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Reg.No
Name
B.TECH. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2014
Eighth Semester
Branch: Computer Science and Engineering
CS010 804 L06 ADVANCED NETWORKING TRENDS
(Regular, 2010 Admissions)

Max: 100 marks

Duration: 3 Hrs

PART A

(Answer all questions.)

1.How does interframe gap affect the transmission of usable data?
2.What is the need for ATM networks?
3.What are the advantages of wireless LAN over the wired version?
4.What do you mean by heterogeneous mesh network?
5.What are the applications of wireless sensor networks?
[5x3=15marks]

Part B
(Answer all questions.)
6.How does the sender and receiver synchronize themselves in Ethernet ?
7.Explain the ATM cell header
8.What is the role of RTS and CTS signals in Wireless LAN?
9.How does opportunistic routing differ from a normal routing protocol?
10.What are the issues and challenges in developing a wireless sensor networks?
[5 x 5 = 25 marks]

Part C
(Answer all questions)
11.Explain the ISDN architecture.
OR
12.Explain and compare 100 Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet.

13.What are the various ATM signaling used? Briefly explain.

OR
14.What is the need for Adaptation layer in ATM? Justify with any two AAL protocols.

15. Explain the Bluetooth protocol stack.

OR
16.What are the collision avoidance methods used in IEEE 802.11

17.Explain the concept of Vehicular Mesh network.

OR
18.Describe the architecture of IEEE 802.11 s

19.Explain the data dissemination methods used in wireless sensor networks.

OR
20.Explain the wireless sensor network architecture.
[5 x 12 = 60 marks]

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