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Chapter 08
Chapter 08
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND
NETWORKS
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
• Managing LANs
• Managing bandwidth
• Telecommunications: Communication
of information by electronic means
• Communications processors
• Communications software
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• Transmit information
Analog signal
• Continuous waveform
Digital signal
• Discrete waveform
Modem
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Communications Channels
Communications Channels
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COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Network Topologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
A Star Network Topology
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A Bus Network Topology
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A Ring Network Topology
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Private Branch Exchanges, Local Area Networks (LANs), and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Private Branch Exchanges, Local Area Networks (LANs), and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Telecommunication network
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
A Local Area Network (LAN)
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Private Branch Exchanges, Local Area Networks (LANs), and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
• Telecommunication network
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Network Services and Broadband Technologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Packed-Switched Networks and Packet Communications
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Network Convergence
Converged network
• Network with technology
• Enables voice and data to run over a
single network
Unified messaging
• System combining voice messages,
email, and fax
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business Technologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business Technologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business Technologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business Technologies
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Data Interchange
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND
NETWORKS