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The document contains 15 questions about data communications and computer networks for an assignment. The questions cover topics like the layers of the OSI reference model, the differences between network layer, transport layer, and data link layer, the differences between routers and gateways, calculating data rates and bandwidth requirements, and analyzing signals in both the time and frequency domains. Students are asked to define terms, compare concepts, calculate technical specifications, and draw signal diagrams.

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Data Comm Assignment-1

The document contains 15 questions about data communications and computer networks for an assignment. The questions cover topics like the layers of the OSI reference model, the differences between network layer, transport layer, and data link layer, the differences between routers and gateways, calculating data rates and bandwidth requirements, and analyzing signals in both the time and frequency domains. Students are asked to define terms, compare concepts, calculate technical specifications, and draw signal diagrams.

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DATA COMMUNICATIONS CE-307

ASSIGNMENT # 1

DUE DATE: 21st , November 2022

Question 1: Name the seven layers of the OSI Reference Model. Why did the creators of the OSI
Reference Model decide to have seven layers? Can you propose a better reference model for
computer networks? Find four other models that have been proposed for the same purpose other
than the OSI reference model.

Question 2: Is the network layer implemented in hardware or software and why is it done that
way?

Question 3: Compare and contrast between the transport layer and the data link layer.

Question 4: What is the difference between a router and a gateway?

Question 5: Name the highest layer on which each one of the following entities operates:

1. Four Port Token Ring Bridge


2. Modem
3. FTP Server
4. FTP Client
5. Net meeting Software
6. Network Interface Card
7. Router
8. Internet Explorer
9. Ethernet Switch
10. Ethernet Hub

Question 6: If a binary signal is sent over a 4 kHz telephone channel whose signal to noise ratio
is 30 dB, what is the maximum achievable data rate?

Question 7: Television channels are 6 MHz wide. How many bits/sec can be sent if 8 level
digital signals are used? Assume a noiseless channel.

Question 8: Given a channel with an intended capacity of 25 Mbps. The bandwidth of the
channel is 4 MHz What signal to noise ratio is required in order to achieve this capacity?

Question 9: Suppose that a digitized television picture is to be transmitted from a source that uses
a matrix of 1600 by 1200 picture elements (pixels), where each pixel represents one of 65,536
colors. Assume that 30 pictures (frames) are sent per second.

(a) Find the data rate R of the source in bits per second.
(b) Assume that the picture is to be transmitted over a 10 MHz channel with channel capacity
equal to the data rate required for the signal. If M-ary signaling is to be used to accommodate the
video signal on the channel what smallest value of M is required?

Question 10: [For part (a) and (b) consult text book]

(a) Imagine a Signal travels through a transmission medium and its power is reduced to half.
Calculate the attenuation (loss of power) in dB?
(b) Imagine a Signal travels through an amplifier and its power is increased 10 times. Calculate
the amplification (gain of power) in dB?
(c) We can calculate the theoretical highest bit rate of a regular telephone line. A telephone line
normally has a bandwidth of 3000Hz (300Hz to 3300Hz). The Signal-to-Noise ratio is usually
35dB. For this channel calculate the highest bit rate? If we want to send data faster than this,
what can we do?

Question 11: We measure the performance of a telephone line (4 KHz of bandwidth). When the
signal is 20V, the noise is 6mV. What is the maximum data rate supported by this telephone
line?

Question 12: What is the total delay (latency) for a frame of 10 million bits that is being sent on a
link with 15 routers each having a queuing time of 2ms and the processing time of 1ms? The
length of the link is 3000Km. The speed of the light inside the link is 2x10m/s. The link has a
bandwidth of 6 Mbps. Which component of the total delay is dominant? Which one is
negligible?

Question 13: A non-periodic composite signal contains frequencies from 10 to 40 KHz. The peak
amplitude is 12V for the lowest and the highest signals and is 30V for the 20 KHz signal.
Assuming that the amplitudes change gradually from the minimum to the maximum, draw
frequency spectrum.

Question 14: What is the bandwidth of a signal that can be decomposed into five sine waves with
frequencies at 0, 30, 40, 120, and 300Hz? All peak amplitudes are the same. Draw the
bandwidth.

Question 15: Why do we transform and study the signal from Time domain to Frequency
Domain? Explain the advantages of Frequency Domain

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