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Objec&ves Overview

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Discuss the purpose of the


components required for
successful communica:ons
and iden:fy various sending
and receiving devices

Describe the uses of


computer communica:ons

List advantages of using a


network, and dieren:ate
among LANs, MANs, and
WANs

Dieren:ate between
client/server and peer-to-
peer networks, and
describe how a P2P
network works

Dieren:ate among a star


network, bus network, and
ring network

Describe the various


network communica:ons
standards

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Objec&ves Overview

Explain the purpose of


communica:ons
soRware

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Communica&ons

Describe various types


of lines for
communica:ons over
the telephone network

Discuss dierent ways


to set up a home
network

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Describe commonly
used communica:ons
devices

Computer communica&ons describes a process in


which two or more computers or devices transfer
data, instruc:ons, and informa:on

Describe various
physical and wireless
transmission media

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Sending device

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channel

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Receiving device

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Communica&ons

Uses of Computer Communica&ons


Blogs

Chat rooms

E-mail

Fax

FTP

Instant
messaging

Internet

Newsgroups

RSS

Video
conferencing

VoIP

Web

Web 2.0
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Web folders

Wikis

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Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Users can send and receive wireless messages


using wireless messaging services

Text messaging (SMS) allows users to send and receive short


text messages on a phone or other mobile device or computer

Picture messaging allows users to send pictures and sound les


Video messaging allows users to send short video clips
Wireless instant messaging allows wireless users to exchange
real-:me messages with one or more other users
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Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Wireless Internet access points allow people to connect


wirelessly to the Internet from home, work, school, and
in many public loca:ons

A cybercaf is a coeehouse, restaurant, or other


loca:on that provides personal computers with
Internet access to its customers

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Uses of Computer Communica&ons

A global posi&oning system (GPS) is a naviga:on system


that consists of one or more earth-based receivers that
accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to
determine the GPS receivers geographic loca:on
GPS receivers are:
Built into
many mobile
devices

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Available as a
handheld
device

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Available with
new vehicles

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Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Groupware

Voice mail

Helps groups of people work


together on projects and
share informa:on over a
network
Component of workgroup
compu:ng
Major feature is group
scheduling

Allows someone to leave a


voice message for one or
more people
Computer in voice mail
system converts an analog
voice message into digital
form
A voice mailbox is a storage
loca:on on a hard disk in the
voice mail system

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Uses of Computer Communica&ons

Many programs provide a means to collaborate, or work


online, with other users connected to a server
Collabora:on soRware includes tools that enable users
to share documents via online mee:ngs and
communicate with other connected users

Online
mee:ngs
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Web
conferences

Document
management
systems

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Uses of Computer Communica&ons


Web services enable
programmers to create
applica:ons that
communicate with other
remote computers over
the Internet or on an
internal business network
A mashup is a Web
applica:on that combines
services from two or
more sources

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Networks

Networks

A network is a collec:on of computers and


devices connected together via communica:ons
devices and transmission media
Advantages of a network include:
Facilita:ng
communica:ons

Sharing
hardware

Sharing
soRware
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Sharing data
and informa:on

Transferring
funds

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Networks

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Networks

A local area network


(LAN) is a network that
connects computers
and devices in a limited
geographical area
A wireless LAN (WLAN)
is a LAN that uses no
physical wires

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A metropolitan area network (MAN) connects


LANs in a metropolitan area
A wide area network (WAN)
is a network that covers a
large geographical area

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Networks

Networks

The design of computers, devices, and media on a


network is some:mes called the network architecture

P2P describes an Internet network on which users


access each others hard disks and exchange les
directly over the Internet

Client/server network

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Peer-to-peer network

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Networks

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Networks

A network topology refers to the layout of the


computers and devices in a communica:ons network
Star network

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Bus network

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Ring network

An intranet is an
internal network
that uses Internet
technologies

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An extranet allows
customers or
suppliers to access
part of its intranet

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Network Communica&ons Standards

Network Communica&ons Standards

Ethernet

Token
ring

TCP/IP

Wi-Fi

Ethernet is a network standard that species no computer


controls when data can be transmiied

Bluetooth

UWB

IrDA

RFID

The token ring standard species that computers and


devices on the network share or pass a special signal (token)

WiMAX

WAP

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TCP/IP is a network standard that denes how messages are


routed from one end of a network to another

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Network Communica&ons Standards


Wi-Fi iden:es any
network based on the
802.11 standard that
facilitates wireless
communica:on
Some:mes referred to
as wireless Ethernet

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Network Communica&ons Standards

Network Communica&ons Standards

Bluetooth denes how two Bluetooth devices use short-


range radio waves to transmit data
UWB (ultra-wideband) species how two UWB devices use
short-range radio waves to communicate at high speeds
IrDA transmits data wirelessly via infrared (IR) light waves
RFID uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in
or aiached to an object, animal, or person

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Communica&ons so]ware consists of programs


that:

Wireless Applica&on
Protocol (WAP)

Developed by IEEE
Towers can cover a 30-mile
radius
Two types are xed
wireless and mobile
wireless
Provides wireless
broadband Internet access

Species how some mobile


devices can display the
content of Internet services
Web
E-mail
Chat rooms
Uses a client/server
network

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Communica&ons So]ware

WiMAX (802.16)

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Help users establish


a connec:on to
another computer
or network

Manage the
transmission of
data, instruc:ons,
and informa:on

Provide an
interface for users
to communicate
with one another
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Communica&ons Over
the Telephone Network

Communica&ons Over
the Telephone Network

The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is


the worldwide telephone system

Dial-up
lines

Dedicated
line

ISDN line

DSL

FTTP

T-carrier
line

ATM
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Communica&ons Over
the Telephone Network

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Communica&ons Over
the Telephone Network
ADSL connec:ons transmit data downstream at a
much faster rate than upstream

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Communica&ons Devices

Communica&ons Devices

A communica&ons device is any type of hardware


capable of transmijng data, instruc:ons, and
informa:on between a sending device and a
receiving device
A dial-up modem converts signals between analog
and digital

A digital modem sends and receives data and


informa:on to and from a digital line

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Communica&ons Devices

DSL
modem

Cable
modem

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Communica&ons Devices
A wireless modem uses the cell phone network to
connect to the Internet wirelessly from a
notebook computer, a smart phone, or other
mobile device

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Communica&ons Devices

Communica&ons Devices

A network card enables


a computer or device to
access a network
Available in a variety of
styles
Wireless network cards
oRen have an antenna

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A wireless access point is a central communica:ons


device that allows computers and devices to transfer
data wirelessly among themselves or to a wired network

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Communica&ons Devices

A router connects
mul:ple computers or
other routers together
and transmits data to
its correct des:na:on
on a network
Many are protected by
a hardware rewall

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A hub or switch connects several devices in a


network together

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Home Networks

Home Networks

Home networks provide computers with the


following capabili:es:

Types of wired home networks:

Connect to the
Internet at the
same :me

Share a single
high-speed
Internet
connec:on

Connect game
consoles to the
Internet

Play mul:player
games

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Access les and


programs on other
computers

Ethernet

Subscribe to and
use VoIP

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Powerline cable

Share peripherals

Phoneline
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Communica&ons Channel
The amount of data that
can travel over a
communica:ons channel
some:mes is called the
bandwidth
Latency is the :me it takes
a signal to travel from one
loca:on to another on a
network
Transmission media carries
one or more signals
Broadband media transmit
mul:ple signals
simultaneously

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Physical Transmission Media

Physical Transmission Media


Twisted-pair cable

Fiber-op&c cable

Coaxial cable

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Wireless Transmission Media

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Wireless Transmission Media


Cellular radio is a form of broadcast radio that is
used widely for mobile communica:ons

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Wireless Transmission Media

Wireless Transmission Media


A communica&ons
satellite is a space
sta:on that receives
microwave signals from
an earth-based sta:on,
amplies it, and
broadcasts the signal
over a wide area

Microwaves are radio waves that provide a high-


speed signal transmission

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Video: Got Your Video Right Here

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Summary
Overview of
communica:ons
terminology and
applica:ons

How to join
computers into a
network

Various
communica:ons
devices, media,
and procedures

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