This document discusses different types of communication media, including guided and unguided media. Guided media, also called bounded media, directly links communication devices through cables or physical pathways like twisted pair wires, coaxial cables, and fiber optic cables. Unguided or wireless media transmits data through the air using antenna in either directional beams or omni-directionally. The document provides details on advantages and disadvantages of each type of guided media.

1. INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
PRESTIGE
Sandeep Kumar
Singh
Presentation
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2. Introduction
Types Of Communication Media
Guided Media
-advantage and disadvantage
Unguided Media
-advantage and disadvantage

3. What is Communication Media?
A path through which data is
transmitted from one place to
another is known as Communication
media.
The method or tools in which information can
be exchange and communication can be
facilitated.
Example telephone,e-mail,web-
site,messaging etc

5. Guided Media
communication devices are directly linked with each
other via cables or physical media is called Guided
media.
guided media is also called Bounded media.
 The examples of guided or bounded media are:
Twisted pair wire
Coaxial cable
 Fiber optic cable

6. 1. Twisted pair cable: -
It consists of two identical 1 mm thick copper wires
insulated and twisted together. The twisted pair
cables are twisted in order to reduce crosstalk and
electromagnetic induction.
Advantages:
(i) It is easy to install and maintain.
(ii) It is very inexpensive
Disadvantages:
(i) It is incapable to carry a signal over long
distances without the use of repeaters.
(ii) Due to low bandwidth, these are unsuitable for
broadband applications.

7. 2. Co-axial Cables:
It consists of a solid wire core surrounded by one
or more foil or braided wire shields, each
separated from the other by some kind of plastic
insulator. It is mostly used in thecable wires.
Advantages:
(i) Data transmission rate is better than twisted
pair cables.
(ii) It provides a cheap means of transporting
multi-channel
television signals around metropolitan areas.
Disadvantages:
(i) Expensive than twisted pair cables.
(ii) Difficult to manage and reconfigure.

8. 3. Optical fiber: -
An optical fiber consists of thin glass fibers that
can carry information in the form of visible light.
Advantages:
(i) Transmit data over long distance with high
security.
(ii) Data transmission speed is high
(iii) Provide better noise immunity
(iv) Bandwidth is up to 10 Gbps.
Disadvantages:
(i) Expensive as compared to other guided media.
(ii) Need special care while installation?

9. Unguided media relates to data transmission
through the airand is commonly referred to as
wireless.
 The transmission and reception of data is carried
out using antenna.
There are two main ways that antenna work:
 Directional (in a beam)
 Omni directional (all around)