CATEGORIZING IN Computer networking
By scale
• Personal area network (PAN)
• Local area network (LAN)
o HomePNA
o Power line communication (HomePlug)
• Metropolitan area network (MAN)
• Wide area network (WAN)
By functional relationship
• Active Networking (Low-level code movement versus static data)
• Client-server
• Peer-to-peer (Workgroup)
By network topology
• Bus network
• Star network
• Ring network
• Mesh network
• Star-bus network
• Storage area networks
• Process control networks
• Value added network
• SOHO network
• Wireless community network
Protocol stacks
Computer networks may be implemented using a variety of protocol stack architectures, computer buses or combinations of media and protocol layers, incorporating one or more of:
• ARCNET
• AppleTalk
• ATM
• Bluetooth
• DECnet
• Ethernet
• FDDI
• Frame relay
• IEEE 802.11 aka Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi certification)
• IEEE-488
• QsNet
• RS-232
• System Network Architecture
• Token Ring
• TCP
• USB
• UDP
Layers
By scale
• Personal area network (PAN)
• Local area network (LAN)
o HomePNA
o Power line communication (HomePlug)
• Metropolitan area network (MAN)
• Wide area network (WAN)
By functional relationship
• Active Networking (Low-level code movement versus static data)
• Client-server
• Peer-to-peer (Workgroup)
By network topology
• Bus network
• Star network
• Ring network
• Mesh network
• Star-bus network
• Storage area networks
• Process control networks
• Value added network
• SOHO network
• Wireless community network
Protocol stacks
Computer networks may be implemented using a variety of protocol stack architectures, computer buses or combinations of media and protocol layers, incorporating one or more of:
• ARCNET
• AppleTalk
• ATM
• Bluetooth
• DECnet
• Ethernet
• FDDI
• Frame relay
• IEEE 802.11 aka Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi certification)
• IEEE-488
• QsNet
• RS-232
• System Network Architecture
• Token Ring
• TCP
• USB
• UDP
Layers
| OSI model | TCP/IP model |
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Data transmission
Wired transmission
• Public switched telephone network
o Modems and dialup
• Dedicated lines – leased lines
• Time-division multiplexing
• Packet switching
• Optical fiber transmission
o Synchronous optical networking
o Fiber distributed data interface
Wireless transmission
• Short range
o Bluetooth
• Medium range
o IEEE 802.11
• Long range
o Satellite
o SMDS
o Mobile phone data transmission (channel access methods)
Other
• Computer networking device
o Network card
• Naming schemes
• Network monitoring
