NETWORKS AND INFORMATION SYSTEM 1 (MID TERM TIPS)

Tutorial 1
Key elements of communication model. (10 marks)
Source
o This devices generates the data to be transmitted (e.g.: telephone, personal
computer)
Transmitter
o Transform and encodes the information in such a way as to produce
electromagnetic signal that can be transmitted across some sort of transmission
system.
Transmission System
o This can be single transmission line or complex network connecting source
and destination
Receiver
o Accepts the signal from the transmission system and converts it into a form
that can be handled by the destination device
Destination
o Takes the incoming data from receiver.
Define the following transmission terminology (give examples) (10 marks)
a. Simplex
Signals transmitted in one direction (e.g. television)
b. Half duplex
Both stations transmits, but only one at a time (e.g. radio)
c. Full duplex
Simultaneous transmissions (e.g. telephone)
Data Signals
Entities that conveys meaning within a
computer or computer system
Electric or electromagnetic impulses used to
encode and transmit data
Example:
Computer files, music on CD, results from a
blood gas analysis machine
Example:
Telephone conversation, web page
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Loss of Signal Strength (3 marks)



-8 dB + 10 dB + (-7 dB) = -5 dB
Given the message Hello, Goodbye, show the decimal arithmetic checksum that will be
generated (3 marks)
Transmitting Digital Data with Digital Signal (15 marks) each data 3 marks


Tutorial 3
Phase Shift Keying (draw 2 phases) 4 marks
Tutorial 4
Show the sequence of Start Bit and Stop Bit, - NoiSe (5 marks)
No.11 (10 marks)
X
Y Z
-8 dB
+10 dB
-7 dB