PHYSICAL LAYER
FIRST LAYER OF THE OSI MODEL WHERE INFORMATION IS TRANSFERRED AS BITS
TRANSITION MODULATION
SWITCHING STATUS IN A WIRE TO REPRESENT A 1 OR 0
RJ-45 CONNECTOR
CONNECTOR USED IN CAT5/CAT6 COPPER WIRING
TIA/EIA-568A
TIA/EIA-568B
CROSSOVER CABLES
CABLES WITH TIA/EIA-568A ON ONE END AND TIA/EIA-568B ON THE OTHER END
STRAIGHT-THROUGH CABLES
TIA/EIA-568B ON BOTH ENDS
ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
START AND STOP BITS FOR OUT OF SYNC DATA TRANSMISSION
SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION USING A COMMON TIME SOURCE
BROADBAND
DIVIDES THE BANDWIDTH INTO SEPARATE CHANNELS
BASEBAND
USES ALL FREQUENCY OF THE CABLE ALL THE TIME
TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (TDM)
ALLOCATES DEDICATED TIME SLOTS
STATISTICAL TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (StatTDM)
DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATES TIME SLOTS BASED ON WHEN PEOPLE NEED IT
FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (FDM)
DIVIDES THE MEDIUM INTO CHANNELS