Contention Based Protocol
November 1, 2016Random Access-Based Protocols Traditional random access MAC-layer protocols, also known as contention-based protocols, require no coordination among the nodes accessing... View Article
Categories for Data Communicaiton & Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless Sensor Network
November 1, 2016Definition “A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of spatially distributed autonomous devices using sensors to cooperatively... View Article
Noiseless and Noise Channel Protocols
November 1, 2016Taxonomy of Protocols The design of the simplest protocol with no flow or error control Simplest Protocol The sender sends... View Article
Modem Switching Techniques
November 1, 2016Switching Techniques In large networks there might be multiple paths linking sender and receiver. Information may be switched as it travels through various... View Article
Wireless Communication and Spread Spectrum
November 1, 2016What is Wireless Communication ? Transmitting voice and data using electromagnetic waves in open space (atmosphere) Electromagnetic waves Travel at... View Article
Virtual LAN and Virtual Private Network (VLAN VPN)
November 1, 2016VLAN A VLAN allows a network administrator to create groups of logically networked devices that act as if they are... View Article
Cellular Network
October 31, 2016A cellular network or mobile network is a wireless network distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at... View Article
Satellite Networks
October 31, 2016Infrastructure mode & ad-hoc mode All data is transferred using the access point as the central hub. All wireless nodes... View Article
Bluetooth
October 31, 2016Bluetooth is a standard developed by a group of electronics manufacturers that will allow any sort of electronic equipment —... View Article
LAN and IEEE Standards
October 31, 2016ETHERNET It defines a number of wiring for the physical layer, through means of Network access at the Media Access... View Article