Worksheet 13

CH – 1

COMPUTER NETWORKING

Q1. What is Bluetooth transmission technology? How is it useful? What are its
drawbacks?

Ans. Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard used for exchanging data between fixed and
mobile devices over short distances using short-wavelength.

Uses of Bluetooth transmission technology:-

1. Transfer Files between Two Devices.

2. Play Multiplayer Games over Bluetooth.

3. Connect Different Devices.

Drawbacks of Bluetooth transmission technology:-

➨One of the big disadvantages of Bluetooth is security. This is due to the fact that it operates on
Radio frequency and hence can penetrate through walls. It is advisable not to use it for critical
business or personal data transfer.
➨As Homer technology operates on same frequency, It has interference from it.
➨The bandwidth is lower compare to Wi-Fi.
➨Battery usage is more compare to the condition when Bluetooth is powered OFF.

Q2. Explain Wi-Fi transmission technology?

Ans. Wi-Fi is the name of a wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide
wireless high-speed Internet and network connections. Wi-Fi networks have no physical wired
connection between sender and receiver by using radio frequency technology -- a frequency
within the electromagnetic spectrum associated with radio wave. 

Q3. What are the advantages of Wi-Fi?

Ans. Advantages:

 With WiFi Router you can connect to the multiple modern day devices at once.
 You can access internet anywhere (where the signals are available).
 You can expand the network with using Wi-Fi Extenders.
 You can save the cost of cables and can access internet easily.
Q4. What are the advantages of Wi-Fi?

Ans. Disadvantages:

 Wi-Fi network speed is not powerful as the cable network.

 Signal depends on the distance and the interference walls and other objects.

Q5. What are the differences between infrared, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi in data
transmission?
Ans.
BLUETOOTH: Bluetooth is a low powered 2.4 GHz frequency radio liaison technology. In
other words, Bluetooth devices use microwave within the range of 2.4 to 2.485 GHz to
communicate with other devices, using low powered signals, which limit its range to
approximately 10 meters. Moreover they transmit at a lower data rate which is usually
within a few Megabits per second (Mbps)

Bluetooth devices send signals using “Frequency Hopping”, meaning devices will use a
small “channel” of the frequency within 2.4 - 2.485 GHz, send a signal then jump to a
variegated “channel” in a specific pre-defined order every couple microseconds. This allows
multiple devices to work in the same zone as variegated devices will have a variegated
sequence to the hops.

WI-FI: Wi-Fi, unlicensed bands (read: free-for-use), similar to Bluetooth uses the 2.4 GHz
frequency, and moreover 5 GHz. In fact, Bluetooth can interfere with 2.4 GHz WI-Fi
devices and stupefy the total efficiency and bandwidth of a Wi-Fi signal.

Wi-Fi functions with higher power, tent distances anywhere between 20 meters to multiple
miles or kilometers (using special antennas). It moreover has higher data rates, which can
range anywhere between 1 Mbps to 700 Mbps, depending on standard, technology, and
other factors.

Bluetooth hardware is cheaper, smaller, and less power consuming to manufacture

compared to Wi-Fi. Hence, depending on the using of the device, manufacturers will decide
whether Bluetooth or Wi-Fi is increasingly suitable for its function.

INFRARED: Infrared, is much increasingly variegated compared to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Infrared uses, as the name infers… the infrared spectrum of light. It is basically red light
which is not visible to our human eyes. Unlike radio waves, infrared cannot pass through
walls and other obstructions, so the applications are usually limited to devices that are
within Line-Of-Sight or where light can travel.

Data rates on infrared are much lower so it is typically used for signaling purpose rather
than transferring of information.