1 k. salah module 3.2: transmission media electromagnetic spectrum guided transmission media...
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Module 3.2: Transmission Media
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Guided Transmission Media
– Twisted Pair
– Coaxial cable
– Optical fiber
• Unguided Transmission Media
– Terrestrial Microwave
– Satellite
– Radio
– IR
– Cellular Telephony
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Twisted Pair
• Most common medium
• Telephone network– Between house and local exchange (subscriber loop)
• Within buildings– To private branch exchange (PBX)
• For local area networks (LAN)– 10Mbps or 100Mbps
• Pros and Cons:– Cheap– Easy to work with– Low data rate– Short range, about 100 meters.
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Unshielded and Shielded TP
• Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)– Ordinary telephone wire– Cheapest– Easiest to install– Suffers from external EM interference
• Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)– Metal braid or sheathing that reduces
interference– More expensive– Harder to handle (thick, heavy)– Capacity 10-155 Mbps
UTP Categories
• Cat 3– up to 16MHz– Voice grade found in most
offices
• Cat 4– up to 20 MHz
• Cat 5– up to 100MHz– Commonly pre-installed in
new office buildings
RJ-11 vs. RJ-45
• RJ-11 is a typical UTP phone connector. Has 2 pairs.
• RJ-45 is a UTP connector. Has 4 pairs.
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Coaxial Cable
• Most versatile medium
• Television distribution
– Ariel to TV
– Cable TV
• Long distance telephone transmission
– Can carry 10,000 voice calls simultaneously
– Being replaced by fiber optic
• Short distance computer systems links
• Local area networks
Transmission Characteristics Analog
Amplifiers every few km Closer if higher
frequency Up to 500MHz
Digital Repeater every 1km Closer for higher data
rates
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Optical Fiber
• Greater capacity
– Data rates of hundreds of Gbps
• Smaller size & weight
• Lower attenuation
• Electromagnetic isolation
• Greater repeater spacing
– 10s of km at least
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Transmission Characteristics
Act as wave guide for 1014 to 1015 Hz
Portions of infrared and visible spectrum
Light Emitting Diode (LED) used in MMF
Cheaper Wider
operating temp range
Last longer Injection Laser Diode
(ILD) used in SMF More efficient Greater data
rate Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (WDM) using light prisms.
MMF vs. SMF
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Comparison
Cable Type Cost1 = lowest5 = highest
Typical Capacity
Installation1 = easy5 = hard
Max Cable Length
EMI Resistance1 = low5 = high
Coaxial-Thinnet
2 10 Mbps 2 185 meters 2
Coaxial-Thicknet
4 10 Mbps 3 500 meters 2
UTP 1 10-100 Mbps 1 100 meters 1
STP 3 16-155 Mbps 2 100 meters 2
Fiber-optic 5 100+ Mbps 5 Multiple kilometers
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Wireless Transmission
• Unguided media
• Transmission and reception via antenna
• Directional
– Focused beam
– Careful alignment required
• Omnidirectional
– Signal spreads in all directions
– Can be received by many antennae
Frequencies 2GHz to 40GHz
Microwave Highly directional Point to point Satellite
30MHz to 1GHz Omnidirectional Broadcast radio
3 x 1011 to 2 x 1014
Infrared Local pt-pt confined
area
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Microwave
Terrestrial Microwave
• Parabolic dish
• Focused beam
• Line of sight
• Long haul telecommunications
• Higher frequencies give higher data rates
Satellite Microwave Satellite is relay station Satellite receives on one frequency,
amplifies or repeats signal and transmits on another frequency
Requires geo-stationary orbit Height of 35,784km
GEO vs. LEO Frequency Bands: C, Ku, and Ka Television Long distance telephone Private business networks
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Wide Area: Satellite Systems
• Cover very large areas
• Different orbit heights– GEOs (39000 Km), LEOs (2000 Km), MEOs (9000km)– GEO is stationary. You need 3 to coverwhole planet– LEO and MEO orbit the earth every one hour
• Dish antennas, or bulky handsets
• Optimized for one-way transmission,
location positioning, GPS systems, Satellite Radio– Radio (XM, DAB) and movie (SatTV) broadcasting– Killed MMDS wireless TV offerings. – Future: satTV (eg: directTV) in your car
• Most two-way systems struggling or bankrupt– Expensive alternative to terrestrial cellular system (2G)
• Trucking fleets, journalists in wild areas, Oil rigs
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LEO and MEO
• Used in GPS
• 24 MEOs are need to cover the whole planet
• 54 for LEOs to cover the whole planet
• Could have multiple readings for increased precision and reliability.
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WLAN
• Benefits of Ethernet WLAN– Cheap– Faster to deploy– Mobility– Watch for security
Need for authentication Need for encryption during transmission
• What is an Access Point?
• A typical diameter is a room for one AP about 40 meters
• Frequencies used and data rate– IEEE 802.11b operates at 2.4 GHz range and gives 11Mbps– IEEE 802.11a operates at 5 GHz range and gives 54Mbps– IEEE 802.11g operates at 2.4 GHz range and gives 54Mbps
• Bluetooth gives 1Mbps. Bluetooth networks PDAs or cell phones with PCs. Operates in a short diameter (10 meters).
– Operates at 2.4 - 2.4835 GHz– May have interference with Ethernet WLAN APs
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Others
Broadcast Radio
• Omnidirectional
• FM radio
• UHF and VHF television
• Line of sight
• Suffers from multipath interference
– Reflections
IR (Infrared) Modulate noncoherent
infrared light Line of sight (or reflection) Blocked by walls e.g. TV remote control,
IRD port