Syllabus Items

 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.