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Key Components of Data Communication

The document outlines the five essential components of a communication system: Message, Sender, Receiver, Transmission Medium, and Protocol. It describes the message as the information being communicated, while the sender and receiver can be devices like computers and mobile phones. The transmission medium can be wired or wireless, and protocols are the rules that facilitate communication between devices.

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Key Components of Data Communication

The document outlines the five essential components of a communication system: Message, Sender, Receiver, Transmission Medium, and Protocol. It describes the message as the information being communicated, while the sender and receiver can be devices like computers and mobile phones. The transmission medium can be wired or wireless, and protocols are the rules that facilitate communication between devices.

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DATA COMMUNICATION

1.1.1 Components of Communication System


Five components of a communication-system (Figure 1.1):
1) Message
2) Sender
3) Receiver
4) Transmission-Medium
5) Protocol

1) Message
Message is the information (or data) to be communicated.
Message may consist of
number/text
picture or
audio/video
2) Sender
Sender is the device that sends the data-message.
message.
Sender can be
computer and
mobile phone
3) Receiver
Receiver is the device that receives the message.
Receiver can be
computer and
mobile phone
4) Transmission Medium edium
Transmission-medium
medium is physical
physical-path
path by which a message travels from sender to receiver.
Transmission-medium
medium can be wired or wireless.
Examples of wired medium:
medium:
twisted-pair
twisted-
twisted -pair wire (used in landline telephone)
telepho
coaxial cable (used in cable TV network)
fiber-optic
fiber-
fiber -optic cable
Examples of wireless medium:
radio waves
microwaves
infrared waves (ex: operating TV using remote control)
5)
5 ) Protocol
A protocol is a set of rules that govern data-communications.
In other words, a protocol represents an agreement between the communicating-devices.
Without a protocol, 2 devices may be connected but not communicating.

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