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Types of Networks

The document outlines various types of networks, including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), and Personal Area Networks (PAN), highlighting their characteristics and advantages. It also discusses mobile network generations from 2G to 5G, detailing technological advancements and wireless network technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Additionally, it covers levels of network privacy, including intranet, extranet, and internet.

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Types of Networks

The document outlines various types of networks, including Local Area Networks (LAN), Wide Area Networks (WAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN), and Personal Area Networks (PAN), highlighting their characteristics and advantages. It also discusses mobile network generations from 2G to 5G, detailing technological advancements and wireless network technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Additionally, it covers levels of network privacy, including intranet, extranet, and internet.

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TYPES OF NETWORKS

Subject: Information Technology


Prepared by: Mr. O. Wellington
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Demonstrate clear understanding of at least four types of


networks.
• Categorize the generations of Mobile Networks and describe
each in terms of technological advancements made.
• Identify and discuss three wireless network technologies.
• Recall the levels of privacy of a network and describe the
application of each.
RESOURCE MATERIAL

• Textbook – Oxford Information Technology


• – Log on to IT for CSEC
NETWORK
• A Network is a set of computers and peripheral linked together
on a permanent basis so that they can communicate and share
resources.
Advantages of a Network
1) Enable users to share hardware such as scanners and
printers.
2) Allow users access to data stored on other computers
3) Allow users to run programs that are not installed on their
own computers but are installed elsewhere on the network such as
the server.
Disadvantages of a Network
1) Accessing anything across a network is slower than
accessing your own computer
2) More complexity creates new problems to handle
3) Less customization is possible for shared programs and
folders.
TYPES OF NETWORK
Local Area Network (LAN)
is a network that connects computers and peripherals in a
limited geographical area such as a home, school computer
laboratory, office or closely positioned group of buildings. Each
computer or device is referred to as a node and they often share
resources such as printers, hard disks and software programs.
TYPES OF NETWORK
Characteristics of LAN

• Limited to a single building or site


• High bandwidth
• Inexpensive cable media is used to connect
computers and peripherals
• Data and hardware is shared among users
• The network is owned by the organization or
company.
TYPES OF NETWORK
Wide Area Network (WAN)
is a network that covers a large geographical area such a s
a city, country or world using communication channels that
combines many types of media such as telephone lines, cables
and radio waves. A WAN can be one large network or consists
of two or more LANs connected together. The Internet is the
world’s largest WAN.
TYPES OF NETWORK

Wide Area Network


TYPES OF NETWORK
Characteristics of WAN
• Spreads over a wide geographical area.
• It consists of large number of computers and multiple
host machines.
• Sophisticated support devices like a router and gateways
are used for interconnecting the various segments.
TYPES OF NETWORK
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
is a high-speed network that connects LANs in a
metropolitan area such as a city or town and handles the bulk
of communication activity across the region. A MAN typically
includes one or more LANs but covers a smaller geographical
area than a WAN.
TYPES OF NETWORK

Characteristics of MAN
• Connects local area networks together.
• It is a small version of WAN.
• It is managed by an association of several businesses
or by a single network provider that sells the service to
the users.
TYPES OF NETWORK
• MAN Network
TYPES OF NETWORK
PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN)
A personal area network is a computer network for
interconnecting devices centered on an individual person's
workspace. A PAN provides data transmission amongst
devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and
personal digital assistants
TYPES OF NETWORK

Personal Area Network

Advantage
PANs are efficient, cost-effective and convenient.

Disadvantage
Some PANs can interact badly with other wireless networking
technologies using the same radio band
MOBILE NETWORK AS RADIO BASED COMMON
CARRIER

• Your choice of a carrier determines the radio technology used to


transfer voice and data across the cellular network. Unlike most
carriers worldwide, and especially in Europe which settled around
the common GSM (Global System for Mobile) radio technology,
the U.S. carriers use either CDMA or GSM radio technologies.
MOBILE NETWORK AS RADIO BASED COMMON
CARRIER

• CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is a hybrid 2.5G/3G


technology that has a significant economic advantage over the
rival GSM because it serves more phones using fewer cell sites.
As a result, carriers operating over CDMA networks usually
provide better coverage than their GSM counterparts, especially
in rural areas where GSM carriers often can’t justify adding
expensive GSM cell towers.
MOBILE NETWORK AS RADIO BASED COMMON
CARRIER
• GSM (Global System for Mobile) offers more phone choices and greater
compatibility since most unlocked GSM phones work across the vast majority
of GSM networks worldwide. In addition, GSM makes switching phones and
carriers easy, you simply swap SIM cards when switching a carrier or put your
existing SIM card into a new phone.
MOBILE NETWORKS

• 2G - signifies second-generation wireless digital technology. Fully digital 2G


networks replaced analog 1G technology, and enabled the use of text
messaging, or SMS (Short Message Service).
• 3G – was a major step forward both in terms of reliability and coverage for
voice calls and text messaging, as well as providing far more rapid access to
the internet due to its capability of carrying larger amounts of data.
MOBILE NETWORKS

• 4G - adheres to a set of speed and connection standards. For mobile use,


including smartphones and tablets, connection speeds need to have a peak of
at least 100 megabits per second, and for more stationary uses such as
mobile hot spots, at least 1 gigabit per second.
• LTE - stands for Long-term Evolution, and isn’t as much a technology as it is the
path followed to achieve 4G speeds.
MOBILE NETWORKS

• 5G – is the 5th generation mobile network. It is a new global wireless


standard after 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G networks. 5G enables a new kind of
network that is designed to connect virtually everyone and everything
together including machines, objects, and devices. 5G wireless technology is
meant to deliver higher multi-Gbps peak data speeds, ultra low latency, more
reliability, massive network capacity, increased availability, and a more
uniform user experience to more users. Higher performance and improved
efficiency empower new user experiences and connects new industries.
WIRELESS NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES

• Bluetooth – this is a network standard, specifically a protocol, that defines


how two Bluetooth devices use short range aligned radio waves to transmit
data.
• eg. Sending data from one phone to another.
• Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) – is a type of broadband internet connection that
uses radio signals to provide internet connections to wireless computers and
devices.
• Hotspot – refers to location or area that provides wireless internet connections
to mobile computers and other devices.
NETWORKS LEVELS OF PRIVACY

• Intranet - is a network that belongs to an organization and is accessible only


by members of that organization.
• Extranet - an intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside
users, enabling businesses to exchange information over the Internet in a
secure way.
• Internet - a global computer network providing a variety of information and
communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using
standardized communication protocols.
End

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