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1.Broadcast links.
2. Point-to-point links.
1.Broadcast links.
• Broadcast networks have a single communication channel that is shared by all the machines on the
network.
• Short messages, called packets in certain contexts, sent by any machine are received by all the others.
• An address field within the packet specifies the intended recipient. Upon receiving a packet, a machine
checks the address field
• Another example is an airport announcement asking all flight 644 passengers to report to gate 12 for
immediate boarding.
point-to-point networks
• point-to-point networks consist of many connections between individual pairs of machines.
• To go from the source to the destination, a packet on this type of network may have to first visit one or
more intermediate machines.
• Often multiple routes, of different lengths, are possible, so finding good ones is important in point-to-
point networks.
• Point-to-point transmission with one sender and one receiver is sometimes called uncasing.
Q. Types of Networks
Local area networks,
• Local area networks, generally called LANs, are privately-owned networks within a single building or
campus of up to a few kilometers in size.
• They are widely used to connect personal computers and workstations in company offices and factories
to share resources (e.g., printers) and exchange information.
• LANs are restricted in size, .LANs may use a transmission technology consisting of a cable to which all
the machines are attached, like the telephone company party lines once used in rural areas.
• Traditional LANs run at speeds of 10 Mbps to 100Mbps.
• Various topologies are possible for broadcast LANs. Two broadcast networks. (a) Bus. (b) Ring.
Metropolitan Area Networks
• A metropolitan area network, or MAN, covers a city.
• The best-known example of a MAN is the cable television network available in many cities.
• This system grew from earlier community antenna systems used in areas with poor over-the-air
television reception.
• At first, these were locally-designed, ad hoc systems.
• Then companies began jumping into the business, getting contracts from city governments to wire up
an entire city.
3 Wide Area Networks
• A wide area network, or WAN, spans a large geographical area, often a country or continent.
• It contains a collection of machines intended for running user (i.e., application) programs.
• The hosts are owned by the customers (e.g., people's personal computers), whereas the
communication subnet is typically owned and operated by a telephone company or Internet service
provider.
4 Wireless Networks
Digital wireless communication is not a new idea. To a first approximation, wireless networks can be
divided into three main categories: 1. System interconnection. 2. Wireless LANs. 3. Wireless WANs.
• System interconnection is all about interconnecting the components of a computer using short-range
radio.
• Almost every computer has a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer connected to the main unit by
cables.
• Bluetooth also allows digital cameras, headsets, scanners, and other devices to connect to a computer
by merely being brought within range.
