Telecommunications and

Networking

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 Learning Objectives

• Understand the concept of a network

• Apply Metcalfe’s law in understanding the
value of a network
• Identify major developments and trends in
the industries, technologies, and business
applications of telecommunications and
Internet technologies
 Learning Objectives
• Explain the concept of client/server
networking
• Concepts of two-tier architecture and three
tier architecture
What is a network?

• Interconnected chain, group, or system

• Connections created by nodes
• Exponential growth
• Metcalf’s Law
• Usefulness, or utility, of a network
• Equals the square of the number of users
• More users = more useful
Telecommunications-Based Services
Value of Telecommunications Networks
Business Use of the Internet
Intranets as Information Portals
Extranet Connectivity
Telecommunications Network Model
Wide Area Network (WAN)
 Local Area Network (LAN)

• Connects computers in a limited physical area

• Office, classroom, or building
Virtual Private Network
Client/Server Network