As the whole purpose of the hypermedia assessment is to present information on communication system in a multimedia form, there are a questions which we have to answer and present. As a group we discussed and decided who is doing which question. It is as follows:
Question 1- Stephanie
Types and characteristics of transmission media, including:
-wired transmission
- twisted pair
- coaxial cable
- optic fibre
- wireless transmission
- microwave
- satellite
- radio
- infrared
Question 2- Stephanie
Communication protocols, including:
– application level protocols
- http
- smtp
- SSL
– communication control and addressing level protocols
- TCP
- IP
– transmission level protocols
- Ethernet
- Token ring
Question 3- Reshma
Describe strategies for error detection including Parity Bit Check, Checksum and CRC
Question 4- Me & Reshma
Describe the following network topologies, outlining their advantages and disadvantages:
– star
– bus
– ring
– hybrid
– wireless networks
Question 5- Me
Describe one current and emerging trend in communication systems from the list below. Identify the possible impacts of such trends on communication systems.
- blogs
- wikis
- RSS feeds
- podcasts
- online radio, TV and video on demand
- 3G technologies for mobile communications
* The emerging trend we will be doing is: Blogs
Sanea.
