CHAPTER 4 TRANSMITING BITS

CHAPTER 4 TRANSMITING BITS

1. SENDING BITS W/ELECTRICITY & COPPER WIRES

   • FUNDAMENTSALS OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
     • DIRECT CURRENT ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
     • ALTERNATING CURRENT: FRENQUENCY, AMPLITUTUDE, & PHASE
     • CREATING ELECTRICAL CIRUITS USING NETWORK CABLES
       • SENDIN DATA OVER ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS
         • BIT RATES OVER ONE CIRCUIT
         • ENCODING BITS OVER ONE CIRCUIT
         • SENDING BITS OVER MULTIPLE CIRCUITS
         • POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WHEN SENDING DATA USING ELECTRICITY
         • USING ETHERNET LANS AS EXAMPLE
           • ETHERNET UTP CABLES
           • BIT RATE & ENCODING
           • RJ-45 CONNECTORS & SOCKETS
           • ETHERNET CABLING PINOUTS

2. SENDING BITS W/RADIO WAVES & NO CABLES

   • RADIO BASICS
     • WIRELESS WANS
       • CONNECTING MOBILE PHONES TO REST OF WORLD
       • SENDING VOICE FROM MOBILE PHONES THROUGH WIRELESS WAN
       • SENDING DATA FROM MOBILE PHONES THROUGH THE WIRELESS WAN
       • SENDING BITS FROM NONPHONE DEVICES THROUGH WIRELESS WAN
       • MOBILE PHONE NETWORK TERMINOLOGY
       • WIRELESS LANS
         • WIRELESS LAN DEVICES & TOPOLOGY
         • SENDING DATA IN WLANS
         • POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WHEN SENDING DATA USING RADIO WAVES
         • TAKING TURNS TO TRANSMT EA.DIRECTION
         • IEEE WLAN STANDARDS & SPEEDS
           • EXAMPLE ENTERPRISE LAN W/COPPER, FIBER, WIRELESS

3. SENDING BITS W/LIGHT & FIBER OPTIC CABLES

   • BASICS OF OPTICAL TRANSMISSION USING FIBER OPTICS
     • FIBER OPTIC CABLES
     • FIBER OPTIC TRANSMITERS
     • FIBER OPTICS IN ETHERNET LANS
     • FIBER OPTICS IN THE WAN