CS601 - Data Communication Updated Handouts

Introduction to the Course
The Need for

Communication
Trends and Advancements
What is taught in this

course?
What is NOT taught in this

course?
Tips and Tricks to do well
Text and References
Abdul Subhan Bhambhani (03137375444)

Introduction to Data Communications
Communication: Sharing of
Information (Local or
remote)
Telecommunications:
Communication at a
Distance (includes
telephony, telegraph, and
television etc.)
Data communications:
Exchange of data between
two devices via some form
of transmission media

A Simple Communication Model

Characteristics of a Data Communication System
Effectiveness of a Data
Communication System:
• Delivery
• Accuracy
• Timeliness
• Jitter

Characteristics of a Data Communication System

Components of a Data Communication system
A data communications
system has five
components

Components of Data Communication system

Data Representation and Data Flow
Forms of Information
• Text
• Numbers
• Images
• Audio
• Video

Data Representation and Data Flow
Data Flow between two
devices:
• Simplex
• Half-Duplex
• Full-Duplex

Data Flow

Networks
• Network:
Interconnection of a set of
devices capable of
communication
• Host
• Connecting Device

Network Criteria
A network must be able to

meet a certain number of
criteria:
• Performance
✓ Throughput
✓ Delay
• Reliability
• Security

Physical Structures
Physical Network Attributes
• Link
• Type of Connection
✓ Point-to-Point
✓ Multipoint

Physical Structures

Physical Topologies
• Physical Layout of Network
• Links + Nodes = Topology
• Physical Topologies:
✓ Mesh
✓ Star
✓ Bus
✓ Ring

Physical Topologies

Mesh Topology

Star Topology

Bus Topology

Ring Topology

Networks Types
• Network classification:
✓ Size
✓ Geographical
Coverage
✓ Ownership
• Local Area Networks

(LANs)
• Wide Area Networks

(WANs)

Local Area Networks
• Usually Privately owned

• Connects some hosts in
a single office, building,
or campus
• Can be as simple as two
PCs and a printer in
someone’s home office
• Can extend throughout
a company
• Host Address

Local Area Networks

Wide Area Network
• Wider geographical span

than a LAN
• Spans a town, a state, a

country, or even the
world
• Interconnects connecting
devices such as switches,
routers, or modems
• Normally created and

run by communication
companies
Wide Area Network
• Point-to-Point WAN
• Switched WAN
• Internetwork

Point-to-Point WANs

Point-to-Point WANs

Switched WANs

Internetwork

Circuit Switched Network

Packet Switched Network

The Internet
• An internet (note the

lowercase i) is two or
more networks that can
communicate with each
other
• The Internet (uppercase

I ), and is composed of
thousands of
interconnected
networks.
• Accessing the Internet

The Internet

Internet History
• Telegraph and Telephone

networks, before 1960:
✓ Constant-rate
communication only
• ARPANET- Packet
Switched
• Birth of the Internet
&TCP/IP
• MILNET
• CSNET
• NSFNET
• Internet Today

Internet Standards and Administration
• Internet draft
• Request for Comments

(RFC)
✓ Proposed Standard
✓ Draft Standard
✓ Internet Standard
✓ Historic
✓ Experimental
✓ Informational

Internet Standards

Internet Standards and Administration
• Internet draft
• Request for Comments

(RFC)
✓ Proposed Standard
✓ Draft Standard
✓ Internet Standard
✓ Historic
✓ Experimental
✓ Informational

Protocol Layering - Introduction
• Protocol
Rules that both the sender
and receiver and all
intermediate devices need
to follow to be able to
communicate effectively
• Protocol Layering
Simple Communication:
only one simple protocol
Complex Communication,
we need a protocol at each
layer, or Protocol Layering
Protocol Layering - Example Scenario 1

Protocol Layering - Example Scenario 2
Postal carrier facility

Protocol Layering - Advantages and Disadvantages
• Advantages
✓ Modularity
✓ Separation of Service &
Implementation
✓ Reduced Complexity &
Cost
• Disadvantages
✓ None Really!

Protocol Layering - Principles
• Two Principles
✓ Bidirectional
Communication → Each
Layer performs two
opposite tasks in each
direction
✓ Two objects under each

layer at both sites
should be identical

Protocol Layering - Logical Connections
• Logical Connections
✓ Imaginary connection
between each layer

Protocol Layering

Protocol Layering - Logical Connections
✓ Imaginary connection
between each layer

Protocol Layering

TCP/IP Protocol Suite - Layered Architecture

TCP/IP Protocol Suite – Function of Layers
between TCP/IP Layers

TCP/IP Protocol Suite - Layered Architecture

TCP/IP Protocol Suite – Function of Layers
Identical objects (messages)
Identical objects (segment or user datagram)
Identical objects (datagram) Identical objects (datagram)
Identical objects (frame) Identical objects (frame)
Identical objects (bits) Identical objects (bits)

TCP/IP Protocol Suite – Layer Description

Encapsulation & Decapsulation
• Important Concept in
Internet Protocol Layering
• Layer Header

Encapsulation & Decapsulation

Addressing in TCP/IP Protocol Suite
• Every communication
needs at least two
addresses:
✓ Source Address &

✓ Destination Address
• Addressing by Layer
• Physical Layer is an
exception


• Every communication
needs at least two
addresses:
✓ Source Address &

✓ Destination Address
• Addressing by Layer
• Physical Layer is an
exception


OSI Model vs TCP/IP Protocol suite
• Two Layers of OSI missing

from TCP/IP
• Application (TCP/IP) =
Application + Presentation
+ Session (OSI)

OSI Model vs TCP/IP Protocol suite

Lack of OSI Model’s Success
• Three reasons OSI did

not replace TCP/IP:
✓ OSI was completed

when TCP/IP was
fully in place
✓ Some layers in OSI

not fully defined
✓ Performance of
TCP/IP better than
that of OSI

Data Communication versus Computer Networks

The Open System Interconnection (OSI) Model
• International Organization
for Standardization (ISO)
• ISO established in 1947
• Close to three-fourths of
countries represented
• Introduced OSI Model in

late 1970s
• OSI: a 7-Layer Model

The Open System Interconnection (OSI) Model

Analog & Digital Data
• Data → Analog or Digital
• Analog Data →
Continuous
• Digital Data → Discrete
• Examples: Analog Clock

vs. Digital Clock
• Human voice vs. Data in

Computer

Analog & Digital Signals
• Signals represent
Data
• Signals → Analog
or Digital
• Analog Signal →
Infinite Levels of
Intensity over
time
• Digital Signal →
Limited number
of defined values

Periodic & Non-periodic Signals
• Analog/Digital Signal →
Periodic or Non-periodic
• Periodic Signal →
Pattern
• Period and Cycle
• Non-Periodic → No
Pattern
• Periodic ANALOG Signals

and Non-periodic
DIGITAL Signals
Periodic Analog Signals
• Periodic Analog Signals

→ Simple or Composite
• Simple Periodic Analog

signal→ Sine wave
• Composite Periodic
Analog signal→
Composed of multiple
sine waves

Analog & Digital Data
• Data → Analog or Digital
• Analog Data →
Continuous
• Digital Data → Discrete
• Examples: Analog Clock

vs. Digital Clock
• Human voice vs. Data in

Computer


Sine Wave –Frequency
• Period (T) → Amount of

time required to
complete 1 cycle
• Frequency (f) → No. of

Periods in 1 sec
• f = 1/T or T = 1/f



Sine Wave
Value
•••
Time

Example
The period of a signal
is 100 ms. What is its
frequency in
kilohertz?.

Sine Wave – Peak Amplitude

Phase


Example
A sine wave is offset 1/6

cycle with respect to time
0. What is its phase in
degrees and radians?

Example
The power we use at home
has a frequency of 60 Hz.
The period of this sine
wave can be determined as
follows:

Example
The period of a signal
is 100 ms. What is its
frequency in
kilohertz?.

Wavelength

Wavelength
Figure 3.7

Time & Frequency Domains
A sine wave is
comprehensively defined
by its amplitude, frequency,
and phase. We have been
showing a sine wave by
using what is called a time
domain plot. The time-
domain plot shows changes
in signal amplitude with
respect to time (it is an
amplitude-versus-time
plot). Phase is not explicitly
shown on a time-domain
plot.
Time & Frequency Domains

Example 3.7
The frequency domain is
more compact and useful
when we are dealing with
more than one sine wave.
For example, Figure 3.9
shows three sine waves,
each with different
amplitude and frequency.
All can be represented by
three spikes in the
frequency domain.

Wavelength

Composite Signals
So far, we have focused on simple
sine waves. Simple sine waves
have many applications in daily
life. We can send a single sine wave
to carry electric energy from one
place to another. For example, the
power company sends a single sine
wave with a frequency of 60 Hz to
distribute electric energy to houses
and businesses.

Composite Signals
• Single Sine Wave can

only carry limited
information
• Composite Signal is made

up of multiple simple
sine waves
• Can be periodic or non-

periodic

A Composite Periodic Signal

Decomposition of Composite Periodic Signal
Amplitude
•••
Time
Amplitude
f 3f 9f Frequency
b. Frequency-domain decomposition of the composite signal

Bandwidth
• An important characteristic that
measures Network Performance
• Bandwidth can be used in two

different contexts with two
different measuring values:
• Bandwidth in Hertz
• Bandwidth in bits per second

Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Bandwidth in
Bandwidth in
Hertz
bps
Range of frequencies No. of bits a channel, link
in a composite signal or network can transmit

Bandwidth
• Range of frequencies
contained in a Composite
Signal
• The bandwidth is
normally a difference
between two frequencies
(the highest and the
lowest)

Bandwidth of a composite signal

Example
If a periodic signal is
decomposed into five sine
waves with frequencies of
100, 300, 500, 700, and 900
Hz, what is its bandwidth?
Draw the spectrum,
assuming all components
have a maximum amplitude
of 10 V.

Digital Signals
In addition to being
represented by an
analog signal,
information can
also be
represented by a
digital signal. For
example, a 1 can be
encoded as a
positive voltage
and a 0 as zero
voltage. A digital
signal can have
more than two
levels.
Digital Signals
• Information can also be
represented by a digital
signal
• For example, a 1 can be

encoded as a positive
voltage and a 0 as zero
voltage
• A digital signal can have

more than two levels so
that we can send more
than one bit for each
level
Digital Signals
In general, if a signal has

L levels, each level
needs log2 L bits. So, we
can send log2 2 = 1 bit
per level
log2 4 = 2 bits

Digital Signals
In this case, we can
send more than 1
bit for each level.
Figure 3.17 shows
two signals, one
with two levels and
the other with four.

Example 3.16
A digital signal has
eight levels. How
many bits are
needed per level?
We calculate the
number of bits
from the following
formula. Each
signal level is
represented by 3
bits.

Bandwidth
• Range of frequencies
contained in a Composite
Signal
• The bandwidth is
normally a difference
between two frequencies
(the highest and the
lowest)

Example 3.17
A digital signal has nine
levels. How many bits are
needed per level? We
calculate the number of
bits by using the formula.
Each signal level is
represented by 3.17 bits.
However, this answer is
not realistic. The number
of bits sent per level
needs to be an integer as
well as a power of 2. For
this example, 4 bits can
represent one level.
Example

nine levels. How
many bits are
needed per level?
We calculate the
number of bits by
using the formula.

Bit Rate
• Number of bits
sent in 1 second
• Bit Rate is
expressed in bits
per second (bps)
• Most digital
signals are non-
periodic, and
thus period and
frequency are
not appropriate
characteristics
Bit Rate

Bit Rate

Digital Signals
In this case, we can
send more than 1
bit for each level.
Figure 3.17 shows
two signals, one
with two levels and
the other with four.

Example 3.16
eight levels. How
many bits are
needed per level?
We calculate the
number of bits
from the following
formula. Each
signal level is
represented by 3
bits.

Bit Rate

Example

eight levels. How
many bits are
needed per level?

Example 3.18
Solution
From Table 3.1 we
find the
equivalents of 1 ms
(1 ms is 10–3 s) and
1 s (1 s is 106 μs).
We make the
following
substitutions:

Example
A digitized voice
channel is made by
digitizing a 4-kHz
bandwidth analog
voice signal. We
need to sample the
signal at twice the
highest frequency
(two samples per
hertz). We assume
that each sample
requires 8 bits.
What is the
required bit rate?
Bit Rate

Example 3.20
What is the bit rate for high-
definition TV (HDTV)?
Solution
HDTV uses digital signals to
broadcast high quality video
signals. The HDTV screen is
normally a ratio of 16 : 9 (in
contrast to 4 : 3 for regular
TV), which means the
screen is wider. There are
1920 by 1080 pixels per
screen, and the screen is
renewed 30 times per
second.
Example 3.20
Solution
Twenty-four bits
represents one
color pixel. We can
calculate the bit
rate as
The TV stations
reduce this rate to
20 to 40 Mbps
through
compression.
Bit Length
We discussed the concept of
the wavelength for an analog
signal: the distance one cycle
occupies on the transmission
medium. We can define
something similar for a
digital signal: the bit length.
The bit length is the distance
one bit occupies on the
transmission medium.

Digital Signal as Composite Analog Signal
• Based on Fourier
analysis, a digital
signal is a composite
analog signal
• A digital signal, in the

time domain,
comprises connected
vertical and horizontal
line segments
• Infinite Bandwidth

Example 3.18
Solution
From Table 3.1 we
find the
equivalents of 1 ms
(1 ms is 10–3 s) and
1 s (1 s is 106 μs).
We make the
following
substitutions:

Vertical line in the time domain:

Frequency of infinity
Horizontal line in the time domain:
Frequency of zero


Example 3.20
What is the bit rate for high-
definition TV (HDTV)?
Solution
HDTV uses digital signals to
broadcast high quality video
signals. The HDTV screen is
normally a ratio of 16 : 9 (in
contrast to 4 : 3 for regular
TV), which means the
screen is wider. There are
1920 by 1080 pixels per
screen, and the screen is
renewed 30 times per
second.
Example 3.20
Solution
Twenty-four bits
represents one
color pixel. We can
calculate the bit
rate as
The TV stations
reduce this rate to
20 to 40 Mbps
through
compression.
Baseband Transmission
Low Pass Channel
Sending a Digital Signal without changing it to an Analog

Signal


Digital As Composite Analog
A vertical line in
the time domain
means a frequency
of infinity: a
horizontal line in
the time domain
means a frequency
of zero. Going from
a frequency of zero
to a frequency of
infinity implies all
frequencies in
between are part
of the domain.

Broadband Transmission (Modulation)
• Changing the
Digital signal to
an Analog signal
for transmission
• Modulation
allows us to use
a bandpass
channel—a
channel with a
bandwidth that
does not start
from zero
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Transmission Impairments
• Transmission
media are not
perfect
• Cause Signal
impairments
• Signal sent is not

the same as the
signal received


• Changing the
Digital signal to
an Analog signal
for transmission
• Modulation
allows us to use
a bandpass
channel—a
channel with a
bandwidth that
does not start
from zero
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Attenuation
Attenuation means a loss of
energy. When a signal,
simple or composite,
travels through a medium,
it loses some of its energy
in overcoming the
resistance of the medium.
That is why a wire carrying
electric signals gets warm,
if not hot, after a while.
Some of the electrical
energy in the signal is
converted to heat.

Attenuation
To compensate for this
loss, amplifiers are used
to amplify the signal.
Figure 3.27 shows the
effect of attenuation and
amplification..

Attenuation and amplification
Figure 3.27

Example 3.26
Suppose a signal travels
through a transmission
medium and its power is
reduced to one half. This
means that P2 = 0.5 P1. In
this case, the attenuation
(loss of power) can be
calculated as
A loss of 3 dB (−3 dB) is

equivalent to losing one-
half the power.
Transmission Impairments
• Transmission
media are not
perfect
• Cause Signal
impairments
• Signal sent is not

the same as the
signal received

Example 3.28
One reason that engineers
use the decibel to
measure the changes in
the strength of a signal is
that decibel numbers can
be added (or subtracted)
when we are measuring
several points (cascading)
instead of just two. In
Figure 3.28 a signal travels
from point 1 to point 4.
The signal is attenuated
by the time it reaches
point 2.
Example 3.28
Between points 2 and 3,
the signal is amplified.
Again, between points 3
and 4, the signal is
attenuated. We can find
the resultant decibel value
for the signal just by
adding the decibel
measurements between
each set of points. In this
case, the decibel value can
be calculated as

Attenuation
Attenuation means a loss of
energy. When a signal,
simple or composite,
travels through a medium,
it loses some of its energy
in overcoming the
resistance of the medium.
That is why a wire carrying
electric signals gets warm,
if not hot, after a while.
Some of the electrical
energy in the signal is
converted to heat.

Attenuation
To compensate for this
loss, amplifiers are used
to amplify the signal.
Figure 3.27 shows the
effect of attenuation and
amplification..

Example 3.30
Sometimes the
decibel is used to
measure signal
power in
milliwatts. In this
case, it is referred
to as dBm and is
calculated as dBm =
10 log10 Pm, where
Pm is the power in
milliwatts.
Calculate the
power of a signal if
its dBm = −30.
Example 3.30
Solution
The loss in the
cable in decibels is
5 × (−0.3) = −1.5
dB. We can
calculate the power
as

Example 3.27
A signal travels
through an
amplifier, and its
power is increased
10 times. This
means that P2 =
10P1. In this case,
the amplification
(gain of power) can
be calculated as

Example
Suppose a signal
travels through a
transmission
medium and its
power is reduced
to one half. This
means that P2 = 0.5
P1. In this case, the
attenuation (loss of
power) can be
calculated as

Example
A signal travels
through an
amplifier, and its
power is increased
10 times. This
means that P2 =
10P1. In this case,
the amplification
(gain of power) can
be calculated as

Example 3.29
Solution
We can calculate
the power in the
signal as

Distortion
Differences in delay
may create a
difference in phase
if the delay is not
exactly the same as
the period
duration.

Example 3.30
Sometimes the
decibel is used to
measure signal
power in
milliwatts. In this
case, it is referred
to as dBm and is
calculated as dBm =
10 log10 Pm, where
Pm is the power in
milliwatts.
Calculate the
power of a signal if
its dBm = −30.
Noise
• Noise is another
cause of impairment.
• Several types of
noise, such as
thermal noise,
induced noise,
crosstalk, and
impulse noise, may
corrupt the signal.
• Thermal noise is the

random motion of
electrons in a wire,
which creates an
extra signal not
Noise
• Induced noise
comes from
sources such as
motors.
• Crosstalk is the
effect of one
wire on the
other.

Attenuation and Amplification - Decibel
• Unit of Signal strength is

Decibel or dB
• Decibel (dB) measures the

relative strengths of two
signals or one signal at two
different points
• Decibel is negative if a signal

is attenuated and positive if
signal is amplified

Example
Suppose a signal
travels through a
transmission
medium and its
power is reduced
to one half. This
means that P2 = 0.5
P1. In this case, the
attenuation (loss of
power) can be
calculated as

Noise – Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)
• Signal to Noise
Ratio (SNR) is
used to find the
theoretical bit
rate limit of a
signal

Example
A signal travels
through an
amplifier, and its
power is increased
10 times. This
means that P2 =
10P1. In this case,
the amplification
(gain of power) can
be calculated as


Example
The power of a
signal is 10 mW and
the power of the
noise is 1 μW; what
are the values of
SNR and SNRdB?

Noise
• Induced noise
comes from
sources such as
motors.
• Crosstalk is the
effect of one
wire on the
other.

Example 3.31
The power of a
signal is 10 mW
and the power of
the noise is 1 μW;
what are the values
of SNR and SNRdB?
Solution
The values of SNR
and SNRdB can be
calculated as
follows:

Example 3.32
The values of SNR and
SNRdB for a noiseless
channel are
Solution
The values of SNR and
SNRdB for a noiseless
channel are
We can never achieve

this ratio in real life; it is
an ideal.
Data Rate Limits
• How fast we can
send data, in bits
per second, over
a channel?
• Data Rate
depends on 3
factors:
✓ The
Bandwidth
available
✓ The level of
the signals
we use
✓ The level of
Data Rate Limits
• Two theoretical formulas

developed to calculate
the data rate:
✓ one by Nyquist for a

noiseless channel
✓ another by Shannon
for a noisy channel


Example
Consider a
noiseless channel
with a bandwidth
of 3000 Hz
transmitting a
signal with two
signal levels. The
maximum bit rate
can be calculated
as

Example
Consider the same

noiseless channel
transmitting a
signal with four
signal levels (for
each level, we send
2 bits). The
maximum bit rate
can be calculated
as

Noisy Channel : Shannon Capacity
• In reality, we
cannot have a
noiseless
channel; the
channel is always
noisy
• In 1944, Claude
Shannon
introduced a
formula, to
determine the
theoretical
highest data rate
for a noisy
Example
Consider an
extremely noisy
channel in which
the value of the
signal-to-noise
ratio is almost zero.
In other words, the
noise is so strong
that the signal is
faint. For this
channel the
capacity C is
calculated as

Example
Theoretical highest
bit rate of a
Telephone line with
a Bandwidth of
3000 Hz assigned
for data
communication.
SNR is usually
3162. The capacity
is calculated as:

Noiseless Channel : Nyquist Rate
• For a noiseless
channel, the
Nyquist bit rate
formula defines
the theoretical
maximum bit
rate
• Finding balance
between Bit rate
and System
Reliability

Example 3.37
Consider an
extremely noisy
channel in which
the value of the
signal-to-noise
In other words, the
noise is so strong
that the signal is
faint. For this
channel the
capacity C is
calculated as

Example 3.37
This means that the
capacity of this
channel is zero
regardless of the
bandwidth. In
other
words, we cannot
receive any data
through this
channel.

Example 3.38
This means that the
capacity of this
channel is zero
regardless of the
bandwidth. In
other
words, we cannot
receive any data
through this
channel.

Example 3.38
This means that the
highest bit rate for
a telephone line is
34.860 kbps. If we
want to send data
faster than this, we
can either increase
the bandwidth of
the line or improve
the signal-to-noise
ratio.

Example
Consider an
extremely noisy
channel in which
the value of the
signal-to-noise
In other words, the
noise is so strong
that the signal is
faint. For this
channel the
capacity C is
calculated as

Example 3.39

Example 3.40
When the SNR is
very high, we can
assume that SNR + 1
is almost the same
as SNR. In these
cases, the
theoretical channel
capacity can be
simplified to C 5 B 3
SNRdB. For example,
we can calculate the
theoretical capacity
of the previous
example as
Example 3.37
This means that the
capacity of this
channel is zero
regardless of the
bandwidth. In
other
words, we cannot
receive any data
through this
channel.

Example 3.38
This means that the
capacity of this
channel is zero
regardless of the
bandwidth. In
other
words, we cannot
receive any data
through this
channel.

Example 3.38
This means that the
highest bit rate for
a telephone line is
34.860 kbps. If we
want to send data
faster than this, we
can either increase
the bandwidth of
the line or improve
the signal-to-noise
ratio.

Example 3.39

Network Performance
Network
Performance
Bandwidth Throughput Latency
• There are 3 characteristics of network

performance

Bandwidth
• An important
characteristic
that measures
Network
Performance
• Bandwidth can
be used in two
different contexts
with two
different
measuring
values:
• Bandwidth in
Hertz
• Bandwidth in
Example 3.42
The bandwidth of a
subscriber line is 4
kHz for voice or
data. The
bandwidth of this
line for data
transmission
can be up to 56,000
bps using a
sophisticated
modem to change
the digital signal to
analog.

Example 3.40
When the SNR is
very high, we can
assume that SNR + 1
is almost the same
as SNR. In these
cases, the
theoretical channel
capacity can be
simplified to C 5 B 3
SNRdB. For example,
we can calculate the
theoretical capacity
of the previous
example as
Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Bandwidth in
Bandwidth in
Hertz
bps

Throughput
• Measure of how
fast we can
actually send
data through a
network.
• Bandwidth is not
the same as
Throughput
• A link may have

a bandwidth of
B bps, but we
can only send T
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Example
A network with
bandwidth of 10
Mbps can pass only
an average of
12,000 frames per
minute with each
frame carrying an
average of 10,000
bits. What is the
throughput of this
network?

Example 3.41
The Shannon
formula gives us 6
Mbps, the upper
limit. For better
performance we
choose something
lower, 4 Mbps. Then
we use the Nyquist
formula to find the
number of signal
levels

Throughput
The latency or
delay defines how
long it takes for an
entire message to
completely arrive
at the destination
from the time the
first bit is sent out
from the source.

Network Performance
• Data transmission
(in form of Signal)
over a network
and how network
behaves is
important
• More important
is the
performance of
the network
• How good is our

network?
Network Performance
Network
Performance
Bandwidth Throughput Latency
• There are 3 characteristics of network

performance

Bandwidth
• An important
characteristic
that measures
Network
Performance
• Bandwidth can
be used in two
different contexts
with two
different
measuring
values:
• Bandwidth in
Hertz
• Bandwidth in
Example 3.42
The bandwidth of a
subscriber line is 4
kHz for voice or
data. The
bandwidth of this
line for data
transmission
can be up to 56,000
bps using a
sophisticated
modem to change
the digital signal to
analog.

Example 3.43
If the telephone
company improves
the quality of the
line and increases
the bandwidth to 8
kHz, we can send
112,000 bps by
using the same
technology as
mentioned in
Example 3.42.

Bandwidth
Bandwidth
Bandwidth in
Bandwidth in
Hertz
bps

Throughput
• Measure of how
fast we can
actually send
data through a
network.
• Bandwidth is not
the same as
Throughput
• A link may have

a bandwidth of
B bps, but we
can only send T
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Example
A network with
bandwidth of 10
Mbps can pass only
an average of
12,000 frames per
minute with each
frame carrying an
average of 10,000
bits. What is the
throughput of this
network?

Example 3.47
What are the
propagation time
and the
transmission time
for a 5-MB
(megabyte)
message (an image)
if the bandwidth of
the network is 1
Mbps? Assume
that the distance
between the
sender and the
receiver is 12,000
km and that light
travels at 2.4 × 108
Throughput
The throughput is a
measure of how fast we
can actually send data
through a network.
Although, at first glance,
bandwidth in bits per
second and throughput
seem the same, they are
different. A link may
have a bandwidth of B
bps, but we can only
send T bps through this
link with T always less
than B.
Throughput
The latency or
delay defines how
long it takes for an
entire message to
completely arrive
at the destination
from the time the
first bit is sent out
from the source.

Example
What is the propagation
time if the distance
between the two points is
12,000 km? Assume the
propagation speed to be
2.4 × 108 m/s in cable.

Example 3.44
Solution
We can calculate the
throughput as
Throughput =
(12,000X10,000)/60 =
2Mbps
The throughput is
almost one-fifth of
the bandwidth in this
case.

Example 3.45
What is the
propagation time if
the distance
between the two
points is 12,000
km? Assume the
propagation speed
to be 2.4 × 108
m/s in cable.
Solution
We can calculate
the propagation
time as
Propagation time =
(12,000X10,000)/(2
.4X28)=
Example 3.46
What are the propagation
time and the transmission
time for a 2.5-KB (kilobyte)
message if the bandwidth
of the network is 1 Gbps?
Assume that the distance
between the sender and
the receiver is 12,000 km
and that light travels at 2.4
× 108 m/s.

Bandwidth-Delay Product

Example 3.48
We can think about
the link between
two points as a
pipe. The cross
section of the pipe
represents the
bandwidth, and the
length of the pipe
represents the
delay. We can say
the volume of the
pipe defines the
bandwidth-delay
product, as shown
in Figure 3.34.
Delay - Jitter
• Jitter is a
problem if
different packets
of data encounter
different delays
and the
application using
the data at the
receiver site is
time-sensitive
(audio and video
data, for
example)

Example
What is the propagation
time if the distance
between the two points is
12,000 km? Assume the
propagation speed to be
2.4 × 108 m/s in cable.

Digital-to-digital Conversion
• Data → Analog or
Digital
• Signals → Analog or
Digital
• Digital Transmission
• Analog Transmission

Digital Transmission
Digital
Transmission
Digital to Digital Analog to Digital

Conversion Conversion

Digital to Digital Conversion
Digital to Digital
Conversion
Line Coding Block Coding Scrambling
Always Needed May not be needed May not be needed

Bandwidth-Delay Product
Case
2

Signal Element versus Data Element

Data Rate versus Signal Rate
• Data Rate is number of

data elements sent in 1
sec (bps)
• Signal Rate is number

of signal elements sent
in 1 sec (baud)
• Data Rate → Bit Rate
• Signal Rate → Pulse

Rate, Modulation Rate
or Baud Rate

Example
A signal has a signal rate

of 100 bauds. What is the
Data rate if one data
element is carried per
signal element?

Line Coding
• Digital data to Digital
signals
• Data (Text, Numbers,

Pictures, Audio, or
Video) is stored in
computer memory as
sequences of bits
• Line coding converts a

sequence of Bits to a
Digital Signal

Digital-to-digital Conversion
• Data → Analog or
Digital
• Signals → Analog or
Digital
• Digital Transmission
• Analog Transmission

Line Coding Schemes
• We can roughly divide

line coding schemes into
five broad categories

Line Coding Schemes

Unipolar NRZ scheme

Signal Element versus Data Element

Polar schemes (RZ)

Data Rate versus Signal Rate
• Data Rate is number of

data elements sent in 1
sec (bps)
• Signal Rate is number

of signal elements sent
in 1 sec (baud)
• Data Rate → Bit Rate
• Signal Rate → Pulse

Rate, Modulation Rate
or Baud Rate

Example
A signal has a signal rate

of 100 bauds. What is the
Data rate if one data
element is carried per
signal element?

Line Coding
• Digital data to Digital
signals
• Data (Text, Numbers,

Pictures, Audio, or
Video) is stored in
computer memory as
sequences of bits
• Line coding converts a

sequence of Bits to a
Digital Signal

Line Coding Schemes


Line Coding Schemes

Bipolar schemes: AMI & Pseudoternary

Multilevel: 2B1Q

Line Coding Schemes

Block Coding
• Block coding changes a
block of ‘m’ bits into a
block of ‘n’ bits (n>m)
• mB/nB encoding
technique
• We need Redundancy to
ensure Synchronization
• Block coding gives us

redundancy and improves
line coding performance

Polar schemes (NRZ)

Block Coding
• mB/nB encoding
technique


Line Coding Schemes


Block Coding
• mB/nB encoding
technique


4B/5B mapping codes

Block Coding
• mB/nB encoding
technique


Example
We need to send data at a
1-Mbps rate. What is the
minimum required
bandwidth, using a
combination of 4B/5B and
NRZ-I or Manchester
coding?

Example

8B/10B block encoding

Scrambling
• Biphase schemes
suitable for LAN but not
for Long Distance
• Block Coding + NRZ-I

solves synch issue but
has DC component
• Bipolar AMI has a

narrow bandwidth (no
DC Component) but
synch issue (long series
of 0s)

Scrambling
• The system needs to

insert the required
pulses based on the
defined scrambling
rules

AMI used with scrambling

Types of Scrambling Techniques
• Two common
scrambling techniques
are B8ZS and HDB3
• Bipolar with 8-Zero

Substitution (B8ZS)
• High-density bipolar
3-zero (HDB3)

Two cases of B8ZS scrambling technique

Example
We need to send data at a
1-Mbps rate. What is the
minimum required
bandwidth, using a
combination of 4B/5B and
NRZ-I or Manchester
coding?

Example

Analog-to-digital Conversion
• Analog Data to Digital
Data
• Process of Digitization
• Two techniques:
✓ Pulse Code
Modulation (PCM)
✓ Delta Modulation
(DM)

Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

• Sampling
• Quantization
• Encoding

Three different sampling methods for PCM

Types of Scrambling Techniques
• Two common
scrambling techniques
are B8ZS and HDB3
• Bipolar with 8-Zero

Substitution (B8ZS)
• High-density bipolar
3-zero (HDB3)

Two cases of B8ZS scrambling technique

• Most common technique
• Employs a PCM Encoder
• A PCM encoder has three

processes:
✓ Sampling
✓ Quantization
✓ Encoding

Components of PCM encoder

• Sampling
• Quantization
• Encoding

Quantization & encoding of a sampled signal
• Sampling → Series of
pulses with amplitude
values between min and
max signal amplitude
• Infinite set with non-
integral values not
suitable for encoding
• We quantize the
sampling output into
certain levels based on
range of amplitudes and
how much accuracy is
needed

• Encoding
✓ Sampling
✓ Quantization
✓ Encoding
• Decoding

Original Signal Recovery- PCM Decoder

Nyquist Sampling Rate
• Nyquist → fs = 2fh
• Sampling sine wave at

three sampling rates:
✓ fs = 4f (2 times the
Nyquist rate)
✓ fs = 2f (Nyquist rate)
✓ fs = f (one-half the
Nyquist rate)

Nyquist Sampling Rate

The process of delta modulation

Delta Modulation (DM)
• Delta modulation is a
simpler technique
• DM finds the change

from the previous
sample
• No code words

Delta Modulation Components

• Sampling → Series of
pulses with amplitude
values between min and
max signal amplitude
• Infinite set with non-
integral values not
suitable for encoding
• We quantize the
sampling output into
certain levels based on
range of amplitudes and
how much accuracy is
needed
Transmission Modes
• Transmission of Data:
✓ Wiring
➢ Data Stream
• Do we send 1 bit at a
time; or do we group
bits into larger groups
and, if so, how?
• Parallel or Serial
Transmission

Data transmission modes

Original Signal Recovery- PCM Decoder

Parallel Transmission

Analog-to-digital Conversion
• Analog Data to Digital
Data
• Process of Digitization
• Two techniques:
✓ Pulse Code
Modulation (PCM)
✓ Delta Modulation
(DM)

Delta Modulation (DM)
• PCM is a very complex
technique
• Delta modulation is a
simpler technique
• PCM finds the value of

the signal amplitude for
each sample; DM finds
the change from the
previous sample
• No code words

Asynchronous Transmission

Serial Transmission
• In serial transmission
one bit follows another
• Only one
communication channel
rather than ‘n’ to
transmit data

Transmission Modes
• Transmission of Data:
✓ Wiring
➢ Data Stream
• Do we send 1 bit at a
time; or do we group
bits into larger groups
and, if so, how?
• Parallel or Serial
Transmission

Isochronous Transmission
• Real time Audio and
Video
• Synchronization
between characters is
not enough
• Entire stream should be

synchronized
• Isochronous guarantees
fixed rate data

Digital-to-Analog Conversion
• Process of changing one
of the characteristics of
analog signal based on
the information in digital
data
• A sine wave is defined by

3 characteristics:
✓ Amplitude
✓ Frequency
✓ Phase
• By changing one of these

characteristics, we can
use it to represent a
digital signal

Serial Transmission
• In serial transmission
one bit follows another
• Only one
communication channel
rather than ‘n’ to
transmit data

Types of Digital to Analog Conversion

Aspects of Digital to Analog Conversion
• Before we discuss
specific methods of
digital-to-analog
modulation, two basic
issues must be
reviewed:
✓ Bit and Baud rates

and
✓ The Carrier Signal

Aspects of Digital to Analog Conversion
• In Analog Transmission
of Digital Data, Baud
Rate is less than or
equal to the Bit Rate
✓ Data Element vs.
Signal Element
✓ Data Rate vs. Signal
Rate
• Bandwidth Required ∝
Signal Rate (except FSK)
• Carrier Signal

Synchronous Transmission
Direction of flow
Frame Frame Frame
11110111 11111011 11110110 ••• 11110111 11110011

Example
An analog signal carries 4
bits per signal element. If
1000 signal elements are
sent per second, find the bit
rate?

Example
An analog signal has a bit
rate of 8000 bps and a baud
rate of 1000 baud. How
many data elements are
carried by each signal
element? How many signal
elements do we need?

Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
• The amplitude of the
carrier signal is varied to
create signal elements
• Both frequency and

phase remain constant
while the amplitude
changes
• Binary ASK or On-Off

Keying (OOK)

Binary Amplitude Shift Keying (Binary ASK)

Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
• The amplitude of the
create signal elements
• Both frequency and

while the amplitude
changes
• Binary ASK or On-Off

Keying (OOK)

Implementation of Binary ASK

• Process of changing one
of the characteristics of
analog signal based on
the information in digital
data
• A sine wave is defined by

3 characteristics:
✓ Amplitude
✓ Frequency
✓ Phase
• By changing one of these

characteristics, we can
use it to represent a
digital signal


Binary Frequency Shift Keying

Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
• The frequency of the
represent data
• Both peak amplitude and


Example
We have an available
bandwidth of 100 kHz
which spans from 200 to
300 kHz. What should be
the carrier frequency and
the bit rate if we modulated
our data by using FSK with
d = 1?

Implementation of BFSK

Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
• The phase of the carrier
is varied to represent
two or more different
signal elements
• Both peak amplitude and

frequency remain
constant
• PSK is relatively common

than ASK or FSK

Binary Phase Shift Keying

Implementation of BPSK

Example
An analog signal has a bit
rate of 8000 bps and a baud
rate of 1000 baud. How
many data elements are
carried by each signal
element? How many signal
elements do we need?

Example
Find the bandwidth for a

signal transmitting at 12
Mbps for QPSK. The value
of d = 0.

Constellation Diagram
• Helps us define the
phase and amplitude of
a signal element when
we are using two carriers
(one in phase and other
in quadrature)
• Signal element is
represented as a dot


Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)
• PSK is limited by the
ability of the equipment
to distinguish small
differences in phase
which limits its potential
bit rate
• We have been altering

only one of the three
characteristics of a sine
wave at a time; but what
if we alter two?
• Why not combine ASK

and PSK?
Constellation diagrams for some QAMs

Analog-to-Analog Conversion
• Representation of
Analog information by
an Analog signal
• Amplitude Modulation
(AM)
• Frequency Modulation
(FM)
• Phase Modulation (PM)

Types of Analog-to-Analog Modulation

Amplitude modulation

Frequency Modulation

an Analog signal
(AM)
(FM)

Phase Modulation
VCO
d/dt
BPM = 2(1 + b )B
0
fc

Multiplexing
• Simultaneous
transmission of multiple
signals across a single
data link
• As data & telecomm use
increases, so does traffic
✓ Add individual links
each time a new
channel is needed
✓ Install higher-
bandwidth links and
use each to carry
multiple signals

Multiplexing
• Simultaneous
transmission of multiple
signals across a single
data link

Categories of Multiplexing

Frequency-Division Multiplexing
• An analog technique
that can be applied
when the bandwidth of
a link (in hertz) is
greater than the
combined bandwidths
of the signals to be
transmitted
• Signals generated by
each sending device
modulate different
carrier frequencies

These modulated signals
are then combined into a
single composite signal
that can be transported by
the link

an Analog signal
(AM)
(FM)

• An analog technique
that can be applied
when the bandwidth of
a link (in hertz) is
greater than the
combined bandwidths
of the signals to be
transmitted

Amplitude modulation

FDM De-Multiplexing

Example
Assume that a voice channel occupies a bandwidth of 4 kHz.
We need to combine three voice channels into a link with a
bandwidth of 12 kHz, from 20 to 32 kHz. Show the
configuration, using the frequency domain. Assume there
are no guard bands.

Example
Five channels, each with a 100-kHz bandwidth, are to be
multiplexed together. What is the minimum bandwidth of
the link if there is a need for a guard band of 10 kHz
between the channels to prevent interference?
= 540 KHZ

Phase Modulation
VCO
d/dt
BPM = 2(1 + b )B
0
fc

Analog Hierarchy

Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• Designed to use the high-
data-rate capability of
fiber-optic cable
• Fiber data rate is higher

than the data rate of
metallic transmission
cable
• Using a fiber-optic cable

for a single line wastes the
available bandwidth
• Multiplexing allows us to
combine several lines into
one

Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM)

Prisms in Wave-Length Division Multiplexing

Time-Division Multiplexing
• Digital process that
allows several
connections to share
the high bandwidth of
a link
• Time is shared i.e.

each connection
occupies a portion of
time in the link

TDM

Synchronous Time-Division Multiplexing

allows several
a link

each connection
time in the link

Example
In Figure the data rate for
each input connection is 1
kbps. If 1 bit at a time is
multiplexed (a unit is 1 bit),
what is the duration of
• each input slot,
• each output slot, and
• each frame?

Interleaving

allows several
a link

each connection
time in the link

Multilevel Multiplexing

Multiple-SLot Multiplexing

Frequency-Division multiplexing

allows several
a link

each connection
time in the link

Digital Hierarchy

DS and T Line Rates

T-1 Line

E Line Rates

• Synchronous TDM
• Statistical TDM

Empty slots

The Analog Carrier System
• Telephone companies
multiplex signals from
lower-bandwidth lines
on to higher-bandwidth
lines
• For Analog, FDM is used

SPREAD SPECTRUM
• In wireless applications,
stations must be able to
share the medium
without interception by
an eavesdropper and
without being subject to
jamming from a
malicious intruder
• To achieve these goals,

spread spectrum adds
redundancy and spread
original spectrum
needed for each station
SPREAD SPECTRUM - Principles
• Bandwidth allocated to
each station needs to be
larger than what is
needed to allow
Redundancy
• Spreading process should

be independent of the
original signal

Spread Spectrum

SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES
• Frequency Hopping
Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
• Direct Sequence Spread

Spectrum (DSSS)

allows several
a link

each connection
time in the link

TDM

Frequency Selection in FHSS

allows several
a link

each connection
time in the link

Interleaving

DSSS
• DSSS also expands the
bandwidth of the
original signal, but the
process is different
• We replace each data bit

with ‘n’ bits using a
spreading code
• Each bit is assigned a

code of ’n’ bits, called
chips, where the chip
rate is ‘n’ times that of
the data bit
Multiple-SLot Multiplexing

Pulse Stuffing

Transmission Media & Physical Payer

Transmission Media
• Located below the
physical layer and are
directly controlled by the
physical layer
• Belong to layer zero
• Metallic Media i.e.

Twisted pair and Coaxial
Cable
• Optical Fiber Cable
• Free Space i.e. Air,

Vaccum
DS and T Line Rates

T-1 Line

Twisted-Pair Cable
• Consists of 2 copper
conductors, each with
its own plastic
insulation, twisted
together
• One wire carries signals

and other is ground
reference
• Receiver uses difference

between the two
• Interference (Noise) &

Crosstalk
Twisted-Pair Cable

Twisted-Pair Cable
• UTP
• STP

Unshielded vs. Shielded Twisted Pair Cable

Categories of Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cables

SPREAD SPECTRUM - Principles
• Bandwidth allocated to
each station needs to be
larger than what is
needed to allow
Redundancy
• Spreading process should

be independent of the
original signal

UTP Performance

Coaxial Cable
• Carries signals of higher
frequency ranges than
those in twisted pair
cable

Coaxial Cable

Categories of Coaxial Cables

Coaxial Cable
cable

FHSS Cycles

Coaxial Cable Performance

Fiber-Optic Cable
• Made of glass or plastic
and transmits signals in
the form of light
• Light travels in a straight

line as long as it is
moving through a single
uniform substance
• If a ray of light traveling

through one substance
suddenly enters another
substance (of a different
density), the ray changes
direction
DSSS
• DSSS also expands the
bandwidth of the
original signal, but the
process is different
• We replace each data bit

with ‘n’ bits using a
spreading code
• Each bit is assigned a

code of ’n’ bits, called
chips, where the chip
rate is ‘n’ times that of
the data bit
Transmission Media
• Located below the
physical layer and are
directly controlled by the
physical layer
• Belong to layer zero
• Metallic Media i.e.

Twisted pair and Coaxial
Cable
• Optical Fiber Cable
• Free Space i.e. Air,

Vaccum
Transmission Media & Physical Payer

Fiber-Optic Cable
the form of light

Propagation Modes

Modes

Twisted-Pair Cable

Fiber Types

Unshielded vs. Shielded Twisted Pair Cable

Fiber-Optic Cable Connector

UTP Connectors

Advantages & Disadvantages
• Higher Bandwidth
• Less Attenuation
• Less EM Interference
• Light Weight
• Less corrosive than copper

• Installation/Maintenance
• Unidirectional
• Cost

Unguided Media
• Unguided medium
transport waves without
using a physical
conductor
• Often referred to
wireless communication
• Signals are normally

broadcast through free
space and thus are
available to anyone who
has a device capable of
receiving them
Coaxial Cable
cable

Coaxial Cable

Categories of Coaxial Cables

Radio Waves
• Electromagnetic waves
ranging in frequencies
between 3 kHz and 1
GHz are normally called
radio waves
between 1 and 300 GHz
are called microwaves

Electromagnetic Spectrum

Omnidirectional Antenna

Microwaves
having frequencies
• Microwaves are
unidirectional
• When an antenna
transmits microwaves,
they can be narrowly
focused

Fiber-Optic Cable
the form of light
• Light travels in a straight

line as long as it is
moving through a single
uniform substance
• If a ray of light traveling

through one substance
suddenly enters another
substance (of a different
density), the ray changes
direction
Bending of Light Ray

Infrared
• Infrared waves, with
frequencies from 300
GHz to 400 THz
(wavelengths from 1 mm
to 770 nm), can be used
for short-range
communication
• Infrared waves, having

high frequencies, cannot
penetrate walls
• Prevents interference
between one system and
another
Switching
• A network is a set of
connected devices
• Problem of how to
connect multiple devices
to make one-to-one
communication possible
• The solution is Switching
• Switched network
consists of a series of
switches

Switched Network

Three Methods of Switching
• Three Methods:
✓ Circuit Switching
✓ Packet Switching
✓ Message switching
• The first two are

commonly used today
• The third has been

phased out in general
communications
Taxonomy of Switched Networks

Circuit-switched Networks
• A set of switches
connected by physical
links
• A connection between
two stations is a
dedicated path made of
one or more links
• Each connection uses only
one dedicated channel on
each link
• Each link is normally
divided into n channels by
using FDM or TDM
Circuit-switched Networks
• A set of switches
connected by physical
links

Fiber-Optic Cable
the form of light

Fiber Types

Fiber Composition

Three Phases in a Circuit Switched Network
• The actual
communication in a
circuit-switched network
requires 3 phases:
✓ Connection Setup
✓ Data Transfer
✓ Connection
Teardown

Three Phases in a Circuit Switched Network

Efficiency of a Circuit-Switched Network
• Not as efficient as packet
switching because
resources are allocated
during the entire duration
of the connection and
these resources are
unavailable to other
connections

Advantages & Disadvantages
• Higher Bandwidth
• Less Attenuation
• Less EM Interference
• Light Weight
• Less corrosive than copper

• Installation/Maintenance
• Unidirectional
• Cost

Unguided Media
• Unguided medium
transport waves without
using a physical
conductor
• Often referred to
wireless communication
• Signals are normally

broadcast through free
space and thus are
available to anyone who
has a device capable of
receiving them

Packet Switching
• If the message is going
to pass through a
packet-switched
network, it needs to be
divided into packets of
fixed or variable size
• The size of the packet is

determined by the
network and the
governing protocol

Radio Waves
between 3 kHz and 1
GHz are normally called
radio waves


Omnidirectional Antenna

Microwaves
having frequencies
• Microwaves are
unidirectional
• When an antenna
transmits microwaves,
they can be narrowly
focused


Unidirectional Antennas

Virtual-Circuit Identifier

Switch & table for a virtual-circuit network

Structure Of A Circuit Switch
• Circuit switching today

can use either of two
technologies:
✓ The Space-Division
switch
✓ The Time-Division
switch

Crossbar switch with 3 inputs & 4 outputs

Multistage Switch

A Circuit-Switched Network

Example
As a trivial example, let us use a circuit-switched network to
connect eight telephones in a small area. Communication is
through 4-kHz voice channels. We assume that each link uses
FDM to connect a maximum of two voice channels. The
bandwidth of each link is then 8 kHz.

Data-Link Layer
• The Internet is a
combination of networks
glued together by
connecting devices
(routers or switches)
• If a packet is to travel
from a host to another
host, it needs to pass
through these networks
• Data Link layer controls

node-to-node
communication
Communication at the Data-Link Layer

Nodes and Links
• Communication at the
data-link layer is node-to-
node
• A data unit from one
point in the Internet
needs to pass through
many networks (LANs
and WANs) to reach
another point
• We refer to the two end
hosts and the routers as
nodes and the networks
in between as links

Nodes and Links

• Not as efficient as packet
switching because
resources are allocated
during the entire duration
of the connection and
these resources are
unavailable to other
connections

• In a telephone network,
people normally
terminate the
communication when
they have finished their
conversation
• Data Network is an issue

Services provided by Data-Link Layer
• Data-Link layer provides
services to Network
Layer and receives
services from Physical
layer
✓ Framing
✓ Flow Control
✓ Error Control
✓ Congestion Control

Two Categories of Links
• Two nodes are
physically connected by
a transmission medium
such as cable or air
• Data-link layer controls
how the medium is used
✓ Data-link layer can
use whole capacity
use only part of the
capacity

• We can have the
following two types of
links:
✓ Point-to-point link or
a
✓ Broadcast link

Two Sublayers of Data-Link Layer
• We can divide the data-
link layer into two
sublayers:
• Data Link Control

(DLC)
• Media Access Control

(MAC)

Dividing the data-link layer into two sublayers

Packet Switching
• If the message is going
to pass through a
packet-switched
network, it needs to be
divided into packets of
fixed or variable size
• The size of the packet is

determined by the
network and the
governing protocol

Datagram Networks
• Each packet is treated
independently of all
others.
• Even if a packet is part

of a multi-packet
transmission, the
network treats it as
though it existed alone
• Packets are referred to

as datagrams

Virtual-Circuit Networks

Virtual-Circuit Networks
• A virtual-circuit network
is a cross between a
circuit-switched
network and a datagram
network

Virtual-Circuit Identifier

Example
The broadcast link-layer addresses in the most common LAN,
Ethernet, are 48 bits, all 1s, that are presented as 12
hexadecimal digits separated by colons. The following shows a
broadcast address:
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Anytime a node has an
IP packet to send to
another node in a link, it
has the IP address of the
receiving node
• IP address of the next

node is not helpful in
moving a frame through
a link; we need the link-
layer address of the next
node

• We need Address
Resolution Protocol
(ARP)

Position of ARP in TCP/IP protocol suite

receiving node

node

ARP Operation

Time-Division Switch

ARP Packet

The internet for our example

Nodes and Links
• Communication at the
data-link layer is node-to-
node
• A data unit from one
point in the Internet
needs to pass through
many networks (LANs
and WANs) to reach
another point
• We refer to the two end
hosts and the routers as
nodes and the networks
in between as links

Flow of activities at router R1


Activities at Bob’s site

• Two nodes are
physically connected by
a transmission medium
such as cable or air
• Data-link layer controls
how the medium is used
use whole capacity
use only part of the
capacity

• We can have the
following two types of
links:
✓ Point-to-point link or
a
✓ Broadcast link

Two Sublayers of Data-Link Layer
• We can divide the data-
link layer into two
sublayers:
• Data Link Control

(DLC)
• Media Access Control

(MAC)

Dividing the data-link layer into two sublayers

IP addresses & Link-Layer Addresses

Detection versus Correction
• Correction is more
difficult than the
detection
• In error detection, we
are only looking to see if
any error has occurred
(Yes or No)
• We are not interested in

the number of corrupted
bits in Detection
• Single-bit error is same
as a Burst error
Detection versus Correction
• In Error Correction, we
need to know:
✓ The exact number of

bits that are
corrupted and,
✓ Their location in the

message

Coding
• Redundancy is achieved
through various coding
schemes
• Sender adds redundant
bits through a process
that creates a
relationship between
redundant bits and the
actual data bits
• The receiver checks the

relationships between
the two sets of bits to
detect errors
Coding
• The ratio of redundant
bits to data bits and
the robustness of the
process are important
factors in any coding
scheme

Types of Coding Schemes
• Coding schemes can be
divided into 2 broad
categories:
✓ Block Coding
✓ Convolution Coding

Block Coding
• We divide our message
into blocks, each of ‘k’
bits, called datawords
• We add ‘r’ redundant

bits to each block to
make the length ‘n = k +
r’
• The resulting ‘n-bit’

blocks are called
codewords

BLOCK CODING in Error Detection
• If the following two
conditions are met, the
receiver can detect a
change in the original
codeword:
✓ The receiver has (or

can find) a list of valid
codewords
✓ The original codeword

has changed to an
invalid one

Process of Error Detection in Block Coding

Block Coding
• We divide our message
into blocks, each of ‘k’
bits, called datawords
• We add ‘r’ redundant

bits to each block to
make the length ‘n = k +
r’
• The resulting ‘n-bit’

blocks are called
codewords

receiving node

node

• We need Address
Resolution Protocol
(ARP)

Position of ARP in TCP/IP protocol suite

Minimum Hamming Distance
• Minimum Hamming
Distance is smallest
hamming distance
between all possible
pairs of codewords
• dmin= s+1
where,
s →no. of detectable
errors
dmin→ minimum
hamming distance

Example
A code scheme has a Hamming distance dmin = 4. This
code guarantees the detection of up to how many errors?

Linear Block Codes
• Subset of Block Codes in
which the exclusive OR
of two valid codewords
creates another valid
codeword

Example
The code below is a linear block code because the result of
XORing any codeword with any other codeword is a valid
codeword. For example, the XORing of the second and
third codewords creates the fourth one.
The numbers of 1s in the nonzero codewords are 2, 2, and

2. So the minimum Hamming distance is dmin = 2.

Parity-Check Code
• Most common error-
detecting code
• Linear block code

(n=k+1)
• The extra parity bit is

selected to make total
number of 1s in
codeword even

Simple parity-check code C(5, 4)

Encoder & decoder for simple parity-check code


Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)
• Subset of Cyclic Codes
• Cyclic redundancy
check (CRC) is used in
networks such as LANs
and WANs

A CRC code with C(7, 4)

and WANs

Types of Errors
• Data transmission suffers
unpredictable changes
because of interference
• The interference can

change the shape of the
signal
✓ Single-bit error
means that only 1 bit
of a given data unit
(such as a byte,
character, or packet)
is changed from 1 to
0 or from 0 to 1
Cyclic Code Analysis using Polynomials

Advantages of Cyclic Codes
• Good performance in
detection:
• Single-bit errors
• Double errors
• Odd number of
errors
• Burst errors
• Easy Implementation
• Fast Implementation

CHECKSUM
• Error-detection
technique that can be
applied to a message of
any length
• Checksum mostly used

at the network and
transport layer rather
than the data-link layer

Checksum

Concept behind Checksum
• The idea of the
traditional checksum is
simple. We show this
using a simple example

Example
Suppose the message is a list of five 4-bit numbers that
we want to send to a destination. In addition to sending
these numbers, we send the sum of the numbers.
Set of numbers is (7, 11, 12, 0, 6)

Example
In the previous example, the decimal number 36 in binary is
(100100)2. To change it to a 4-bit number we add the extra
leftmost bit to the right four bits as shown below
(10)2 + (0100) 2 = (0110) 2

(6) 10

Forward Error Correction
• Retransmission of
corrupted and lost
packets is not useful for
real-time multimedia
transmission
• We need to correct the

error or reproduce the
packet immediately
• Several techniques
developed and are
commonly called
techniques
Using Hamming Distance
• For error detection, we
definitely need more
distance
• It can be shown that to
correct ‘t’ errors, we
need to have:
dmin = 2t + 1
• If we want to correct 10
bits in a packet, we need
to make the minimum
hamming distance 21 bits
• A lot of redundant bits
need to be sent with the
data
If we want to correct 10 bits in a packet, we need to make the
minimum hamming distance 21 bits

Using XOR
Another recommendation
is to use the property of
the exclusive OR operation
as shown below.
R = P1 + P2 +…+ Pi + … + PN
This means:
Pi = P1 + P2 +…+ R +. . .+ PN

Using XOR
Another recommendation
is to use the property of
the exclusive OR operation
as shown below.
R = P1 + P2 +…+ Pi + … + PN

Chunk Interleaving
• Another way to achieve
FEC in multimedia is to
allow some small
chunks to be missing at
the receiver
• We cannot afford to let

all the chunks
belonging to the same
packet be missing;
however, we can afford
to let one chunk be
missing in each packet

Interleaving

Minimum Hamming Distance
• Minimum Hamming
Distance is smallest
hamming distance
between all possible
pairs of codewords
• dmin= s+1
where,
s →no. of detectable
errors
dmin→ minimum
hamming distance

Linear Block Codes
• Subset of Block Codes in
which the exclusive OR
of two valid codewords
creates another valid
codeword

Example
The code below is a linear block code because the result of
XORing any codeword with any other codeword is a valid
codeword. For example, the XORing of the second and
third codewords creates the fourth one.
The numbers of 1s in the nonzero codewords are 2, 2, and

2. So the minimum Hamming distance is dmin = 2.

Simple parity-check code C(5, 4)

DLC Services
DLC Services
Framing
Flow Control
Error Control

Framing
• Data-Link layer needs to
pack bits into frames, so
that each frame is
distinguishable from
another
• Our postal system

practices a type of framing
• Framing separates a
message by adding a
sender address and a
destination address

Framing
• The destination address
defines where the packet
is to go; the sender
address helps the
recipient acknowledge
the receipt

CYCLIC CODES
• Special linear block
codes with one extra
property
• If a codeword is
cyclically shifted
(rotated), the result is
another codeword
• If 1011000 is a
codeword and we
cyclically left-shift, then
0110001 is also a
codeword
and WANs

A CRC code with C(7, 4)

Connection Oriented Framing
• Data to be carried are 8-bit
characters

Byte Stuffing in Connection-Oriented Framing
• Connection-oriented
Framing used text
characters as flags
• Nowadays any character

used for flag can also be
a part of the data
• In order to avoid
confusing the receiver,
we use Byte Stuffing

Byte Stuffing in Connection-Oriented Framing
• Several Issues:
✓ One or more escape
characters followed
by a byte with same
pattern as a flag?
✓ Unicode (16/32 bit)

vs. 8-bit characters
• Data is stuffed with a

pre-defined Escape
Character (byte) when
there is a character with
same pattern as a flag
Byte Stuffing and Unstuffing

CHECKSUM
• Error-detection
technique that can be
applied to a message of
any length
• Checksum mostly used

at the network and
transport layer rather
than the data-link layer

Checksum

Bit Stuffing and Unstuffing

• Retransmission of
corrupted and lost
packets is not useful for
real-time multimedia
transmission
• We need to correct the

error or reproduce the
packet immediately
• Several techniques
developed and are
commonly called
techniques
• For error detection, we
definitely need more
distance
• It can be shown that to
correct ‘t’ errors, we
need to have:
dmin = 2t + 1
• If we want to correct 10
bits in a packet, we need
to make the minimum
hamming distance 21 bits
• A lot of redundant bits
need to be sent with the
data
If we want to correct 10 bits in a packet, we need to make the
minimum hamming distance 21 bits

Example
• Consumers need to
communicate with the
producers on two
occasions:
✓ When the buffer is
full; &
✓ When there are
vacancies
✓ If the two parties use a

buffer with only one
slot, the communication
can be easier

Error Control
• Error Control at Data Link
layer uses CRC in one of
the two ways:
✓ If a frame is corrupted,
it is silently discarded
and if it is good, it is
delivered to network
layer
✓ If frame is corrupted,
it is silently discarded
and if it is good, an
acknowledgement is
sent to sender
Connectionless and Connection-Oriented
• A DLC protocol can be
either connectionless or
connection-oriented
• Connectionless: No
relationship between the
frames
• Connection-Oriented:
Frames are numbered
and sent in order

Combining Hamming Distance & Interleaving
• Hamming distance and
interleaving can be
combined
• We can first create n-bit

packets that can correct t-
bit errors
• Then we interleave m
rows and send the bits
column by column
• Possible to correct burst

errors up to m × t bits of
errors
Finite State Machine (FSM)
• A machine with a finite
number of states
• Machines stays in one of

the states until an event
occurs
• Each event is associated

with 2 reactions:
✓ List of actions to be
performed
✓ Determining the next

state

Compounding High & Low Resolution Packets
• Creation of a duplicate
of each packet with a
low-resolution
redundancy and
combine the redundant
version with the next
packet
• For example, we can

create four low-
resolution packets out
of five high-resolution
packets and send them

Compounding High-and-Low resolution Packets

Simple Protocol

FSM for Simple Protocol

Example
Here is an example of communication using this protocol.
It is very simple. The sender sends frames one after
another without even thinking about the receiver.

Stop-and-Wait Protocol
• Stop-and-Wait protocol
uses both flow and error
control
• The sender sends one

frame at a time and waits
for an acknowledgment
before sending the next
one
• To detect corrupted
frames, we add a CRC
code


• Stop-and-Wait protocol
uses both flow and error
control
• The sender sends one

frame at a time and waits
for an acknowledgment
before sending the next
one
• To detect corrupted
frames, we add a CRC
code

Connection Oriented Framing
• Data to be carried are 8-bit
characters

Example

Piggybacking
• Both Simple and Stop-and-
wait protocols are designed
for unidirectional
communication
• Data flows in one direction

and ACK travels in the
other
• To make the system

efficient, the data in one
direction is piggybacked
with the acknowledgment
in the other direction
High-level Data Link Control (HDLC)
• Bit -oriented protocol for
communication over
point-to-point and
multipoint links
• It implements Stop-and-
Wait protocol
• Most of the concepts

defined in this protocol is
the basis for other
protocols such as PPP,
Ethernet, or wireless LANs

Configurations & Transfer Modes in HDLC
• HDLC provides two
common transfer modes
that can be used in
different configurations:
✓ Normal Response
Mode (NRM) &
✓ Asynchronous
Balanced Mode (ABM)

Normal Response Mode

Asynchronous Balanced Mode

Flow and Error Control
• One of the
responsibilities of the
data-link control sublayer
is flow and error control
at the data-link layer

Flow Control
• Balance between
production and
consumption rates
• If frames are produced

faster than they are
consumed at the
receiving data link layer,
the frames will be
discarded
• Use of buffers; one at

sending end and other at
receiving end
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
• Most common protocol
for point-to-point access
• Millions of Internet users

who need to connect
their home computers to
the server of an Internet
service provider use PPP
• To control and manage

the transfer of data,
there is a need for a PPP

Services provided by PPP
The designers of PPP have included several services to make
it suitable for a point-to-point protocol, but have ignored
some traditional services to make it simple
Services Included Services Not Included

Framing Flow Control
Link Establishment and Data Error Correction (PPP has
Exchange CRC detection only)
Authentication No Sequence Numbering
Multilink PPP Address Absence of sophisticated
configuration Addressing Mechanism
Network Address configuration

DATA-LINK LAYER PROTOCOLS
• Traditionally four
protocols have been
defined for the data-link
layer to deal with flow
and error control:
✓ Simple Protocol
✓ Stop-and-Wait
Protocol
✓ Go-Back-N Protocol
✓ Selective-Repeat
Protocol
• Last two protocols have
almost disappeared
completely
• A machine with a finite
number of states
• Machines stays in one of

the states until an event
occurs
• Each event is associated

with 2 reactions:
✓ List of actions to be
performed
✓ Determining the next

state
Multiplexing in PPP
• Although PPP is a link-
layer protocol, it uses
another set of protocols
to establish the link,
authenticate and carry
the network-layer data
• Three sets of protocols
are:
• Link Control Protocol
(LCP)
• Two Authentication
Protocols (APs)
• Several Network
Control Protocols
(NCPs)
Multiplexing in PPP

FSM for Simple Protocol

Example
Here is an example of communication using this protocol.
It is very simple. The sender sends frames one after
another without even thinking about the receiver.

Multiplexing in PPP
• Although PPP is a link-
layer protocol, it uses
another set of protocols
to establish the link,
authenticate and carry
the network-layer data
• Three sets of protocols
are:
• Link Control Protocol
(LCP)
• Two Authentication
Protocols (APs)
• Several Network
Control Protocols
(NCPs)
Authentication Protocols in PPP
PPP
Authentication
Password Challenge
Authentication Handshake
Protocol Authentication
(PAP) Protocol
(CHAP)

PAP packets encapsulated in a PPP frame

CHAP Packets encapsulated in a PPP frame

Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)

Code values for IPCP Packets

Piggybacking
• Both Simple and Stop-and-
wait protocols are designed
for unidirectional
communication
• Data flows in one direction

and ACK travels in the
other
• To make the system

efficient, the data in one
direction is piggybacked
with the acknowledgment
in the other direction
Configurations & Transfer Modes in HDLC
• HDLC provides two
common transfer modes
that can be used in
different configurations:
✓ Normal Response
Mode (NRM) &
✓ Asynchronous
Balanced Mode (ABM)

Normal Response Mode

Asynchronous Balanced Mode

ALOHA
• ALOHA, the earliest
random access method,
was developed in early
1970s
• Designed for a radio

(wireless) LAN, but it can
be used on any shared
medium
• Potential collisions in
this arrangement as the
medium is shared
between the stations
ALOHA
• When a station sends
data, another station
may attempt to do so at
the same time
• The data from the two

stations collide and
become garbled

Frames in a pure ALOHA network

HDLC Frames

Procedure for pure ALOHA protocol

Vulnerable Time for pure ALOHA protocol

Slotted ALOHA
• We divide time into slots
of Tfr sec and force the
station to send only at
the beginning of the slot
• Invented to improve the

efficiency of pure ALOHA
• If a station misses the

time slot, it must wait
until beginning of next
time slot reducing
vulnerable time to Tfr (vs.
2 x Tfr for pure ALOHA)
Frames in a Slotted ALOHA Network

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
• Most common protocol
for point-to-point access
• Millions of Internet users

who need to connect
their home computers to
the server of an Internet
service provider use PPP
• To control and manage

the transfer of data,
there is a need for a PPP

Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA)
• To minimize the chance
of collision and,
therefore, increase the
performance, CSMA was
developed
• The chance of collision is

reduced as the station is
required to sense/listen
to the medium before
sending data
• ‘sense before transmit’

or ‘listen before talk’
Multiplexing in PPP

Vulnerable Time in CSMA

LCP Packet encapsulated in a Frame

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
• CSMA method does not
specify the procedure
following a collision
• CSMA/CD augments the

algorithm to handle the
collision
• The station monitors the

medium after it sends a
frame to see if the
transmission was
successful. If there is a
collision, the frame is
sent again
Collision of the First Bits in CSMA/CD

Collision and Abortion in CSMA/CD

CHAP Packets encapsulated in a PPP frame

Internet Protocol Control Protocol (IPCP)

Code values for IPCP Packets

Flow Diagram for CSMA/CA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
• CSMA/CA was invented
for Wireless Networks
• Collisions are avoided

through the use of three
strategies:
✓ The Interfame Space
✓ The Contention
Window
✓ Acknowledgements

Media Access Control (MAC) Sub-Layer
• When nodes use a
multipoint or
broadcast link, we
need a multiple-access
protocol to coordinate
access to the link
• Many protocols have

been devised to handle
access to a shared link
• All of these protocols

belong to Media Access
Control (MAC) sub-layer
Taxonomy of Multiple-Access Protocols

CSMA/CA
• Acknowledgement:
Positive
acknowledgement and
time-out timer can help
guarantee that the
receiver has received the
frame

CSMA/CA and Network Allocation Vector (NAV)

ALOHA
• ALOHA, the earliest
random access method,
was developed in early
1970s
• Designed for a radio

(wireless) LAN, but it can
be used on any shared
medium
• Potential collisions in
this arrangement as the
medium is shared
between the stations
ALOHA
• When a station sends
data, another station
may attempt to do so at
the same time
• The data from the two

stations collide and
become garbled

Frames in a pure ALOHA network

Polling
• Polling works with
topologies in which one
device is designated as a
primary station and the
other devices are
secondary stations
• All data exchanges must
be made through
primary device even
when the ultimate
destination is a
secondary device

Polling
• The primary device
controls the link; the
secondary devices follow
its instructions

Select and Poll Functions in Polling-Access Method

CONTROLLED ACCESS
• Three controlled-access
methods:
✓ Reservation
✓ Polling
✓ Token Passing

Token Passing
• In the token-passing
method, the stations in
a network are organized
in a logical ring
• For each station, there
is a predecessor and a
successor
• The predecessor is the
station which is
logically before the
station in the ring; the
successor is the station
which is after the
station in the ring
Token Passing
• Special packet called
TOKEN circulates
through the ring
• Possession of TOKEN
gives the station the
right to send the data
• TOKEN Management is
required to manage
possession time, Token
monitoring, priority
assignment etc.

Logical Ring & Physical Topology in Token-Passing Method

Vulnerable Time in CSMA

Frequency-Division Multiple Access (FDMA)
• In FDMA, the available
bandwidth is divided
into frequency bands
• Each station is allocated

a band to send its data
i.e. each band is reserved
for a specific station, and
it belongs to the station
all the time
• Each station also uses a

bandpass filter to
confine the transmitter
frequencies
Frequency-Division Multiple Access (FDMA)

CHANNELIZATION (Channel Partition)
• Three protocols:
✓ Frequency Division
Multiple Access (FDMA)
✓ Time Division Multiple

Access (TDMA)
✓ Code Division Multiple

Access (CDMA)

TDMA
• Stations share the
bandwidth of the
channel in time
• Each station is allocated

a time slot during which
it can send data
• Each station transmits its

data in its assigned time
slot

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection
• CSMA method does not
specify the procedure
following a collision
• CSMA/CD augments the

algorithm to handle the
collision
• The station monitors the

medium after it sends a
frame to see if the
transmission was
successful. If there is a
collision, the frame is
sent again

Access (TDMA)

Access (CDMA)

Collision and Abortion in CSMA/CD

Simple idea of Communication with Code

Data Representation in CDMA

Ethernet Protocol
• Data-link layer and the
physical layer are the
territory of the local
and wide area networks
• We can have wired or

wireless networks

IEEE Project 802
• In 1985, the Computer
Society of the IEEE
started a project, called
Project 802, to set
standards to enable
inter-communication
among equipment from
a variety of
manufacturers
• Project 802 did not seek

to replace any part of the
OSI model or TCP/IP
protocol suite
IEEE Project 802
• A way of specifying
functions of the
physical layer and the
data-link layer of major
LAN protocols

Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance
• CSMA/CA was invented
for Wireless Networks
• Collisions are avoided

through the use of three
strategies:
✓ The Interfame Space
✓ The Contention
Window
✓ Acknowledgements

Ethernet Evolution
• The Ethernet LAN was
developed in the 1970s
• Since then, it has gone

through four
generations:
✓ Standard Ethernet (10

Mbps)
✓ Fast Ethernet (100
Mbps)
✓ Gigabit Ethernet (1
Gbps)
✓ 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(10 Gbps)
Ethernet Evolution

Standard Ethernet
• The original Ethernet
technology with the
data rate of 10 Mbps is
called Standard Ethernet
• Most implementations
have moved to later
evolutions
• Still some features of

the Standard Ethernet
that have not changed
during the evolution

Connectionless & Unreliable Service
• Each frame is
independent of other
• No connection
establishment or tear
down process
• The sender may
overwhelm receiver with
frames and frames are
dropped
• If frame drops, sender
will not know about it
unless we are using TCP
(Transport)
CONTROLLED ACCESS
• The stations consult one
another to find which
station has the right to
send
• A station cannot send
unless authorized by
other stations
• We discuss three
controlled-access
methods:
✓ Reservation
✓ Polling
✓ Token Passing
Reservation
• In the reservation
method, a station needs
to make a reservation
before sending data
• Time is divided into

intervals
• In each interval, a
reservation frame
precedes the data
frames sent in that
interval

Reservation Access Method

Select and Poll Functions in Polling-Access Method

Addressing
• For example, the
following shows an
Ethernet MAC
address:
4A:30:10:21:10:1A

Transmission of Address Bits
How the address 47:20:1B:2E:08:EE is sent out online.
The address is sent left to right, byte by byte; for each

byte, it is sent right to left, bit by bit, as shown below:

Unicast and Multicast Addresses

Example 13.2
Define the type of the following destination addresses:
a. 4A:30:10:21:10:1A
b. 47:20:1B:2E:08:EE
c. FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
To find the type of the address, we need to look at the second hexadecimal
digit from the left. If it is even, the address is unicast. If it is odd, the address
is multicast. If all digits are Fs, the address is broadcast. Therefore, we have
the following:
a. This is a unicast address because A in binary is 1010 (even).

b. This is a multicast address because 7 in binary is 0111 (odd).
c. This is a broadcast address because all digits are Fs in hexadecimal.

Implementation of Standard Ethernet

Access Method in Standard Ethernet
• Since the network that
uses the standard
Ethernet protocol is a
broadcast network, we
need to use an access
method to control access
to the sharing medium
• The standard Ethernet

chose CSMA/CD with 1-
Persistent Method

Access Method in Standard Ethernet

Efficiency of Standard Ethernet
• The ratio of the time used
by a station to send data
to the time the medium is
occupied by this station
• The practical efficiency of

standard Ethernet has
been measured to be:
Efficiency = 1/(1+ 6.4 x a)
where a = number of frames

that can fit on a medium

Example
In the Standard Ethernet with the transmission rate

of 10 Mbps, we assume that the length of the
medium is 2500 m and the size of the frame is 512
bits. The propagation speed of a signal in a cable is
normally 2 × 108 m/s.

• The Standard Ethernet
defined several
implementations, but
only four of them became
popular during the 1980s

Summary of Standard Ethernet implementations


Access (TDMA)

Access (CDMA)

10Base5 implementation


Access (TDMA)

Access (CDMA)

Simple idea of Communication with Code

10Base-F implementation

Changes in the Standard
• The changes that
occurred to the 10-Mbps
Standard Ethernet
opened the road to the
evolution of the
Ethernet to become
compatible with other
high-data-rate LANs
✓ Bridged Ethernet
✓ Switched Ethernet
✓ Full-Duplex Ethernet

Bridged Ethernet- Sharing Bandwidth

A Network with and without Bridging

Ethernet Evolution
• The Ethernet LAN was
developed in the 1970s
• Since then, it has gone

through four
generations:
✓ Standard Ethernet (10

Mbps)
✓ Fast Ethernet (100
Mbps)
✓ Gigabit Ethernet (1
Gbps)
✓ 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(10 Gbps)
Ethernet Evolution

Standard Ethernet
• The original Ethernet
technology with the
data rate of 10 Mbps is
called Standard Ethernet
• Most implementations
have moved to later
evolutions
• Still some features of

the Standard Ethernet
that have not changed
during the evolution

Fast Ethernet
• In the 1990s, Ethernet
made a big jump by
increasing the
transmission rate to 100
Mbps, and the new
generation was called
the Fast Ethernet
• To make it compatible
with the Standard
Ethernet, the MAC
sublayer was left
unchanged

Fast Ethernet
• But the features of the
Standard Ethernet that
depend on the
transmission rate, had to
be changed
• Goals of Fast Ethernet:
✓ Upgrade data rate to

100Mbps
✓ Make it compatible with
Standard Ethernet
✓ Keep same 48-bit
address
✓ Keep same frame format
Physical Layer
• To be able to handle a
100 Mbps data rate,
several changes need to
be made at the physical
layer

Encoding for Fast Ethernet

Addressing in Standard Ethernet
• Each station on Ethernet
has its own network
interface card (NIC)
• The NIC fits inside the

station and provides the
station with a link-
layer/physical address
• The Ethernet address is 6

bytes (48 bits), normally
written in hexadecimal
notation, with a colon
between the bytes
Gigabit Ethernet
• Need for an even higher
data rate resulted in the
design of IEEE Standard
802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
Protocol (1000 Mbps)

Gigabit Ethernet
• The goals of the Gigabit
Ethernet were:
✓ Upgrade the data rate
to 1 Gbps
✓ Make it compatible
with standard or Fast
Ethernet
✓ Use same 48 bit
address
✓ Use the same frame
format
✓ Keep same minimum
and maximum frame
lengths

MAC Sub-layer
• A main consideration in
the evolution of
Ethernet was to keep the
MAC sublayer untouched
• To achieve a data rate of

1 Gbps, this was no
longer possible
• Gigabit Ethernet has two

distinctive approaches
for medium access:
✓ Half-duplex
✓ Full-duplex
Physical Layer
• The physical layer in
Gigabit Ethernet is
more complicated than
that in Standard or Fast
Ethernet
• We briefly discuss some

features of this layer:

Encoding in Gigabit Ethernet


10-gigabit Ehternet
• The idea is to extend the
technology, the data
rate, and the coverage
distance so that the
Ethernet can be used in
LANs and MANs
(metropolitan area
network)
• The IEEE committee

created 10 Gigabit
Ethernet and called it
Standard 802.3ae

Implementation
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
operates only in full-
duplex mode, which
means there is no need
for contention; CSMA/CD
is not used in 10 Gigabit
Ethernet
• Four implementations
are most common:

Implementation

Example
In the Standard Ethernet with the transmission rate

of 10 Mbps, we assume that the length of the
medium is 2500 m and the size of the frame is 512
bits. The propagation speed of a signal in a cable is
normally 2 × 108 m/s.

Telephone Network
• The telephone network
had its beginnings in the
late 1800s
• Plain Old Telephone

System (POTS) was
originally an analog
system using analog
signals to transmit voice
• With the advent of the

computer era, the
network, in the 1980s,
began to carry data in
addition to voice
Telephone Network
• During the last
decade, the telephone
network has
undergone many
technical changes and
the network is now
Digital as well as
Analog

Major Components
is made of three major
components:
✓ Local Loops
✓ Trunks
✓ Switching offices

has several levels of
switching offices:
✓ End offices
✓ Tandem offices
✓ Regional offices

A Telephone System

Local-Access Transport Areas (LATAs)
• A LATA can be a small
or large metropolitan
area
• A small state may have

a single LATA; a large
state may have several
LATAs
• A LATA boundary may

overlap with state
boundary; part of a
LATA can be in one
state, part in another
state
Encoding in Standard Ethernet

Switching Offices in a LATA

Points of Presence (POPs)

Signaling
in the beginning, used a
circuit-switched network
with dedicated links to
transfer voice
communication
• The operator connected
the two parties by using
a wire with two plugs
inserted into the
corresponding two jacks
• Later, the signaling
system became
automatic
Signaling
• Rotary telephones were
invented that sent a
digital signal defining
each digit in a multi-digit
telephone number
• As telephone networks
evolved into a complex
network, the
functionality of the
signaling system
increased

Data Transfer and Signaling Network

10Base-F implementation

Changes in the Standard
• The changes that
occurred to the 10-Mbps
Standard Ethernet
opened the road to the
evolution of the
Ethernet to become
compatible with other
high-data-rate LANs
✓ Bridged Ethernet
✓ Switched Ethernet
✓ Full-Duplex Ethernet

Bridged Ethernet- Sharing Bandwidth

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• DSL technology is a
set of technologies,
each differing in the
first letter (ADSL,
VDSL, HDSL, and
SDSL)

A Network with and without Bridging

Cable Network
• The Cable TV networks
were initially created to
provide remote
subscribers access to TV
programs
• Cable networks enabled
access to remote
broadcasting stations via
microwave connections
• Cable TV also found a
good ISP market by using
some of the channels
originally designed for
video
Traditional Cable Networks
• Cable TV started to
distribute broadcast
video signals to
locations with poor or
no reception in the late
1940s
• It was called community

antenna television
(CATV) because an
antenna at the top of a
tall hill or building
received the signals
from the TV stations
Full – Duplex Switched Ethernet

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) Network
• Second generation of
cable network is called
a Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
(HFC) network
• The network uses a

combination of fiber-
optic and coaxial cable

Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) Network

Cable TV for Data Transfer
• Cable companies are
now competing with
telephone companies
for the residential
customer who wants
high-speed data
transfer
• DSL technology
provides high-data-
rate connections for
residential subscribers
over the local loop BUT
UTP is susceptible to
Interfence
Cable TV for Data Transfer
• This imposes an upper
limit on the data rate.
A solution is the use
of the cable TV
network

Division of Coaxial Cable Band by CATV

Cable Modem Transmission System (CMTS)

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
• A wide area network
(WAN) that is used as
a transport network to
carry loads from other
WANs
• ITU–T standard called

Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (SDH)
• Architecture of a
SONET system consists
of signals, devices, and
connections
SONET Architecture
• Signals
✓ Synchronous Transport
Signals (STS)
✓ Optical Carriers (OCs)
✓ Synchronous Transport
Module (STM)
• SONET Devcies
✓ STS Mux/Demux
✓ Regenerators
✓ Add-Drop Multiplexer
and Terminals
• Connections
✓ Section
✓ Line
✓ Path
SONET Signals

Gigabit Ethernet
• The goals of the Gigabit
Ethernet were:
✓ Upgrade the data rate
to 1 Gbps
✓ Make it compatible
with standard or Fast
Ethernet
✓ Use same 48 bit
address
✓ Use the same frame
format
✓ Keep same minimum
and maximum frame
lengths

MAC Sub-layer
• A main consideration in
the evolution of
Ethernet was to keep the
MAC sublayer untouched
• To achieve a data rate of

1 Gbps, this was no
longer possible
• Gigabit Ethernet has two

distinctive approaches
for medium access:
✓ Half-duplex
✓ Full-duplex
Physical Layer
• The physical layer in
Gigabit Ethernet is
more complicated than
that in Standard or Fast
Ethernet
• We briefly discuss some

features of this layer:

SONET Layers
• The SONET standard
includes four
functional layers:
✓ The Path Layer

✓ The Line Layer
✓ The Section Layer
✓ The Photonic
Layer
• The layers correspond

to both the physical
and the data-link
layers
Summary of Gigabit Ethernet Implementations

Device-Layer Relationship in SONET

Other Wired Networks
• Access Networks
✓ Networks that
connect a small LAN
to an ISP
• Wide Area Networks

✓ Wired networks
used to transfer
data over long
distances

Telephone Network
• During the last
decade, the telephone
network has
undergone many
technical changes and
the network is now
Digital as well as
Analog

STS-1 Frames in Transition

Example
Find the data rate of an STS-1 signal

Points of Presence (POPs)

STS-1 Frame Format

Signaling
• Rotary telephones were
invented that sent a
digital signal defining
each digit in a multi-digit
telephone number
• As telephone networks
evolved into a complex
network, the
functionality of the
signaling system
increased

Data Transfer and Signaling Network

Layers in SS7

Add/Drop Multiplexer

• After traditional dial-
up modems reached
their peak data rate,
telephone companies
developed another
technology, DSL, to
provide higher-speed
access to the Internet
• DSL supports high-

speed digital
communication over
the existing telephone

• DSL technology is a
set of technologies,
each differing in the
first letter (ADSL,
VDSL, HDSL, and
SDSL)

SONET Networks – Linear Networks

SONET Networks – Ring Networks

Traditional Cable TV Network

Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) Network
• Second generation of
cable network is called
a Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial
(HFC) network
• The network uses a

combination of fiber-
optic and coaxial cable

ATM
• Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) is a
switched wide area
network based on the
cell relay protocol
designed by the ATM
forum
• The combination of ATM

and SONET will allow
high-speed
interconnection of
networks

Problems
• Some of the problems
associated with existing
systems are:
✓ Frame Networks
✓ Mixed Network
Traffic
• Solution
✓ Cell Networks
✓ Asynchronous TDM

Multiplexing using Different Frame Size

Cable Modem Transmission System (CMTS)

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
• A wide area network
(WAN) that is used as
a transport network to
carry loads from other
WANs
• ITU–T standard called

Synchronous Digital
Hierarchy (SDH)
• Architecture of a
SONET system consists
of signals, devices, and
connections
Architecture
• ATM is a cell-switched
network
• The user access devices,
called the endpoints, are
connected through a
user-to-network
interface (UNI) to the
switches inside the
network
• The switches are

connected through
network-to-network
interfaces (NNIs)
Architecture of an ATM Network

TP, VPs, and VCs

SONET Devices

SONET Layers
• The SONET standard
includes four
functional layers:
✓ The Path Layer

✓ The Line Layer
✓ The Section Layer
✓ The Photonic
Layer
• The layers correspond

to both the physical
and the data-link
layers
ATM Layers

Device-Layer Relationship in SONET

Architectural Comparison
• Architecture
comparison of wired
and wireless LANs
✓ Medium
✓ Hosts
✓ Isolated LANs
✓ Connection to other
Networks
✓ Moving between
Environments
SONET Frames
• Each synchronous
transport signal STS-n is
composed of 8000
frames
• Each frame is a two-

dimensional matrix of
bytes with 9 rows by
90×n columns
• STS-1 frame is 9 rows by

90 columns (810 bytes),
and an STS-3 is 9 rows
by 270 columns (2430
bytes)
Connection of a Wired/Wireless LAN to other networks

Characteristics of a Wireless LAN
• Several characteristics
of wireless LANs either
do not apply to wired
LANs or the existence of
these is negligible and
can be ignored
✓ Attenuation
✓ Interference
✓ Multipath
Propagation
✓ Error
Access Control
• Most important issue in
a wireless LAN is how a
wireless host can get
access to the shared
medium (air)
• CSMA/CD does not
work in wireless LANs
for three reasons:
1. Wireless hosts
don’t have power
to send and receive
at the same time

Access Control
2. The hidden station
problem prevents
collision detection
3. The distance between

stations can be large

Hidden Station Problem

IEEE 802.11 PROJECT
• IEEE has defined the
specifications for a
wireless LAN, called
IEEE 802.11, which
covers the physical and
data-link layers
• It is sometimes called
Wireless Ethernet
• The term WiFi (short

for wireless fidelity) as
a synonym for wireless
LAN (certified by WiFi
alliance)
Architecture
• The standard defines
two kinds of services:
✓ The basic service

set (BSS); and
✓ The Extended
service set (ESS)

Basic Service Sets (BSSs)

STS Multiplexing
• In SONET, frames of
lower rate can be
synchronously time-
division multiplexed
into a higher-rate frame
• For example, three STS-

1 signals (channels) can
be combined into one
STS-3 signal (channel),
four STS-3s can be
multiplexed into one
STS-12, and so on

Types of Stations
• No-Transition
Mobility
• BSS-Transition
Mobility
• ESS-Transition
Mobility

Byte Interleaving

MAC Layers in IEEE 802.11 Standard

SONET Networks
• SONET network can be
used as a high-speed
backbone carrying
loads from other
networks such as ATM
or IP

SONET networks into
three categories:
✓ Linear Networks
✓ Ring Networks
✓ Mesh networks
MAC Sub-layer
• IEEE 802.11 defines two
MAC sub-layers:
✓ The Distributed
Coordination
Function (DCF) ; and
✓ The Point
Coordination
Function (PCF)

Frame Format

Problems
• Some of the problems
associated with existing
systems are:
✓ Frame Networks
✓ Mixed Network
Traffic
• Solution
✓ Cell Networks
✓ Asynchronous TDM

Frame Types
• Management Frames
• Control Frames
• Data Frames

Multiplexing using Cells

Values of Subfields in Control Frames

Physical Layer
• All physical
implementations,
except the infrared,
operate in the
industrial, scientific, and
medical (ISM) band,
which defines 3
unlicensed bands in 3
ranges:
✓ 902–928 MHz
✓ 2.400–4.835 GHz
✓ 5.725–5.850 GHz

Specifications

BLUETOOTH
• Bluetooth is a wireless
LAN technology
designed to connect
devices of different
functions when they are
at a short distance from
each other
• A Bluetooth LAN is an ad
hoc network
• The devices, sometimes

called gadgets, find each
other and make a
network called a Piconet
Architecture
• Bluetooth defines two
types of networks:
✓ Piconet
✓ Scatternet

Virtual connection identifiers in UNIs & NNIs

Scatternet

An ATM Cell

Bluetooth Layers

L2CAP Data Packet Format

Architectural Comparison
• Architecture
comparison of wired
and wireless LANs
✓ Medium
✓ Hosts
✓ Isolated LANs
✓ Connection to other
Networks
✓ Moving between
Environments
Multiple-Secondary Communication

Hidden Station Problem

Architecture
• The standard defines
two kinds of services:
✓ The basic service

set (BSS); and
✓ The Extended
service set (ESS)

Basic Service Sets (BSSs)

Architecture
• Bluetooth defines
two types of
networks:
✓ Piconet
✓ Scatternet

Types of Stations
• No-Transition
Mobility
• BSS-Transition
Mobility
• ESS-Transition
Mobility

Scatternet

Bluetooth Devices
• A Bluetooth device has
a built-in short-range
radio transmitter
• The current data rate

is 1 Mbps with a 2.4-
GHz bandwidth
• This means that there

is a possibility of
interference between
the IEEE 802.11b
wireless LANs and
Bluetooth LANs
CSMA/CA and NAV
NAV

Bluetooth Layers


Single-Secondary Communication


Connecting Devices
• Hosts and networks do
not normally operate in
isolation
• Connecting devices
connect hosts together
to make a network or
connect networks
together to make an
internet
• Connecting devices can

operate in different
layers of the Internet
model
Subfields in FC field

Three Categories of Connecting Devices

Hubs
• Hub is a device that
operates only in the
physical layer
• Signals that carry
information within a
network can travel a
fixed distance before
attenuation impacts the
data
• A hub (repeater)
receives a signal and,
before it becomes too
weak or corrupted,
regenerates it
Hubs
physical layer

Hub

Link-Layer Switches
• A link-layer switch (or
switch) operates in both
the physical and the
data-link layers
• As a physical-layer
device, it regenerates
the signal it receives
• As a link-layer device,
the link-layer switch can
check the MAC
addresses (source and
destination) contained
in the frame
Switch versus Hub
• Switch has the
‘Filtering’ capability
• Unlike hub, a switch
can check the
destination address of
a frame and decide on
outgoing port
• Switch eliminates
collisions and does not
require carrier sensing
• Switches connect
heterogeneous devices

Scatternet

Link-Layer Switches
• A link-layer switch (or
switch) operates in both
the physical and the
data-link layers

Learning Switch

Loop Problem in a Switch
• Redundant switches
create Loops in the
system
• Created when two or

more broadcasting LANs
are connected by more
than one switch

Loop Problem in a Learning Switch (Part a)

Loop Problem in a Learning Switch (Part b)

Loop Problem in a Learning Switch (Part c)

Loop Problem in a Learning Switch (part d)

Spanning Tree Algorithm
• In graph theory,
Spanning Tree is a graph
in which there is no loop
• In a switched LAN, this
means creating a
topology in which each
LAN can be reached
from any other LAN
through one path only
(no loop)
• To find the spanning
tree, we assign a cost
(metric) to each LAN link
A system of Connected LANs and its Graph (Part a)

A System of Connected LANs and its Graph (Part b)

Finding Shortest Path/Spanning Tree for a Switch

Forwarding & Blocking Ports after using Spanning Tree

Piconet

Router vs. Switch
Three differences between a router and a repeater or a switch:
1. A router has a physical and logical (IP) address for each of its interfaces.
2. A router acts only on those packets in which the link-layer destination
address matches the address of the interface at which the packet
arrives.
3. A router changes the link-layer address of the packet (both source and
destination) when it forwards the packet.

Bluetooth Devices
• A Bluetooth device has
a built-in short-range
radio transmitter
• The current data rate

is 1 Mbps with a 2.4-
GHz bandwidth
• This means that there

is a possibility of
interference between
the IEEE 802.11b
wireless LANs and
Bluetooth LANs
Bluetooth Layers
• Bluetooth uses
several layers that do
not exactly match
those of the Internet
model we have
defined already

A Switch using VLAN Software


Membership of a VLAN
• What characteristic can
be used to group
stations in a VLAN?
• Vendors use different

characteristics such as
interface numbers, port
numbers, MAC
addresses, IP addresses,
IP multicast addresses,
or a combination of two
or more of these

Single-Secondary Communication

Communication between Switches
• In a multi-switched
backbone, each switch
must know:
✓ Which station
belongs to which
VLAN; and
✓ The membership
of stations
connected to other
switches

Communication between Switches
Switch A must know the membership status of stations connected to switch B,

and switch B must know the same about switch A. Three methods have been
devised for this purpose: table maintenance, frame tagging, and time-division
multiplexing.

Comparison of Modern Access Technologies
• Telco
• HFC
• FTTx

Comparison of Modern Access Technologies

Connecting Devices
• Hosts and networks do
not normally operate in
isolation
• Connecting devices
connect hosts together
to make a network or
connect networks
together to make an
internet
• Connecting devices can

operate in different
layers of the Internet
model
Three Categories of Connecting Devices

Fiber To The Curb (FTTC)
• The final optical receiver
in a FTTC network
typically serves several
customers

Hubs
physical layer
• Signals that carry
information within a
network can travel a
fixed distance before
attenuation impacts the
data
• A hub (repeater)
receives a signal and,
before it becomes too
weak or corrupted,
regenerates it
Fiber To The Home (FTTH)
• Need: High-speed data,
reliable voice and high-
quality video
• Problems:
✓ How to get high
speed lines out to
each customer?
✓ How to future-proof
the architecture?
• Solution: FTTH

• Fiber-to-the-home
(FTTH) is the installation
of optical fiber from a
telephone switch directly
into the subscriber’s
home
• It is one of the latest

access technologies
• FTTH is also referred to

as Fiber-to-the-Building
(FTTB)


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