OVERVIEW:
More recently (2003), the term point-to-point communications relates to wireless data communications for Internet or Voice over IP via radio frequencies in the multi-gigahertz range. It also includes technologies such as laser for communications but in all cases expects that the transmission medium is line of sight and capable of being fairly tightly beamed from transmitter to receiver.
The telecommunications signal is typically bi-directional, either time division multiple access (TDMA) or channelized.
There is a definition for Point-to-Point communication:
· “COMPLETION” of the communication means that memory location used in the message transfer can be safely accessed:
-send: variable send can be reused after completion
-receive: variable received can now be used
FEATURES:
· Comunication between two process
· Source process sends message to destination process
· Destination process recieves the message
· Comunication takes place between within a communicator
· Destination process is identified by its rank in the communicator
APPLICATIONS:
· Security systems
· Television remote control
· Cellular telephone
· Wireless energy transfer
· Computer interface devices