OCSN/RMCS Data Communication &

Network Principles Section A 1

Recommended text book:
Data and Computer Communications, 7th Edition,
Author: Stallings, W. Publisher: Pearson
Other text book
Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open
Systems, 4th Edition., Author: F. Halsall
Publisher: Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-201-42293-X

Background reading:
Data Communications & Networking, 2nd Ed.
Author: B. Forouzan, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher
Education ISBN: 0-07-118160-1

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed. 3, D. Lauder.

Section A 1, Page 1

Transmission media (unshielded)

Contents of Section A 1
Data Transmission
Electrical Interfaces
Relevant sections to read in Stallingss book:
Chapter 3
Relevant sections in Halsalls book:
2.1, 2.3, 2.6.1

Background information in Forouzans book:

5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.1
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Transmission media (shielded)

Unscreened, not
twisted, single pair
or multi-way
ribbon cable
Unshieded twisted
pair. Why twisted?

Multi-pair cable,
electrically
shielded
Coaxial cable

(Halsall Fig 2.2)

Multi-pair cable,
unshielded

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(Halsall Fig 2.2)

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Transmission media - optical fibre

Transmission media - satellite links

Multimode
stepped index
Multimode
graded index
Monomode

(Halsall Fig 2.4)

(Halsall Fig 2.3)

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Serial and parallel data interfaces

Parallel - multiple data lines, usually one per bit
plus ground return
e.g. PC printer port (also known as Centronics type
parallel interface) with 8 data lines (multiple
grounds used in practice). Additional handshake
lines required (e.g. strobe, ACK)

Serial, a single data line with ground return.

e.g. PC COM port (RS-232). A single data line in
each direction. Additional control lines are provided
but are not always used.

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Simplex and duplex data links

Simplex
Data transfer in one direction only

Half duplex (HDX)

Data transfer in both directions but not
simultaneously. Like Press to Talk (PTT)
operation on an intercom or 2 way radio

Full duplex (FDX)

Data transfer in both directions simultaneously.
Like a telephone call
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Electrical interfaces - single-ended

(unbalanced)
EIA-232D/ITU-T V28 electrical interface
What voltage levels are used and why?
Is the interconnection terminated?

(Halsall Fig 2.10)

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Electrical interfaces - differential

(balanced)
RS-422 / V11. Terminated or unterminated

(Halsall Fig 2.12)

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Differential pair transmission common mode rejection

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EIA-232D / ITU-T V24 interface

Connects Data Circuit-terminating
Equipment (DCE, i.e. a modem) to Data
Terminal Equipment (DTE, i.e. terminal or
computer)
Includes serial data, optional clock and various
control lines

(Forouzan Fig 6.18)

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(Halsall Fig 2.31(a))

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EIA-232D / V24 interface function

EIA-232D
/ V24 call
setup,
transfer &
clear
down
(half
duplex)

(Halsall Fig 2.31(b))

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(Halsall Fig 2.32)

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