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VO
Communication
Networks
Note:
It
is
not
allowed
to
use
any
material
(slides,
notes,
etc.)
in
the
exam.
This
document
provides
example
questions
as
exercise
for
the
final
exam.
A.
Basics
1. What
is
the
major
advantage
of
packet
switching
over
circuit
switching?
2. Name
3
multiplexing
techniques.
B.
Link
Layer
1. What
is
the
task
of
the
Link
Layer?
2. Given
is
a
link
layer
medium
with
very
high
error
rates.
Would
you
use
a
checksum
or
a
CRC
to
protect
the
data
transmission?
3. Explain
the
4
different
delay
types
that
can
occur
in
a
network.
4. Given
is
the
following
graph.
Draw
a
spanning
tree
of
the
graph.
5. How
does
slotted
ALOHA
work?
6. Given
is
a
slotted
ALOHA
network
with
3
senders.
The
states
in
the
following
Markov
Chan
represent
the
number
of
backlogged
senders
k.
Draw
all
possible
state
transitions
as
arrows
in
the
graph.
C.
Network
Layer
1. What
does
the
end-to-end
principle
say?
2. How
does
traceroute
work?
3. Firewalls:
What
is
the
difference
between
stateful
and
stateless
packet
filtering?
4. IPv6:
How
does
Stateless
Address
Autoconfiguration
(SLAAC)
work?
5. IPv6:
Given
is
the
IPv4
Header.
Mark
(with
an
x)
which
fields
have
been
completely
removed
(and
not
substituted
by
other
fields)
in
the
IPv6
header.
D.
Routing
1. Given
is
the
following
tree
of
shortest
paths
from
v1.
Is
this
also
a
minimum
spanning
tree?
4. Dijkstra:
Given
is
the
following
network.
Start
node
is
A.
Which
distances
will
be
changed
in
the
next
step?
E.
Transport
Layer
1. What
is
the
difference
between
flow
control
and
congestion
control?
2. Name
the
5
key
components
of
TCP
reliable
transfer.
3. How
does
Go-back-N
work?
4. Which
formula
can
be
used
to
calculate
the
TCP
throughput
(simple
model
by
Matt
Mathis)?
F.
Measurements
1. What
is
the
difference
between
active
and
passive
measurements?
2. What
is
an
IP
darkspace?
3. A
source
sends
a
lot
of
probe
packets
to
one
destination
address
and
one
port
number.
How
can
you
detect
this
using
entropy
estimation?
G.
Smart
Grid
Communication
1. What
is
a
Phasor
Measurement
Unit
(PMU)?
2. Which
protocol
is
used
to
provide
secure
communication
from
a
device
in
the
wide
area
network
and
a
Smart
Metering
Gateway?
VO Communication Networks - Exercise Tanja Zseby
H.
Future
Internet
Technologies
1. What
is
the
basic
idea
of
Locator/Identifier
Split?
2. What
problems
occur
if
you
use
TCP
to
communicate
to
a
host
on
Mars?