DATA COMMUNICATION

Lecture-1

Course Outline
The course will consist of :

32 lectures 5-10 assignments 4 exams (3 midterm and 1 final) Two Best Midterm:40% Final Exam: 40% Assignments: 20%

Grading Criteria:

Textbook

Data Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan

Data and Computer Communication 6th Edition by William Stallings

Overview of Lecture 1
Data Communication Brief History of Communication Data Communication System

DATA COMMUNICATION

exchange of Information from one entity to the other using a Transmission Medium

Data Communication is the

History
Telegraph 1837 Samuel Morse

Telephone 1876 Alexander Graham Bell

This led to building a telecommunication infrastructure of poles and wires as well as the development of communication hardware and protocols. Invention of Telephone and wireless communication system by guglielmo Marconi in 1890s set the stage for today's communication industry. By 1950 Telephone and telegraph companies had developed a network of communication facilities throughout the industrialized world.

By 1950s

History (Cont.)
1970S

Although development of databases, languages, operating systems and hardware from 1950 to 1970, large scale data communication systems did not emerge until the 1970s. This was stimulated by three major development Large scale

Today

integration of circuit reduced cost and size of terminals and communication system. New software systems that facilitated the development of data communication networks. Competition among providers of transmission facilities reduced the cost data circuits.

Data Communication Definition (Modified)

Simply means sharing of data locally or remotely. Exchange of data between two devices via some form of Transmission medium such as wire. Exchange of data (in form of 0s and 1s) between two devices (e.g. computers) via some form of the transmission medium. Subset of Telecommunication in which Digital Communication Occurs (0s & 1s).

LOCAL and REMOTE Communication

LOCAL Communicating devices are present in the same building or a similarly restricted geographical area. REMOTE Communicating devices are present farther apart.

Data Communication System

For Data Communication to occur, communicating devices must be a part of a system made up of some specific kind of hardware and software. This system is known as DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

Effectiveness of Data Comm. System

Effectiveness depends upon three fundamental characteristics:
Delivery (to the specific destination) Accuracy (correctly) Timeliness Better late than never, Better never than late. Jitter (uneven delay in the delivery of audio or video packets)

For example a postal mail.

Components of a Simple Data Communication System

Components of a Data Communication System

A Data communication system is made up of 5 components:
1.
2. 3. 4.

5.

Message Sender Receiver Medium Protocol

Message
The message is the information (data) to be communicated. A message is transmitted from sender to receiver. It can

data file an audio or video file or any text message

A message also keeps information like sender and destination addresses.

Sender

It is also called source. It is the device which generates the message and responsible for its transmission. It can be a
computer Workstation telephone handset video camera

Receiver
It is also called destination/sink. It is the device that receives the transmitted message. It may be a
computer Workstation telephone handset Television or any communication device.

Medium
The transmission medium is the physical path by which a message travels from sender to receiver. It may be a guided medium

unguided medium

coaxial cable twisted pair cable fiber optic

electro-magnetic waves micro waves infrared waves

Transmission Media
Medium
Twisted Wire Microwave Coaxial Cable Fiber Optic Cable

Speed
300bps-100Mbps 256Kbps-100Mbps 56Kbps-200Mbps 500Kbps-10Gbps

Cost
Low Low Low High

Protocol
Protocols are also called language of communication. A protocol is a set of rules that governs data communication. Both sender & receiver must have the same protocol for communication. It represents an agreement between the communicating devices. Without a protocol, two devices may be connected but not communicating, just as a person speaking French cannot be understood by a person who speaks only Japanese.

A Complex Data Comm. System

Components of a Data Communication System

Source
Transmitter
Carries data generates data to be transmitted Converts data into transmittable signals

Transmission System
Receiver

Destination

Converts received signal into data

Takes incoming data

EXAMPLE Electronic Mail

An Actual Digital Data Communication System

Summary

Data Communication Brief History of Communication Data Communication System

Suggested Reading

Section
1.1,
Data Communications and Networking 4th Edition by Behrouz A. Forouzan

Sections
1.1, 1.2,
Data and Computer Communication 6th Edition by William Stallings