POKHARA UNIVERSITY Level: Bachelor Semester Fall Programme: BE Course: Telecommunication Year : 2002 Full Marks: 100 Time

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Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The figures in the margin indicate full marks. Attempt all the questions. 1. a) Explain the general structure of PSTN. b) What is NGN. List out the benefit of NGN. c) Explain how echos & singing occurs in telephony? How can you minimize them. 2. a) Explain Multi-protocol Level Switching (MPLS). b) Describe the frame format for E1 TDM basic frame. c) Explain (SMA/CD). 3. a) Differentiate between message switching, packet switching & circuit switching. Show a basic structure of space-Time-Space switch. b) Describe strowger switching. c) Generated HDBZ for 01100000110. 4. a) Draw block diagram of SS7. Explain its layered architecture. b) Explain frequency & space diversity techniques. c) Explain synchronization principle. 5. a) b) c) 6. a) Derive Erlang B formula for a lost call system. List out the services & application of ATM. Define GOS, smooth, rough & Random traffic. Draw ISO-OSI layered architecture & explain functions of first three layers. b) Write applications of ISDN. Explain ISDN layer three protocol. c) Explain Broadband ISDN. 7. Write short notes on: a) Jitter b) Flow control in network management c) CDMA 4 6 5 7 4 4 4+2 5 4 7 4 4 7 4 4 5 6 4

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