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4-Network Transmission Media

This document discusses 4 types of network transmission media: physical wired, wireless, physical transmission media, and wireless transmission devices. Physical wired media includes twisted-pair cabling, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable. Wireless transmission media includes broadcast radio, cellular radio, microwaves, and infrared. Common physical transmission media are twisted-pair cabling, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable. Wireless transmission devices include wireless access points and wireless adapters.

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4-Network Transmission Media

This document discusses 4 types of network transmission media: physical wired, wireless, physical transmission media, and wireless transmission devices. Physical wired media includes twisted-pair cabling, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable. Wireless transmission media includes broadcast radio, cellular radio, microwaves, and infrared. Common physical transmission media are twisted-pair cabling, coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable. Wireless transmission devices include wireless access points and wireless adapters.

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4-Network Transmission Media

Computer Networks

1
Network Channels (Media)

• A channel is a path between two communication devices


• Channel capacity: How much data can be passed through the
channel (bit/sec)
– Also called channel bandwidth
• Consists of one or more transmission media
– Two types:
• Physical: wire cable
• Wireless: Air

T1 lines
T1 lines
destination network
server
T3 lines

T1 lines
2
Physical Transmission Media

• Twisted-pair cabling
(Ethernet Cable)
– Most common LAN
cable
– Called Cat5, Cat6
– Four pairs of copper
cable twisted
– Speeds range from
1 Mbps to 1,000 Mbps

3
Physical Transmission Media

• Coaxial cable
– Similar to cable TV wire
– One wire runs through cable
– Speeds up to 10 Mbps

4
Physical Transmission Media

• Fiber-optic cable
– Data is transmitted
with light pulses
– Glass strand instead of
cable
– Speeds up to
100 Gbps

5
Wireless Transmission Media
• Broadcast Radio
– Medium that distributes radio signals through the air.
– Uses an antenna, can be short range
– Bluetooth is a kind of short-range (about 10 meters) broadcast
radio communications
– Wireless networks using broadcast radio often use one of the
802.11 standard

• Cellular Radio
– A form of broadcast radio used for mobile communication
– High frequency radio waves to transmit voice or data

6
Wireless Transmission Media
• Microwaves
– Radio waves providing high speed transmission
– Microwaves must transmit in a straight line with no barrier
between microwave antennas
– Used for satellite communication

• Infrared (IR)
– Wireless transmission media that sends signals using infrared
light-waves
– IR transmission also requires a line-of-sight transmission as that
required by microwaves
– Computer devices such as a mouse, printer, and digital camera,
which have an IrDA port
7
Wireless Transmission Devices

• Wireless Access Point


– Center of a wireless network
– WAPs combined cover a larger area
– Range is 50 to 150 meters

8
Wireless Transmission Devices

• Wireless Adapters
– Used by devices to connect

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