Advantages

Eliminate traffic problem

Robust, one unusable,

other can be used

Privacy and security

Easy to reroute
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Disadvantages

Amount of cable increase

Number of input output

port increase

Wiring can be greater

than space

expensive

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Figure 1.8
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Fully connected mesh topology (for five devices)

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Star
Each point has a dedicated point to point only to a
central controller, called hub
It does not allow direct traffic between devices
Advantage
Less cabling-less expensive than mesh topology
Easy to install and reconfigure
To easy fault identification and fault isolation
Disadvantage
More cabling required compared some other
topologies

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Figure 1.9
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Star topology
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Bus
One long cable act as backbone to link all devices in
the network
Node are connected to the bus by drop lines and tap.
Advantages
Easy to install
Use less cable with one long backbone
Disadvantages
Difficult to reconfigure
Any tab to the backbone will degrade the quality of
the network
Fault of the backbone will stop all transmission

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Figure 1.10
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Ring
Has a dedicate point to point only with two
devices on either side.
Signal pass in along ring in one direction from
device to device until reach destination
Each device act as repeater.
Advantage
Easy to install and reconfigure
Disadvantage
Unidirectional traffic can be disadvantage
A break in a ring can disable entire network

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Figure 1.11 Ring topology

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Categories of Network

Figure 1.12

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Categories of Network

Local Area Network(LAN)

Within building, single office, plant and

campus
Limited to a few kilometers.
Designed to allow resources to be
shared between personal computer or
computer.
Common LAN topologies bus, star and
ring

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Figure 1.13

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Figure 1.13
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Metropolitan Area Network(MAN)

is a backbone network that connects

local area network in a metropolitan
area such as city or town and handles
the bulk activity or traffic across
region.

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Figure 1.14

MAN

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Wide Area Network(WAN)

a network that covers a large

geographic area(such as city, country
or the world) using a communication
channel combines many types of
media such as telephone lines, cable
and air waves
An enterprise network

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Figure 1.15
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The Internet

An internet (lowercase letter i)

The Internet (uppercase letter I)

is two or more networks that can communicate with

each other but doesnt provide services to public
is a collaboration of more than hundreds of
thousands interconnected networks and provide
services to public

The Internet Today

International Service Providers

National Service Providers(NSPs)
Regional Internet Service Providers
Local Internet Service Providers

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The Internet

Figure 1.16

Internet today

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Protocol and Standards

Protocols

A set of rules that govern data

communication
It defines what is communicated, how
it is communicated and when it is
communicated
Element of protocols:syntax,
semantic, timing

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Syntax
The structure or format of data, eg the first eight bits
to be the address of sender, the second is the address
of the receiver and the remains are the message
Semantics
The meaning of each sections of bits, means how is a
particular pattern to be interpreted eg does an
address identify the route to be taken
Timing
Refers to two characteristics, when data should be
sent and how fast they can be sent
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Standards

Guidelines to manufactures, vendors, government

agencies and other service providers to ensure the
kind of interconnectivity necessary in todays
marketplace and in international communications
A model that makes possible for a product to work
regardless of the individual manufacturer.
Data communications standards fall into 2 categories:

De facto-standard have been legislated

through widespread use of people

De jure-standard have been legislated by an

officially standard organizations

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Standards Organization

The International Standard

Organization(ISO)

An organization dedicated to worlwide

agreement on international standards in a
variety of fields

The International Telecommunications

Union- Telecommunication Standards

An international standards organization that

develops standards for telecommunication eg
V-series

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Standards Organizations

The American National Standards

Institute(ANSI)

A non-profit organization, US representative to

both the ISO and ITU-T

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics

Engineers(IEEE)

The largest national professional group

involved in developing standards for
computing, communication, engineering and
electronics

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Standards Organizations

The Electronics Industries

Association(EIA)

An association of electronics
manufacturers in US that responsible
for developing EIA standards

The Federal Communication

Commission(FCC)

Has authority to approve every piece

of communication technology

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