Chapter 14: Remote Connectivity Flashcards
Modulation Techniques
The various multiplexing and demultiplexing technologies and protocols, both analog and digital.
Multiplexer
A device that merges information from multiple input channels to a single output channel.
Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM)
A process of keeping individual phone calls separate by adding a different frequency multiplier to each phone call.
DS0
The digital signal rate created by converting analog sound into 8-bit chunks 8000 times a second, with a data stream of 64 Kbps. This is the simplest digital data stream.
How many wires are used for sending and how many are used for receiving in a T1 line?
2 for each
What is the connector on a T1 line?
RJ-48C
CSU/DSU
A piece of equipment that connects a T-carrier leased line from the telephone company to a customer’s equipment (such as a router).
DS1
- The signaling method used by T1 lines.
- Consists of 25 pieces: a framing bit and 24 channels (each like a single DS0 data channel)
- 1.544 Mbps throughput
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)
The process of having frames that carry a bit of every channel in every frame sent at a regular interval in a T1 connection.
Fractional T1 Access
Only buying some of the channels on a T1 line
Channels and Speed of T1
24 channels
1.544 Mbps
Channels and Speed of T3
672 channels
44.736 Mbps
Channels and Speed of E1
32 channels
2.048 Mbps
Channels and Speed of E3
512 channels
34.368 Mbps
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
- The primary fiber carrier standard for connecting long distance, high speed, fiber-optic transmission systems.
- Defines interface standards at the Physical layer.
Optical Carrier (OC)
Specification used to denote the optical data carrying capacity of fiber-optic cables in networks conforming to the SONET standard.
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)
Allows an individual single mode fiber to carry multiple signals by giving each signal a different wavelength by using different colors of laser light.
Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)
Relies on multiple wavelengths of light to carry a fast signal over long distances, but can only realistically go 60km.
Synchronous Transport Signal (STS)
The signal method used by SONET, consisting of the STS payload and the STS overhead.
For some SONET optical carrier OC-X, what is the line speed?
X times 51.85 Mbps (for example, OC-3 has a line speed of 3 times 51.85 ~= 155.52)
X.25
- The first generation of packet-switching technology, enables remote devices to communicate with each other across high-speed digital links without the expense of individual leased lines.
- Also referred to as CCITT Packet Switching Protocol
Frame Relay
An efficient data transmission technique used to send digital info such as voice, data, LAN, and WAN traffic quickly and cost-efficiently to many destinations from one port
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
- A packet switching technology that runs at speeds between 25 and 622 Mbps.
- Integrates voice, video, and data on one connection.
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
A router feature that labels certain data to use a desired connection.
4 parts of a MPLS header
1) Label (what kind of data)
2) Cost of Service (CoS) (importance of the packet)
3) A single bit value set to 1
4) Time to Live (TTL)
Forwarding Equivalence Class (FEC)
A group of devices that tend to send their packets to the same place.
Label Switching Router (LSR)
Looks for and forwards packets based on their MPLS label
Label Edge Router (LER)
An MPLS router that adds MPLS labels to incoming packets that do not yet have a label.
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
The protocol used by LSRs and LERs to communicate dynamic info about their state.