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Introduction
1.1
1-1 DATA COMMUNICATIONS
1.2
Five components of data communication
• Message
• Sender
• Receiver
• Transmission Medium
• Protocol
1.3
Data Representation
• Text
• Unicode
• ASCII
• Numbers
• Image
• Audio
• Video
1.4
Data flow (simplex, half-duplex, and full-duplex)
1.5
1-2 NETWORKS
1.6
Physical Structures
Types of connections: point-to-point and multipoint
1.7
Physical Topology
1.8
A fully connected mesh topology (five devices)
Is it Practical? 1.9
A star topology connecting four stations
1.11
A ring topology connecting six stations
1.12
A hybrid topology: a star backbone with three bus networks
1.13
Network Categories
• Internet
1.14
An isolated LAN connecting 12 computers to a hub in a closet
1.15
WANs: a switched WAN and a point-to-point WAN
MAN? 1.16
A heterogeneous network made of four WANs and two LANs
1.17
1-3 THE INTERNET
Reading Assignement:
A Brief History
The Internet Today (ISPs)
1.18
Hierarchical organization of the Internet
1.19
1-4 PROTOCOLS AND STANDARDS
Protocols
Standards
Reading Assignment
Standards Organizations
Internet Standards
1.20