Part -A
Components of a Data Communication System.
Multiplexing. types.
its power is increased 10 times, given that 𝑃2=10𝑃1. Calculate the amplification (gain
A signal travels through an amplifier, and
(i)
of power) in decibels (dB) for this case.
(ii) its power is reduced to one-half. Given that P2=0.5P1, calculate the attenuation (loss of
power) for this case
Assuming even parity, find the parity bit for each of the following data units.
a. 110001 b. 0110000 c.1001011 d. 0001100 e. 1000000 f. 1110111
Identify the class
a. [Link] b. [Link]
RIP
services provided by the network layer
purpose of the sliding window protocol
compare TCP and UDP.
DNS
fundamental characteristics of a Data Communication System.
spread spectrum
Hamming distance for codewords?
a. d (10000, 00000)b. d (10101, 10000)
Redundancy.
Convert the following IP addresses to binary notation:
a. [Link] b. [Link]
compare IPv4 and IPv6
Compare Distance Vector Routing and Link State Routing
functions of the transport layer
congestion control.
data communication.
Data Flow and Representation
Differences between analog and digital signals.
error detection
binary IP addresses to dotted-decimal notation:
a. 01011110 10110000 01110101 00010101
b. 10001001 10001110 11010000 00110001
Subnetting
flow control
services provided by the application layer.
Part -B
1. TCP/IP layers functions. Compare and contrast the OSI Model and TCP/IP Model
2. Multiplexing and its types in detail.
3. Different types of transmission media
4. Factors that affect the performance of a network
5. various types of networks with examples
6. spread spectrum techniques: FHSS and DSSS.
7. Analog to Digital Signal representation, Transmission impairments, Bit rate, Signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR) impact
8. Network Topologies.
9. key components of a data communication system. Discuss how each component contributes
to effective communication. differentiate between point-to-point and multipoint
communication systems with examples.
10. Given the dataword 101001111 and the divisor 10111, demonstrate the generation of the CRC
codeword at the sender site using binary division.
11. encoder and decoder work for single parity check.
12. types of errors in data transmission
13. types of controlled access protocols
14. CSMA/CD and CSMA/CA
15. various types of CSMA protocols (1-persistent, non-persistent, p-persistent)
16. functioning of CSMA. How does it differ from ALOHA?
17. types of channelization techniques
18. stop-and-wait protocol with neat diagram
19. First host ID, Broadcast address and network address for the first three networks , the given
address is [Link]/20
20. Assume that you’re the network administrator, the organization needs 50 networks. Find the
First host ID, Broadcast address and network address for the first three networks , the given
address is [Link]
21. Classful and Classless IP addressing.
22. IPv4 header format
23. transition techniques from IPv4 to IPv6
24. IPv6 header format
25. Packet switching techniques
26. Using the link-state routing algorithm, find the optimal route for the given network with Root
nodeA.
27. All the routers use the distance vector based routing algorithm to update their routing tables.
Find Initial routing table
Find the updated routing table for R1 to R6
Find the Minimum Distance between Node R1 to Node R6
28. Intra domain & Inter domain protocols in detail
29. HTTP and also discuss how HTTP works
30. explain sliding window protocol
31. UDP works and its datagram format
32. SMTP
33. File transfer Protocol (FTP)
34. Domain Name System (DNS) works
35. segment & header format of TCP
36. Transport Layer services ensure reliable data transfer in a network
37. In Stop and wait protocol every 4th packet is lost and we need to send total 10 packets so how
many transmission it took to send all the packets
38. In a Go-Back-N protocol with a window size of 4, determine the total number of
transmissions required if every 6th packet is lost and 10 packets need to be sent