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Types of transmissions for Visual Based Education

The Pipelines

For EDIT 5380 – Summer 1, 2006 – Lox, Thornton, and Zhao (Group 7)

Transmission (Pipelines)

Terrestrial Broadcast DSL ISDN T1 Cable Network Satellite Microwave Wi Fi Related Topics Links

Terrestrial Broadcast

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Typically thought of as a large screen delivering commercial programs, handheld and devices for telephone and television delivery with interaction from users are now available to individuals

Wikipedia – Broadcast TV Wikipedia – Terrestrial TV TV Systems Worldwide Autosophy SECAM Experimental Digital Terrestrial Broadcast Broadcast in Practice

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DSL

Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, provides digital connectivity across a telephone network.

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ISDN

Integrated Services Digital Network provides simultaneous and multiple types of connectivity (data, voice, fax or video) across a telephone network.

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T1

Wikipedia – T Carriers Syracuse University T1 Diagra

ms Phone Systems Technology Using T1 for Education

T1 was originally designed to transmit digital voice signals. Now, T1 and other T-carriers are used for data, voice, and other transport.

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Cable Network

Using cable television network infrastructure and a cable modem, broadband internet access is available.

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Satellite

Wikipedia – Internet Satellite Skycasters. Com

Satellite transmissions were originally used where another transmission was not available or where portability is needed. With the increase available of hardware and communications satellites, in some location this transmission is rivaling the capabilities of broadband terrestrial networks.

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Microwave

Microwaves are very small analog waves that have the advantage of less interference and high bandwidth than other radio frequencies. Microwave transmissions are used for data transmissions and can even be used to transmit power.

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Wi Fi

Wikipedia – Wi Fi Wi Fi Setup guide Tutorial on Wi Fi Montegonet.com

Wireless Fidelity, also called Wi Fi, was originally a brand name for a Wireless Local Area Network. One option for link layers of the internet protocol, Wi Fi was designed to be used for mobile computing, but has now expanded to include a variety of both size and scale of connectivity for educational, personal, and commercial uses.

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Related Topics Links

Networking LAN/WAN Video Signals ITV

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Wikipedia – Latency vs. Bandwidth ITU International Wikipedia – Computer Networking Networking Glossary

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Related LAN/WAN Links

Wikipedia – LAN Wikipedia – WAN Connectivity Article

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Video Signal Links

Video Presentation and Compression

FCC Glossary Cisco Protocols

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ITV Links

ITV and Learning MARILYN: A

Novel Platform For Intelligent Interactive TV (IITV)

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