NRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Course: B-Tech (R20) Branch: IV CSD& IT Mid-I

Subject: Data Communications

Unit-I
1) What is Data communication and Explain different C1104.1, L1 KNOWLEDGE,
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component in Data Communication systems? L2COMPREHENSION
2) Explain difference between OSI layers and TCP/IP C1104.1,
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protocol suite? L2COMPREHENSION
3) a)Explain about the 802.11 Architecture. C1104.1, L1 KNOWLEDGE,
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b) Explain the working of Multiple Access Protocols. L2COMPREHENSION
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4) What is the network topology and Explain about it? 5M
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Unit-II
1) b) Explain the difference between flow control and error C1104.2, L1 KNOWLEDGE,
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control L2COMPREHENSION
2) What is the need of Flow control? Describe the stop &
wait protocol.
b) In the Hamming code for a data unit of ‘m’ bits, how do
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you compute the
number of redundant bits ‘r’ needed? Explain with an
example.
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3) What is ALOHA? Compare different ALOHA protocols. 5M
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4) What is data streaming explain with an example A bit
stream 10011101 is transmitted using the standard CRC

method. The generator polynomial is x3+1. Show the actual bit

string transmitted. Suppose the third bit from the left is inverted 5M C1104.2, L3 APPLICATION
during transmission. Show that this error is detected at the

receiver end.

UNIT-III
1) Explain the shortest path routing algorithms used in computer
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networks.

2) Explain Distance Vector routing algorithm with an example. 5M C1104.3,L2COMPREHENSION