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Electronic Packaging - MAE 478

Homework #7
(Submission on SAKAI preferred; can also submit in class or email assignment to
LSAXENA@rci.rutgers.edu)

1. Compare digital and analog signal transmission; what are the advantages of one over
the other?
2. What happens to an electrical signal as it travels over a distance?
3. Describe the most common traditional telecommunication access to a typical home?
4. Is the traditional telephone connection to the typical home analog or digital?
5. Where is digital transmission used in the traditional telephone network?
6. How does one use a single physical medium to send multiple signals simultaneously?
7. Where is optical communication used in the telephone network?
8. Provide a list of optical components that are used in opto-electronic networks.
9. Compare the performance requirements of Voice and Data Networks.
10. How do digital technologies offer increased capacity over analog technologies?
11. How do digital technologies offer increased security over analog technologies?
12. What are the key differences between the traditional telephone (voice) networks and
the newer IP (data) networks?
13. What is Voice over IP?
14. How does the cordless phone differ from the cellular phone?

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