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• Transmission media and encoding techniques—Transmission media are <strong>the</strong><br />

combination of <strong>the</strong> OSI Layer 1 transmission medium and <strong>the</strong> OSI Layer 2<br />

transmission pro<strong>to</strong>col.<br />

• Network <strong>to</strong>pologies—The star, bus, and ring transport medium (OSI Layer 1)<br />

configurations.<br />

• Network transmission pro<strong>to</strong>cols (OSI Layer 2)—These are responsible for<br />

transmission signaling and framing used in transmitting signals across <strong>the</strong><br />

transmission medium.<br />

• Network communication pro<strong>to</strong>cols (OSI Layer 3)—These are responsible for<br />

packaging (in<strong>to</strong> datagrams) and delivering data between hosts connected <strong>to</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> inter<strong>network</strong>.<br />

• Network connection hardware—The passive and active electromechanical<br />

elements used <strong>to</strong> relay OSI Layer 2 and OSI Layer 3 data packets.

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