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Data Communication Basics

This document discusses the key concepts of data communication including simplex, half-duplex, and full-duplex transmission, the components of a data communication system including sender, receiver, transmission medium and protocol, and how different types of data such as text, numbers, images, audio and video are represented.

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Data Communication Basics

This document discusses the key concepts of data communication including simplex, half-duplex, and full-duplex transmission, the components of a data communication system including sender, receiver, transmission medium and protocol, and how different types of data such as text, numbers, images, audio and video are represented.

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What is Data Communication? SIMPLEX- The communication is unidirectional.

The term telecommunication means Only one of the two devices on a link can
communication at a distance. transmit; the other can only receive.
The word data refers to information presented HALF-DUPLEX- Each station can both transmit
in whatever form is agreed upon by the parties and receive, but not at the same time. When
Data communications is the process of one device is sending, the other can only
transferring digital information between two or receive, and vice versa.
more points. FULL DUPLEX (DUPLEX)- Both stations can
transmit and receive simultaneously.
Fundamental Characteristics of a Data Network- A network is a set of devices (often
Communication System referred to as nodes) connected by
DELIVERY-The system must deliver data to the communication links.
correct destination DATA TERMINATING EQUIPMENT (DTE)
ACCURACY -Data that have been altered in Used primarily for those devices that display
transmission and left uncorrected are unusable. user information.
TIMELINESS - delivering data as they are DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
produced, in the same order that they are (DCE)- Any device which can be used to gain
produced, and without significant delay. access to a system over telecommunication
JITTER-Refers to the variation in the packet lines.
arrival time.

Components of Data Communication


SENDER- The device that sends the data
message
MESSAGE-The message is the information (data)
to be communicated
TRANSMISSION MEDIUM- The physical path by
which a message travels from sender to
receiver.
PROTOCOL- A protocol is a set of rules that
govern data communications.
RECEIVER- The receiver is the device that
receives the message

Data Representation
TEXT- Represented as a bit pattern, a sequence
of bits (0s or 1s). Each set is called a code, and
the process of representing symbols is called
coding.
NUMBER- Numbers are also represented by bit
patterns. ASCII is not used to represent
numbers; the number is directly converted to a
binary number to simplify mathematical
operations.
IMAGE- An image is composed of a matrix of
pixels
BIT DEPTH- Specifies how much color
information is available for each pixel in an
image.
AUDIO- Refers to the recording or broadcasting
of sound or music. It is continuous, not discrete.
VIDEO - Video refers to the recording or
broadcasting of a picture or movie.

Data Transmission

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