TRANSMISSION MODES IN COMPUTER NETWORKS

 Transmission mode refers to the mechanism of

transferring of data between two devices connected over
a network. It is also called Communication Mode.
These modes direct the direction of flow of information.
There are three types of transmission modes. They are:
 Simplex Mode
 Half duplex Mode
 Full duplex Mode
SIMPLEX:

 In simplex mode, the communication is unidirectional, as on a

one-way street. Only one of the two devices on a link can
transmit; the other can only receive (see Figure a). Keyboards
and traditional monitors are examples of simplex devices. The
keyboard can only introduce input; the monitor can only accept
output. The simplex mode can use the entire capacity of the
channel to send data in one direction.
HALF-DUPLEX:
 In half-duplex mode, each station can both transmit and receive,
but not at the same time. When one device is sending, the other
can only receive, and vice versa The half-duplex mode is like a
one-lane road with traffic allowed in both directions.

 When cars are traveling in one direction, cars going the other
way must wait. In a half-duplex transmission, the entire capacity
of a channel is taken over by whichever of the two devices is
transmitting at the time. Walkie-talkies, String phone and
intercom are half-duplex systems.
HAIF DUPLEX
FULL-DUPLEX:
 In Full-Duplex communication, data can send and receive at
the same time from both ends that means both way bi-direction
communications simultaneously. In this style we can send data
from A end to B end and B end can send data to A end at the
same time without any interruption or overlapping data.
 A Full-duplex Ethernet with two twisted pair is the best example
of Full-Duplex communication which is widely used for faster
data communication and it also increases data capacity. We
can use this for multipurpose data communication at the same
time like internet, cable TV and phone etc with the same cable.