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William Stallings Data and Computer Communications 7 Edition A Communications Model

This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 1 of William Stallings' 7th edition of "Data and Computer Communications". It outlines a simplified communications model including source, transmitter, transmission system, receiver, and destination. It then discusses networking concepts like wide area networks, local area networks, circuit switching, packet switching, frame relay, and asynchronous transfer mode. Finally, it recommends further reading of Chapter 1 from Stallings' book and the associated website.

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William Stallings Data and Computer Communications 7 Edition A Communications Model

This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 1 of William Stallings' 7th edition of "Data and Computer Communications". It outlines a simplified communications model including source, transmitter, transmission system, receiver, and destination. It then discusses networking concepts like wide area networks, local area networks, circuit switching, packet switching, frame relay, and asynchronous transfer mode. Finally, it recommends further reading of Chapter 1 from Stallings' book and the associated website.

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William Stallings

Data and Computer A Communications Model


Communications • Source
7th Edition —generates data to be transmitted
• Transmitter
—Converts data into transmittable signals
Chapter 1 • Transmission System
Data Communications and —Carries data
Networks Overview • Receiver
—Converts received signal into data
• Destination
—Takes incoming data

Simplified Communications
Communications Tasks Model - Diagram
Transmission system utilization Addressing

Interfacing Routing

Signal generation Recovery

Synchronization Message formatting

Exchange management Security

Error detection and correction Network management

Flow control

Simplified Data
Communications Model Networking
• Point to point communication not usually
practical
—Devices are too far apart
—Large set of devices would need impractical number
of connections
• Solution is a communications network
—Wide Area Network (WAN)
—Local Area Network (LAN)

1
Wide Area Networks Circuit Switching
• Large geographical area • Dedicated communications path established for
• Crossing public rights of way the duration of the conversation
• Rely in part on common carrier circuits • e.g. telephone network
• Alternative technologies
—Circuit switching
—Packet switching
—Frame relay
—Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Packet Switching Frame Relay


• Data sent out of sequence • Packet switching systems have large overheads
• Small chunks (packets) of data at a time to compensate for errors
• Packets passed from node to node between • Modern systems are more reliable
source and destination • Errors can be caught in end system
• Used for terminal to computer and computer to • Most overhead for error control is stripped out
computer communications

Asynchronous Transfer Mode Local Area Networks


• ATM • Smaller scope
• Evolution of frame relay —Building or small campus
• Little overhead for error control • Usually owned by same organization as
• Fixed packet (called cell) length attached devices
• Anything from 10Mbps to Gbps • Data rates much higher
• Constant data rate using packet switching • Usually broadcast systems
technique • Now some switched systems and ATM are being
introduced

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LAN Configurations Metropolitan Area Networks
• Switched • MAN
—Switched Ethernet • Middle ground between LAN and WAN
• May be single or multiple switches
• Private or public network
—ATM LAN
—Fibre Channel • High speed
• Wireless • Large area
—Mobility
—Ease of installation

Networking
Configuration Further Reading
• Stallings, W. [2003] Data and Computer
Communications (7th edition), Prentice Hall,
Upper Saddle River NJ, chapter 1
• Web site for Stallings book
—http://williamstallings.com/DCC7e.html

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