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The document outlines the basics of data communication, including key components such as sender, receiver, medium, message, protocol, and encoder/decoder. It defines essential concepts like protocols, bandwidth, congestion, routing, port numbers, and internetworking, while also listing applications of wireless LAN and channelization protocols. Overall, it serves as a foundational overview of data communication principles and terminology.

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Data Communication Basics Highlighted

The document outlines the basics of data communication, including key components such as sender, receiver, medium, message, protocol, and encoder/decoder. It defines essential concepts like protocols, bandwidth, congestion, routing, port numbers, and internetworking, while also listing applications of wireless LAN and channelization protocols. Overall, it serves as a foundational overview of data communication principles and terminology.

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Data Communication Basics

a) List components of data communication


- Sender■- Receiver■- Medium■- Message■- Protocol■- Encoder/Decoder

b) What is data communication?


- The exchange of data between devices via a transmission medium.

c) Define Protocols.
- A set of rules governing data exchange between devices.

d) List any two channelization protocols.


- Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)■- Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA)■- Code Division Multiple

e) State any two applications of wireless LAN.


- Mobile internet access■- Wireless VoIP■- Smart home devices

f) What is bandwidth?
- The maximum data transfer rate of a network link, measured in bps.

g) Define congestion.
- A state where network resources are overutilized, causing degraded performance.

h) What is Routing?
- The process of selecting paths in a network to send packets from source to destination.

i) What is a Port Number?


- A numerical identifier in the transport layer used to direct data to specific applications.

j) What is internetworking?
- Connecting multiple networks to function as a single network.

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