Thursday, 12 January 2017

Differences Between Synchronous and Asynchronous Transmission

  • In Synchronous Transmission data is transferred in the form of frames on the other hand in Asynchronous Transmission data is transmitted 1 byte at a time.
  • Synchronous Transmission requires a clock signal between the sender and receiver so as to inform the receiver about the new byte. Whereas, in Asynchronous Transmission sender and receiver does not require a clock signal as the data sent here has a parity bit attached to it which indicates the start of the new byte.
  • Data transfer rate of Asynchronous Transmission is slower than that of Synchronous Transmission.
  • Asynchronous Transmission is simple and economic whereas, Synchronous Transmission is complex and expensive.
  • Synchronous Transmission is efficient and has lower overhead as compared to the Asynchronous Transmission.

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