COMPUTER NETWORKS:

PROBLEMS:
1. Draw a bar chart to compare the different downloading data rates of common modems.
2. What type of topology is used when customers in an area use DSL modems for data
transfer purposes? Explain.
3. Calculate the minimum time required to download one million bytes of information using
a cable modem (consider the minimum rates)
4. When we have an overseas telephone conversation, we sometimes experience a delay.
Can you explain the reason?
5. What is the minimum number of cells resulting from an input packet in the AAL5 layer?
What is the maximum number of cells resulting from an input packet?
6. What is the difference between a HARD HANDOFF and a SOFT HANDOFF?
7. What is the relationship between a base station and a mobile switcher center?
8. Find the efficiency of the GSM protocol in terms of simultaneous calls per megahertz of
bandwidth. In other words, find the number of calls that can be made in 1-MHz
bandwidth allocation.
9. Answer the following questions:
a. What is the polynomial representation of 101110 ?
b. What is the result of shifting 101110 three bits to the left?
c. What is the result of shifting 101110 four bits to the right?
d. Repeat part C using polynomials.
10. Which of the following g(x) values guarantees that a single-bit error is caught? For each
case what is the error that can be caught?
a. X + 1
b. X3
c. 1