CSCI 278 : COMPUTER NETWORKS MIDTERM EXAM ----- Spring 2005

Instructor : Seung Bae Im

 

Closed book, closed notes. Write neatly.

 

Name : _____________________________

 

1.(28 points) Describe the following terms and answer the questions.

(a)    Discuss the relationship between Signal’s bandwidth and a Channel’s bandwidth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)   What is an SAP(Service Access Points)? Give an example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)    Discuss how the bandwidth of a voice is decided to range between 300 – 3400 Hz?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)   State why the OSI Model is important?

 

 

 

 

 

(e)    Discuss the overlap of functions between ISO and ITU-T and also discuss how they cooperate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(f)     Discuss the role of IEEE in the arena of network standards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(g)    List the contents of RFCs, in other words, what kinds of information is found in RFCs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.(6 points) State the reasons why TCP/IP protocol suite is dominant(used almost everywhere, used on  almost every machine) over all other protocols including OSI protocols.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.(20 points) Describe/discuss

(a)    Bridges have “closed loop problem”. Describe the problem and state how it is solved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)   Discuss how all the generations of Ethernets(of different speeds) can coexist. Include the word, “autonegotiation in your description.

 

 

 

 

 

(c)    Describe how the CRC code works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)   Discuss the significance of the Shannon’s Law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.(20 Points) Answer the questions.

(a)    Describe the difference between Ethernet hubs and Ethernet switches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)   What is ISM(Industrial, Scientific, Medical) band? What is the restriction of the band?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)    Discuss how Full duplex Ethernet is possible using Ethernet switches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)   In 802.11 wireless Lans, there are two problems; (a) Hidden station problem (b) Exposed station problem. Describe them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.(10 points) Show a diagram which illustrates how T-1 carrier multiplexes 24 digitized voices. Also, show the calculation to derive its data rate of 1.544 Mbps. In the calculation, clearly mark each component.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.(16 points) Discuss/describe

 

(a)    Draw the protocol diagram(showing layers and sublayers) for the LAN protocols—Show at least IEEE 802.2, 802.3, 802.11.  Also clearly show the layers/sublayers on the diagram. Also discuss why IEEE divided the Data Link layer into two sublayers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)   What is “flow control”? Why do we need it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)    Describe the difference between “go-back-n ARQ” & “Selective Repeat ARQ”.