Week 3 NTC/362 INDP Part 2
December 3, 2012
Wanda Pauley
The importance of communication protocols:
Unless Patton Fuller Community Hospital has an agreement between the two communicating parties information may get lost or un-communicated. This agreement is called the protocol. Communications protocols usually have a number of parts, Handshake, encoding method, compressions methods, packet / frame structure, and addressing.. This is why protocols are often defined by standards bodies, but some protocols SSL can be used widely even though they are not specifically from a standards body. A protocol must be implemented to enable effective, efficient communication by using a set of rules. Protocols are also described as hardware or software components that carry out the OSI model guidelines for transferring information on a network
In short - if we don't have a protocol we won't be able to communicate between different devices.
Identify the protocols in your design and provide rationale for your decision
Define the overall network architecture.
The design of a communications system, which includes the backbones, routers, switches, wireless access points, access methods and protocols used
May refer only to the access method in a LAN, such as Ethernet or Token Ring
Network architecture is the design of a communications network. It is a framework for the specification of a network's physical components and their functional organization and configuration, its operational principles and procedures, as well as data formats used in its operation.
In telecommunication, the specification of network architecture may also include a detailed description of products and services delivered via a communications network, as well as detailed rate and billing structures under which services are
Explain the usefulness of a traffic analysis
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