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    Data and Computer

    Communications
    Chapter 1 – Data Communications,
    Data Networks, and the Internet

    Eighth Edition
    by William Stallings

    Lecture slides
    Data Communications, Data
    Networks, and the Internet
    The fundamental problem of
    communication is that of reproducing at
    one point either exactly or approximately a
    message selected at another point - The
    Mathematical Theory of Communication,
    Claude Shannon
    Contemporary Data Comms
    trends
    ● traffic growth at a high & steady rate
    ● development of new services
    ● advances in technology
    significant change in requirements
    ● emergence of high-speed LANs
    ● corporate WAN needs
    ● digital electronics
    A Communications Model
    Communications Tasks
    Transmission system utilization Addressing

    Interfacing Routing

    Signal generation Recovery

    Synchronization Message formatting

    Exchange management Security

    Error detection and correction Network management


    Flow control
    Data Communications Model
    Transmission Medium
    selection is a basic choice
    ● internal use entirely up to business
    ● long-distance links made by carrier
    rapid technology advances change mix
    ● fiber optic
    ● wireless
    transmission costs still high
    hence interest in efficiency improvements
    Networking
    growth of number & power of computers is
    driving need for interconnection
    also seeing rapid integration of voice,
    data, image & video technologies
    two broad categories of communications
    networks:
    ● Local Area Network (LAN)
    ● Wide Area Network (WAN)
    Wide Area Networks
    span a large geographical area
    cross public rights of way
    rely in part on common carrier circuits
    alternative technologies used include:
    ● circuit switching
    ● packet switching
    ● frame relay
    ● Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
    Circuit Switching
    uses a dedicated communications path
    established for duration of conversation
    comprising a sequence of physical links
    with a dedicated logical channel
    eg. telephone network
    Packet Switching
    data sent out of sequence
    small chunks (packets) of data at a time
    packets passed from node to node
    between source and destination
    used for terminal to computer and
    computer to computer communications
    Frame Relay
    packet switching systems have large
    overheads to compensate for errors
    modern systems are more reliable
    errors can be caught in end system
    Frame Relay provides higher speeds
    with most error control overhead removed
    Asynchronous Transfer Mode
    ATM
    evolution of frame relay
    fixed packet (called cell) length
    with little overhead for error control
    anything from 10Mbps to Gbps
    constant data rate using packet switching
    technique with multiple virtual circuits
    Local Area Networks
    smaller scope
    ● Building or small campus
    usually owned by same organization as
    attached devices
    data rates much higher
    switched LANs, eg Ethernet
    wireless LANs
    Metropolitan Area Networks
    MAN
    middle ground between LAN and WAN
    private or public network
    high speed
    large area
    The Internet
    Internet evolved from ARPANET
    ● first operational packet network
    ● applied to tactical radio & satellite nets also
    ● had a need for interoperability
    ● led to standardized TCP/IP protocols
    Internet Elements
    Internet Architecture
    Example Configuration
    Summary
    introduced data communications needs
    communications model
    defined data communications
    overview of networks
    introduce Internet

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