T316 Final Review

Questions

Summer 2020-2021
Session06 Questions:
• Compare between path and link protection in the optical networks?
• Mention four types of failures in the optical networks?
• List protection schemes types in the optical networks?
• Explain and draw logical diagram of an OXC device?

Session07 Questions:
• Mention the drawbacks of On-Off Keying modulation techniques?
• What is meant by multiple access and what distinguishes multiple access
from multiplexing?
• List only four of the benefits of OFDM?
• Mention the two practical problems in radio transmission? And how to solve
these problems?
• Calculate the spectral efficiency for an old 56K internet connection modem
that can transfer 56,000 bit/s downstream and 48,000 bit/s upstream over an
analog telephone network and the frequency range is limited to between 300
hertz and 3,400 hertz?
• Consider an OFDM system with 52 subcarriers including 48 pilot sub-
carriers. The system bandwidth is 20MHz and the duration of the OFDM
symbol including the cyclic prefix is 4μs. Find the data rate, if the code rate
is 3/4 and 64 QAM is used?

Session08 Questions:
• Regarding radio waves spectrum, explain the concept of interference?
• What are the main factors that contribute to the characteristics of radio
propagation?
• Compare between CSMA/CA and contention free periods approaches used
in wireless networks?
• Calculate the period of a radio wave whose frequency is 2 GHz.
• Calculate the frequency of a radio wave whose period is 4 ms.
• Calculate the wavelength of yellow light emitted from a sodium lamp if the
frequency is: 5.10x1014 Hz
• Explain the hidden station problem that can occur in a wireless network and
how to solve this problem?

Session09 Questions:
• Mention only four characteristics for the Wireless Sensor networks?
• List some of the fields in which WSN is used and some of their applications?
• What are the key design principles of WSN?
• In a wireless sensor network, explain and draw components of a sensor node?

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• Explain with examples four different ways which can be applied for energy
efficient routing in WSN?

Session10 Questions:
• Compare between WiMax and LTE?
• Mention the 4G characteristics?
• Compare between 4G and 5G?
• What issues are solved with HetNet?
• What are the main benefits of introducing SON functions into cellular
networks?
• List advantages and disadvantages of centralized and distributed SON
architecture?

Session11 Questions:
• What are the main components that contribute to a big data infrastructure?
• Briefly explain the essential characteristics of cloud computing?
• Mention benefits for cloud computing?
• List components of IoT instance?
• Compare between Cloud and FOG computing?

Session12 Questions:
• What are the general limitations of traditional network architectures which
addressed by The Open Networking Foundation (ONF)?
• Mention the characteristics of Software-Defined Networking (SDN)?
• What are the functions performed by the centralized routing application in
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)?
• Briefly explain what is meant by Virtual Machine?
• Explain and draw types of VMM?
• What are the differences between VMM types?
• What are the main benefits of NFV?

Best Wishes
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