Data communication and computer networks | Network Topologies

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Data Communications
The term telecommunication means
communication at a distance. The word
data refers to information presented in
whatever form is agreed upon by the
parties creating and using the data. Data
communications are the exchange of data
between two devices via some form of
transmission medium such as a wire
cable.

Five Components of DataFive Components of Data
CommunicationCommunication

Five Components of Data
Communication
Message:
 text, number, images, audio, and video
Sender and Receiver
 devices that send/receive data message
 Computer, workstation, telephone, TV, etc.
Transmission medium
 Physical path thru which the message travels
Protocol
 Set of rules governing data communications

Data flow (simplex, half-duplex,
and full-duplex)

NETWORKS
A network is a set of devices (often
referred to as nodes) connected by
communication links. A node can be a
computer, printer, or any other device
capable of sending and/or receiving data
generated by other nodes on the network.

Network Criteria
Performance
 Mostly measured by throughput and delay
Reliability
 The frequency of failure
 Recovery time from a failure
Security
 Protecting data from
unauthorized access
Damage

Type of Connection
Point-to-Point
Multipoint (multi-drop)

Physical Topology
Mesh topology
Star topology
Bus topology
Ring topology
Hybrid topology

Network Topologies
LAN topologies
WAN topologies

LAN topologies
Physical
 Describes the geometric arrangement of
components that make up the LAN
Logical
 Describes the possible connections
between pairs of networked end-points that
can communicate

LAN Topologies(Physical)
 Bus
 Star
 Ring
 Switched
 Daisy chains
 Hierarchies

Bus topology
All networked nodes are
interconnected, peer to peer, using a
single, open-ended cable
Both ends of the bus must be
terminated with a terminating resistor to
prevent signal bounce

Advantages of Bus topology
 Easy to implement and extend
 Well suited for temporary networks
that must be set up in a hurry
 Typically the least cheapest topology
to implement
 Failure of one station does not affect
others

Disadvantages of Bus
topology
 Difficult to administer/troubleshoot
 Limited cable length and number of
stations
 A cable break can disable the entire
network; no redundancy
 Maintenance costs may be higher in the
long run
 Performance degrades as additional
computers are added

Ring topology
started out as a simple peer-to-peer
LAN topology
Each networked workstation had two
connections: one to each of its nearest
neighbors
Data was transmitted unidirectionally
around the ring
Sending and receiving of data takes
place by the help of TOKEN

Token Passing
Token contains a piece of information
which along with data is sent by the
source computer
This token then passes to next node,
which checks if the signal is intended to
it
 If yes, it receives it and passes the empty
to into the network
 otherwise passes token along with the data
to next node

Advantages of Ring topology
 This type of network topology is very
organized
 Performance is better than that of Bus
topology
 No need for network server to control the
connectivity between workstations
 Additional components do not affect the
performance of network
 Each computer has equal access to
resources

Disadvantages of Ring
topology
 Each packet of data must pass
through all the computers between
source and destination, slower than
star topology
 If one workstation or port goes down,
the entire network gets affected
 Network is highly dependent on the
wire which connects different
components

Star topology
Have connections to networked devices
that “radiate” out form a common point
Each networked device in star topology
can access the media independently
Have become the dominant topology
type in contemporary LANs
Stars have made buses and rings
obsolete in LAN topologies

Advantages of star topology
 Compared to Bus topology it gives far
much better performance
 Easy to connect new nodes or devices
 Centralized management. It helps in
monitoring the network
 Failure of one node or link doesn’t
affect the rest of network

Disadvantages of star topology
 If central device fails whole network
goes down
 The use of hub, a router or a switch as
central device increases the overall
cost of the network
 Performance and as well number of
nodes which can be added in such
topology is depended on capacity of
central device

Switched topology
A switch is a multiport, Data Link Layer device
A switch “learns” Media Access Control addresses
and stores them in an internal lookup table
Temporary, switched paths are created between the
frame’s originator and its intended recipient, and the
frames are forwarded along the temporary path
Switched topology features multiple connections to
a switching hub/Switch
Each port, and the device to which it connects, has
its own dedicated bandwidth

Advantages/Disadvantages of a
Switched topology
Advantage:
 Can improve LAN performance:
increase the aggregate bandwidth
available throughout the network
reducing the number of devices forced
to share each segment of bandwidth
Disadvantage:
 Large switched implementations do not
isolate broadcasts

Daisy chains
Developed by serially interconnecting all
the hubs of a network
This simple approach uses ports on
existing hubs for interconnecting the hubs
Daisy chains are easily built and don’t
require any special administrative skills
Daisy chains were, historically, the
interconnection method of choice for
emerging, first-generation LANs

Disadvantage of Daisy chain
Increases the number of connections,
and therefore the number of devices, on
a LAN. Too many devices competing
for the same amount of bandwidth can
create collisions and quickly
incapacitate a LAN

Hierarchies
Hierarchical topologies consist of more
than one layer of hubs. Each layer serves a
different network function
The bottom tier is reserved for user station
and server connectivity. Higher-level tiers
provide aggregation of the user-level tier
A hierarchical arrangement is best suited
for medium-to-large-sized LANs that must
be concerned with scalability of the
network and with traffic aggregation

Hierarchical rings
Ring networks can be scaled up by
interconnecting multiple rings in a hierarchical
fashion
User station and server connectivity can be
provided by as many limited size rings as are
necessary to provide the required level of
performance
A second-tier ring, either Token Ring or FDDI,
can be used to interconnect all the user level
rings and to provide aggregated access to the
Wide Area Network (WAN)

Hierarchical stars
Star topologies, can be implemented in
hierarchical arrangements of multiple
stars
Hierarchical stars can be implemented
as a single collision domain or
segmented into multiple collision
domains using switches, routers or
bridges

Hierarchical combinations
Overall network performance can be
enhanced by not force-fitting all the
functional requirements of the LAN into
a single solution
Today’s high-end switching hubs
enable you to mix multiple technologies

WAN Topologies
The topology of a WAN describes the
way the transmission facilities are
arranged relative to the locations that
they interconnect
Numerous topologies are possible,
each one offering a different mix of
cost, performance and scalability

WAN Topologies
 Peer-to-peer WANs
 Ring WANs
 Star WANs
 Full-mesh WANs
 Partial-mesh WANs
 Two-tiered
 Three-tiered
 Hybrids

Peer-to-peer topology
A peer-to-peer WAN can be developed
using leased private lines or any other
transmission facility
This WAN topology is a relatively
simple way of interconnecting a small
number of sites
Represents the least-cost solution for
WANs that contain a small number of
internetworked locations

Advantage/Disadvantage of
Peer-to-peer
Advantage:
 It is inexpensive relative to other options
Disadvantages:
 They don’t scale very well. As additional
locations are introduced to the WAN, the
number of hops between any given pair of
locations remains highly inconsistent and
has an upward trend
 An equipment or facility failure anywhere in
a peer-to-peer WAN can split the WAN

Ring topology
Can be developed fairly easily from a peer-
to-peer network by adding one
transmission facility and an extra port on
two routers
A ring-shaped WAN constructed with point-
to-point transmission facilities can be used
to interconnect a small number of sites and
provide route redundancy at a potentially
minimal incremental cost
Can use dynamic routing protocols

Advantages/Disadvantages of
Ring topology
Advantages:
 It provides alternative routes
 It is less expensive than all but the peer-to-peer
WAN
Disadvantages:
 Depending on the geographic dispersion of the
locations, adding an extra transmission facility
to complete the ring may be cost prohibitive
 Rings are not very scalable

Star network Topology
constructed by homing all locations into
a common location
The star topology can be constructed
using almost any dedicated
transmission facility including frame
relay and point-to-point private lines

star topology
Advantages:
 More scalable than a peer-to-peer or ring
network
 Improved network performance. Hop count
of three
Disadvantages:
 It creates a single point of failure
 There is no route redundancy

Full-mesh topology
This topology features the ultimate reliability and fault
tolerance
Every networked node is directly connected to every other
networked node
Redundant routes to each location are plentiful, hence
static routing impractical.
Use dynamic routing protocols
One application would be to provide interconnectivity for a
limited number of routers that require high network
availability
Another potential application is to fully mesh just parts of
the WAN, such as the backbone of a multi-tiered WAN or
tightly coupled work centers

full-mesh
Advantages:
 Minimizes the number of hops between
any two network-connected machines
 Can be built with virtually any transmission
technology
Disadvantages:
 These WANs can be fairly expensive to
build
 A finite (although substantial) limit on the
scalability of the network

Partial-mesh topology
Partial meshes are highly flexible topologies
that can take a variety of very different
configurations
The routers are much more tightly coupled
than any of the basic topologies but are not
fully interconnected, as would be the case in
a fully meshed network
A partially meshed WAN topology is readily
identified by the almost complete
interconnection of every node with every
other node in the network

Advantages of partial-mesh
Partial meshes offer the capability to
minimize hops for the bulk of the WAN’s
users
Unlike fully meshed networks, a partial
mesh can reduce the startup and
operational expenses by not
interconnecting low-traffic segments of the
WAN, hence more affordable and scalable

Two-tiered topology
A two-tiered topology is a modified
version of the basic star topology.
Rather than single concentrator routers,
two or more routers are used
A two-tiered WAN constructed with
dedicated facilities offers improved fault
tolerance over the simple star topology
without compromising scalability

Three-tiered topology
WANs that need to interconnect a very
large number of sites, or are built using
smaller routers that can support only a
few serial connections, may find the
two-tiered architecture insufficiently
scalable.
Therefore, adding a third tier may well
provide the additional scalability they
require

Advantage/Disadvantage of
three-tiered
Advantage:
 A three-tiered WAN constructed with
dedicated facilities offers even greater fault
tolerance and scalability than the two-
tiered topology
Disadvantage:
 Three-tiered networks are expensive to
build, operate and maintain

Hybrid topologies
Hybridization of multiple topologies is useful
in larger, more complex networks
Multi-tiered networks, in particular, lend
themselves to hybridization. A multi-tiered
WAN can be hybridized by fully or partially
meshing the backbone tier of routers
An effective hybrid topology may be
developed in a multi-tiered WAN by using a
fully meshed topology for the backbone
nodes only

Categories of Networks
Local Area Network (LAN)
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Personal Area Network (PAN)

WANs: a switched WAN v. a
point-to-point WAN

The Internet
The Internet has revolutionized many
aspects of our daily lives. It has affected
the way we do business as well as the
way we spend our leisure time. The
Internet is a communication system that
has brought a wealth of information to our
fingertips and organized it for our use.

PROTOCOLS AND
STANDARDS
Protocols
 A set of rules to define
What is communicated
How it is communicated
When it is communicated
Standards
 To guarantee national/international interoperability of
data and telecommunication technology
 Regardless of equipment manufacturers
 ISO, ITU, ANSI, IEEE, …
 Internet standards are maintained by IETF for publishing
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