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Transmission Media

Transmission Media Transmission media means to send the data from one place to another place through some medium like wire or wireless. The transmission media or medium can be classified into two categories Wired Transmission Media and Wireless Transmission Media. Wired Transmission Media Wired transmission media or medium uses wires or cables to transmit data from one place to another place. In this type of medium we use wires or cables. The data is transferred in the form of electrical or light signal. There are various types of cables that can be used for setting up a network. Some of them are as follows: Twisted Pair Cable Twisted pair cable was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1881. It is the most widely used medium for telecommunication. It consists of copper wires that are twisted into pairs. An ordinary telephone wire consists of two insulated copper wires twisted into pairs. Computer networking cables consists of four pair of copper wire that c...