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Topic:-Transmission Media
Subtopic:-Guided Media Unguided Media
Transmission Media
Introduction Guided Media Twisted Pair Coaxial Cable Optical Fiber Unguided Media Radiowaves Transmission Microwave Transmission Infrared Transmission Laser Transmission Satellite Transmission
Guided Media
Guided Media is that contain some conducting material to carry data or signal. Many types of cable and wires fall under this category. Each of them has its own characteristics like transmission speed, effects of noise. Guided media is also known as wired media. In this we will use wires to send our data from one place to other place. It include: - Twisted pair Coaxial Cable Optical fiber
Unguided Media
It does not contain the signal in some physical conductor or metal. Rather, it transport electromagnetic signal through air. It is also known as wireless media. Because in this we are not using any king of cable. It includes: Radio waves Micro waves Infrared waves
Infrared Waves
Electromagnetic waves having frequencies from 300 GHz to 400 THz are called IR waves or Infrared waves. IR waves are used for short range communication and use line of sight propagation. Infrared waves cannot pass through solid objects, like walls and be easily contained in a room. They are cheap, easy to build and do not require any government license to use them. IR waves offer very bandwidth for use.
Laser Transmission
This type of transmission use thin laser to transfer data up to few kilometers. Laser beams are unidirectional, therefore this type of transmission system use line of sight propagation. In such a transmission system, a photo detector and laser is set on both sender and receiver side. Such a system offer very high band width at a very low cost. Other disadvantage is that on hot sunny days these waves are affected by hot turbulent air and miss the detector. The major problem in this transmission system is that laser beams cannot penetrate rain or thick fog.