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Forouzan Ch-1

The document provides solutions to review questions and exercises related to data communication systems, covering topics such as network topologies, transmission types, and protocols. It highlights the differences between various network configurations and their advantages, as well as the characteristics of the Internet and telephone networks. Additionally, it discusses the significance of standards and the criteria for evaluating network performance.

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Forouzan Ch-1

The document provides solutions to review questions and exercises related to data communication systems, covering topics such as network topologies, transmission types, and protocols. It highlights the differences between various network configurations and their advantages, as well as the characteristics of the Internet and telephone networks. Additionally, it discusses the significance of standards and the criteria for evaluating network performance.

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Solutions to Selected Problems

CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Solutions to Review Questions and Exercises

Review Questions
1. The number of cables for each type of network is:
a. Mesh: n (n – 1) / 2
b. Star: n
c. Ring: n – 1
d. Bus: one backbone and n drop lines

2. In half-duplex transmission, only one entity can send at a time; in a full-duplex


transmission, both entities can send at the same time.
3. The general factors are size, distances (covered by the network), structure, and
ownership.
4. The five components of a data communication system are the sender, receiver,
transmission medium, message, and protocol.
5. Advantages of a multipoint over a point-to-point configuration (type of connection)
include ease of installation and low cost.
6. Standards are needed to create and maintain an open and competitive market for
manufacturers, to coordinate protocol rules, and thus guarantee compatibility of data
communication technologies.
7. The advantages of distributed processing are security, access to distributed databases,
collaborative processing, and faster problem solving.
8. We give an advantage for each of four network topologies:
a. Mesh: secure
b. Bus: easy installation
c. Star: robust
d. Ring: easy fault isolation

9. An internet is an interconnection of networks. The Internet is the name of a specific


worldwide network
10. Line configurations (or types of connections) are point-to-point and multipoint.
11. The three criteria are performance, reliability, and security.
12. A protocol defines what is communicated, in what way and when. This provides
accurate and timely transfer of information between different devices on a network.
Solutions to Selected Problems

13. We can divide line configuration in two broad categories:


a. Point-to-point: mesh, star, and ring.
b. Multipoint: bus
14. With 16 bits, we can represent up to 216 different colors.

Exercises
16. The telephone network was originally designed for voice communication; the Internet
was originally designed for data communication. The two networks are similar in the fact
that both are made of interconnections of small networks. The telephone network, as we
will see in future chapters, is mostly a circuit-switched network; the Internet is mostly a
packet-switched network.
21. In this case, the communication is only between a caller and the callee. A dedicated
line is established between them. The connection is point-to-point.
24. Unicode uses 32 bits to represent a symbol or a character. We can define 232 different
symbols or characters.
25. This is a LAN. The Ethernet hub creates a LAN as we will see in Chapter 13.
26. Theoretically, in a ring topology, unplugging one station, interrupts the ring.
However, most ring networks use a mechanism that bypasses the station; the ring can
continue its operation.
27. In a bus topology, no station is in the path of the signal. Unplugging a station has no
effect on the operation of the rest of the network.
28.
a. Surfing the Internet is the an application very sensitive to delay. We except to get
access to the site we are searching.
b. We normally do not expect a file to be copied immediately. It is not very sensitive to
delay.
c. E-mail is not an interactive application. Even if it is delivered immediately, it may stay
in the mail-box of the receiver for a while. It is not sensitive to delay.

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