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GANPAT UNIVERSITY
U.V.PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Semester-Branch: 2nd Semester
Subject Name: 2CE202 Basics of Communication System
Draw a hybrid topology with a star backbone and three ring networks.
Draw a hybrid topology with a ring backbone and two bus networks.
Draw a hybrid topology with star backbone and having one bus topology, one ring
topology and one star topology.
For n devices in a network, what are the number of cable links required for a mesh,
ring, bus, and star topology?
Compare the telephone network and the Internet. What are the similarities? What are
the differences? When a party makes a local telephone call to another party, is this a
point-to-point or multipoint connection? Explain your answer.
For each of the following four networks, discuss the consequences if a connection
fails. Five devices arranged in a
a) Mesh topology,
b) Star topology (not counting the hub),
c) Bus topology,
e) Ring topology.
What is an internet? What is an Intranet?
Why are protocols needed?
Why are standards needed?
What is the maximum number of characters or symbols that can be represented by
Unicode?
A color image uses 16 bits to represent a pixel. What is the maximum number of
Different colors that can be represented?

SUBMIT ON OR BEFORE 2/2/15