Q. Define Metropolitan Area Network?
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Cable Network Architecture: Overview
Protocols and Standards
- Set of regulations that governs data communications
- Defines how it is communicated, what is communicated and when it is communicated
- Key elements
Syntax: Structure/ format of data -sequence in which it is presented
Semantics: meaning of every section of bits- What action to be taken and how pattern to be interpreted
Timing: When data to be sent as well as how fast they can be sent