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Network Media

This document discusses different types of transmission media used in computer networks, including guided and unguided media. Guided media uses physical conduits like twisted-pair cables, coaxial cables, and fiber-optic cables to transmit signals. Unguided or wireless media uses electromagnetic waves like radio waves, microwaves, and infrared to transmit without a physical path. The document describes the characteristics and uses of different cable categories and fiber types for guided media, as well as wireless transmission methods using the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Network Media

This document discusses different types of transmission media used in computer networks, including guided and unguided media. Guided media uses physical conduits like twisted-pair cables, coaxial cables, and fiber-optic cables to transmit signals. Unguided or wireless media uses electromagnetic waves like radio waves, microwaves, and infrared to transmit without a physical path. The document describes the characteristics and uses of different cable categories and fiber types for guided media, as well as wireless transmission methods using the electromagnetic spectrum.

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Transmission Media

Adapted from lecture slides by Behrouz A. Forouzan


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Physical Layer

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Classes of Transmission Media

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Guided Media
 Provide a conduit from one device to
another
 Include
 twisted-pair cables
 coaxial cables
 fiber-optic cables

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Twisted-Pair Cable

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UTP and STP Cables

UTP – Unshielded Twisted Pair STP –Shielded Twisted Pair

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Categories of UTP/STP Cables

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Categories of UTP/STP Cables

Category Bandwidth Digital/Analog Use

1 very low Analog Telephone


2 < 2 MHz Analog/digital 4Mbps token ring
3 16 MHz Digital 10-100 Mbps Ethernet
4 20 MHz Digital 16 Mbps token ring
5 100 MHz Digital 100 – 1000 Mbps Ethernet
5E 100 MHz Digital 100 – 1000 Mbps Ethernet
6 250 MHz Digital 1 – 10 Gbps Ethernet
6A 500 MHz Digital 1 – 10 Gbps Ethernet
7 600 MHz Digital 10 Gbps Ethernet
7A 1000 MHz Digital 40-100 Gbps Ethernet

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UTP Connectors

RJ – Registered Jack

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Coaxial Cable

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Categories of Coaxial Cables

RG – Radio Government

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BNC Connectors
 Bayonet Network Connector
 aka. Bayonet Neil-Concelman
 Used with coaxial cables

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Optical Fiber
 Based on physics of light

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Optical Fiber

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Fiber Types

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Fiber Construction

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Fiber-Optic Cable Connectors

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Unguided Media: Wireless
 Transport electromagnetic waves without
using a physical conductor
 Radio Waves
 Microwaves
 Infrared
 Often referred to as wireless
communication

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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Propagation Methods

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Bands

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Antennas

Omni-directional Antenna Unidirectional Antennas

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Wireless Transmission Waves

used for multicast/broadcast used for unicast communication used for short-range
communications, such as radio such as cellular telephones, communication in a closed
and television satellite networks, area using line-of-sight
and wireless LANs propagation

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