Cues1 WhaL ls neLwork? WhaL ls Lhe need or advanLages of neLworklng? Ans A neLwork ls an lnLerconnecLed collecLlon of auLonomous compuLers A neLwork faclllLaLe resource sharlng lncreased rellablllLy reduced cosLs and lncreased fasL communlcaLlon Cues2 WhaL ls Lhe geographlcal scope of LAn MAn WAn? Cr WhaL are Lhe dlfferenL Lypes of neLworks? Ans Cn Lhe basls of geographlcal spread neLworks can be classlfled lnLo Lhree caLegorles 1 LAn (Local Area neLwork) 1hese are compuLer neLworks conflned Lo locallzed area such as an offlce or a facLory 2 MAn (MeLropollLan Area neLwork) 1hese are Lhe neLwork LhaL llnk compuLer faclllLles wlLhln a clLy 3 WAn (Wlde Area neLwork) 1hese are neLworks spread over large dlsLances say across counLrles or even conLlnenLs lL can even lnclude a group of LAns connecLed LogeLher Cues3 WhaL do you mean by neLwork Lopology? WhaL are Lhe mosL popular Lopologles Ans 1he paLLern of lnLerconnecLlon of nodes ln a neLwork ls called 1opology MosL popular Lopologles are sLar bus rlng and Lree SLar 1opology ln Lhls Lopology each worksLaLlon ls dlrecLly llnked Lo a cenLral node uevlces can be plugged and unplugged Lo Lhe cenLral node as need dlcLaLes Any communlcaLlon beLween Lhe sLaLlons musL pass Lhrough Lhe cenLral node 8us 1opology ln Lhls Lopology all devlces on neLwork are connecLed Lo a slngle conLlnuous cable Called a bus 1ransmlsslon from any sLaLlon Lravels Lhe lengLh of Lhe bus ln boLh dlrecLlons and can 8e recelved by all oLher sLaLlons When Lhe daLa packeL reaches aL elLher end Lhe LermlnaLor on 1haL end absorbs Lhe slgnal removlng lL from Lhe bus 8lng 1opology A LAn uslng Lhe rlng Lopology ls connecLed ln a closed loop 1he daLa packeLs 1ransmlLLed clrculaLe along Lhe rlng AfLer Lhe packeL reaches lLs desLlnaLlon address and Lravels a full clrcle lL ls removed aL Lhe source sLaLlon 1ree 1opology ln Lhls Lopology Lhe neLwork ls shaped as an lnverLed Lree wlLh Lhe cenLral rooL 8ranchlng and sub branchlng Lo Lhe exLremlLles of Lhe neLwork Cues4 Clve Lwo advanLages and dlsadvanLages of Lhe followlng Lopologles ln neLwork (l)8us (ll) SLar (lll) 8lng (lv) 1ree Ans (l) 8us 1opology AdvanLages ShorL cable lengLh and slmple wrlLlng layouL 8eslllenL ArchlLecLure Lasy Lo exLend ulsadvanLages laulL dlagnosls ls dlfflculL laulL lsolaLlon ls dlfflculL 8epeaLer ConflguraLlon (ll) SLar 1opology AdvanLages lL has a number of concenLraLlon polnLs 1hey provlde easy access for servlce or reconflguraLlon of Lhe neLwork Cne devlce per connecLlon Slmple access proLocols (lv) 8lng 1opology AdvanLages ShorL Cable LengLh no wlrlng closeL space requlred ulsadvanLages node fallure causes neLwork fallure ulfflculL Lo dlagnose faulLs neLwork reconflguraLlon ls dlfflculL (v) 1ree 1opology AdvanLages SlmulaLes hlerarchlcal flow of daLa Lasy Lo exLend ulsadvanLages Long cable lengLh 8ooL dependency Cues3 WhaL ls Lhe dlfference beLween ackeL SwlLchlng and Message SwlLchlng 1echnlque? C8 name Lwo swlLchlng clrculLs and explaln any one Ans ackeL SwlLchlng WlLh message swlLchlng Lhere ls no llmlL on block slze ln conLrasL packeL SwlLchlng places a LlghL upper llmlL on block slze Message swlLchlng ln Lhls form of swlLchlng no physlcal cooper paLh ls esLabllshed ln advance 8eLween sender and recelver lnsLead when Lhe sender has a block of daLa Lo be senL lL ls sLored ln flrsL swlLchlng offlce Lhen forwarded laLer one [ump aL a Llme Cues6 ulfferenLlaLe beLween lnLerneL and lnLraneL Ans 1he lnLerneL ls a world wlde neLwork of compuLer neLworks around Lhe globe lnLerneL uses a seL of roLocols called 1C/l lnLerneL ls noL owned by anybody Cn Lhe oLher hand lnLraneL ls neLwork whlch ls prlvaLely owned lnLraneL also uses same seL of roLocols as lnLerneL Cues7 WhaL ls modem? WhaL ls lLs funcLlon? Ans A modem ls a compuLer perlpheral LhaL connecLs a worksLaLlon Lo oLher worksLaLlons vla Lelephone llnes and faclllLaLes communlcaLlons lL ls shorL form for ModulaLlon/ uemodulaLlon Modem converLs dlglLal slgnals Lo A/l (audlo frequency) Lones whlch are ln Lhe frequency range LhaL Lhe Lelephone llnes can LransmlL and also lL can converL LransmlLLed Lones back Lo dlglLal lnformaLlon Cues8 Pow ls 1LLnL1 servlce of lnLerneL useful? Ans 1elneL Lhe mosL wldely used remoLe loglc program ln Lhe world ls used Lo exLracL Lhe raw power of lnLerneL uslng LelneL a sLudenL ln uelhl can access a server aL Amerlca A ma[or chunks of sclenLlsLs on Lhe lnLerneL are accesslng and uLlllzlng Lhe power of super compuLers by LelneLlng Cues9 Clve one advanLage and dlsadvanLage of opLlcal flbre cable and coaxlal cable used ln communlcaLlon Ans CpLlcal llbre Cable AdvanLages lL ls free from elecLrlcal nolse and lnLerference ulsadvanLages lL ls an expenslve communlcaLlon medlum Coaxlal Cable AdvanLages lL provldes a cheap means of LransporLlng mulLl channel Lelevlslon slgnals around meLropollLan areas ulsadvanLages 1he Lhlcker Lhe cable Lhe more dlfflculL Lo work wlLh Cues10 ueflne Lhe followlng (a) roLocol (b) PosLlng (c) 8epeaLer (d) 8rldge (e) 8ouLer (f) CaLeway (g) CSM (h) CuMA (l) WLL ([) 3C (k) LuCL (l) cookles (m) P1ML (n) xML (o) uP1ML (p)1C/l (q)hub (r)swlLch (s)LLherneL (L)LLherneL card (u)8!43 (v)P11 (w)l1 (x) llrewall Ans (a) roLocol A proLocol means Lhe rules LhaL are appllcable for a neLwork (b) PosLlng web hosLlng ls a means of hosLlng web server appllcaLlons on a compuLer sysLem Lhrough whlch elecLronlc conLenL on Lhe lnLerneL ls readlly avallable Lo any web browser cllenL (c) 8epeaLer8epeaLer ls a neLwork devlce LhaL ampllfles and resLores slgnals for longdlsLance Lransmlsslon (d) 8rldge A brldge ls a neLwork devlce LhaL esLabllshes an lnLelllgenL connecLlon beLween Lwo local neLworks wlLh Lhe same sLandard buL wlLh dlfferenL Lypes of cables (e) 8ouLer A rouLer ls a neLwork devlce LhaL ls used Lo separaLe dlfferenL segmenLs ln a neLwork can handle dlfferenL proLocols (f) CaLeway lL ls a neLwork devlce LhaL connecL dlsslmllar neLworks (g) CSM Clobal sysLem for moblle communlcaLlon ls a Lechnlque LhaL uses narrowband 1uMA(Llme dlvlslon mulLlple access) Lo allow elghL slmulLaneous calls on same radlo frequency (h) CuMA Code dlvlslon mulLlple access ls a dlglLal cellular Lechnology LhaL uses spread specLrum Lechnlque Spread specLrum ls a Lechnlque ln whlch daLa ls senL ln small pleces over a number of dlscreLe frequencles avallable for use (l) WLL Wlreless Local Loop ls a sysLem analogous wlLh local Lelephone servlce LhaL provldes Lelephony by deploylng a mulLlpllclLy of mulLlchannel Lranscelvers ([) 3C lL ls a speclflcaLlon for Lhlrd generaLlon of moblle communlcaLlons Lechnology 3g promlses bandwldLh of upLo 384 kbps when a devlce ls sLaLlonary 128 kbps ln a car and 2 Mbps ln flxed appllcaLlons (k) LuCL Lnchanced uaLa raLes for Clobal LvoluLlon ls a radlo based hlgh speed moblle daLa sLandard LhaL allow daLa Lransmlsslon speeds of 384 kbps Lo be achleved when all elghL LlmesloLs are used (l) Cookles Cookles are messages LhaL a web server LransmlLs Lo a web browser so LhaL Lhe web server can keep Lrack of Lhe user's acLlvlLy on a speclflc web slLe (m) P1ML Pyper 1exL Markup Language ls a documenL layouL and hyperllnk speclflcaLlon language used for creaLlng web pages (n) xML xML ls a markup language for creaLlng documenLs conLalnlng sLrucLured lnformaLlon (o) uP1ML uynamlc Pyper 1exL Markup Language refer Lo web conLenL LhaL ls dynamlc le changes each Llme lL ls vlewed (p) 1C/l (1ransmlsslon conLrol proLocol/ lnLerneL proLocol) ls Lhe mosL commonly used proLocol on lnLerneL LhaL ensures rellable endLoend communlcaLlons across Lhe lnLerneL (q) Pub A hub ls a hardware devlce used Lo connecL several compuLers LogeLher (r) SwlLch A swlLch ls a devlce LhaL ls used Lo segmenL neLworks lnLo dlfferenL subneLworks called subneLs or LAn segmenLs (s) LLherneL LLherneL ls a LAn archlLecLure developed by xerox corp ln assoclaLlon wlLh uLC and lnLel LLherneL uses bus or sLar Lopologles and can supporL daLa Lransfer raLes of upLo 10 Mbps (L) LLherneL Card 1he compuLers LhaL are parL of LLherneL have Lo lnsLall a speclal card called LLherneL card An LLherneL card conLalns connecLlons for elLher coaxlal or LwlsLed palr cables (or boLh) Some LLherneL cards also conLaln an Aul connecLor (u) 8!43 (8eglsLered !ack43) ls an elghL wlre connecLor whlch ls commonly used Lo connecL compuLers on LAnS especlally LLherneLs (v) P11 (Pyper 1exL 1ransfer roLocol) ls a proLocol LhaL conLrols how web servers and web browsers communlcaLe wlLh one anoLher lL ls also responslble for Lransferrlng hyperLexL le comblnaLlon of LexL audlo vldeo graphlcs anlmaLlons lmages hyper llnks eLc on Lhe web (w) l1 (llle 1ransfer roLocol) ls used wldely on lnLerneL for Lransferrlng flles Lo and from a remoLe hosL (x) llrewall 1he sysLem deslgned Lo prevenL unauLhorlzed access Lo or from a prlvaLe neLwork ls called a flrewall Cues 11 Clve Lhe full form for Lhe followlng (a) Modem (b) lM (c) AM (d) nlS (e) nlu (f) 1A (g) SlM (h) SMS (l)bps ([)8ps (k) (l) SLl (m) C (n) lMA (o) n1 (p) SM1 Ans (a) Modem ModulaLor/uemodulaLor (b) lM lrequency ModulaLlon (c) AM AmpllLude ModulaLlon (d) nlS neLwork llle Server/ neLwork flle sysLem (e) nlu neLwork lnLerface unlL (f) 1A 1ermlnal Access olnL (g) SlM Subscrlber ldenLlLy Module (h) SMS ShorL Message Servlce (l) bps blLs per second ([) 8ps 8yLes per second (k) olnL Lo olnL roLocol (l) SLl Serlal Llne lnLerneL proLocol (m) C osL Cfflce roLocol (n) lMA lnLerneL Mall Access roLocol (o) n1 neLwork 1lme roLocol (p) SM1 Slmple Mall 1ransfer proLocol Cues12 WhaL ls Lmall? WhaL are lLs advanLages? Ans 1he Lmall (LlecLronlc mall) ls sendlng and recelvlng messages by a compuLer 1he ma[or advanLages of Lmall are 1 Lasy record malnLenance 2 WasLe reducLlon 3 Low cosL 4 lasL uellvery Cues13 Who are hackers ? who are crackers? Ans 1he crackers are Lhe mallclous programmers who break lnLo secure sysLems whereas Packers Are more lnLeresLed ln galnlng knowledge abouL compuLer sysLems and posslbly uslng Lhe knowledge for playful pranks Cues14 WhaL do you undersLand by Cyber Law? Ans Cyber Law ls a generlc Lerm whlch refer Lo all Lhe legal and regulaLory aspecLs of lnLerneL and 1he world wlde web Cues13 Pow 8rldges dlffer from repeaLers? Ans 8rldges dlffer from repeaLers ln Lhelr capablllLy of decldlng wheLher a parLlcular message ls Lo be communlcaLed on Lhe oLher slde or noL whereas a repeaLer [usL ampllfles Lhe slgnal and pass lL Lo oLher slde Cues16 ueflne Lhe followlng (a) vldeo conferenclng (b) wlreless compuLlng (c) Moblle compuLlng (d) www (e) web browser (f) web server (g) web slLe/page (h) 8aud (l) 8andwldLh Ans (a) vldeo conferenclng A Lwo way vldeophone conversaLlon among mulLlple parLlclpanLs (b) Wlreless compuLlng uaLa communlcaLlon wlLhouL Lhe use of landllnes (c) Moblle compuLlng CommunlcaLlon whereln compuLlng devlce ls noL conLlnuously connecLed Lo Lhe base or cenLral neLwork (d) www www refers Lo world wlde web lL ls a seL of proLocols LhaL allows us Lo access any documenL on Lhe neL Lhrough u8Ls (e) Web browser lL ls a web CllenL LhaL navlgaLe Lhrough Lhe world wlde web and dlsplays web pages (f) Web server lL ls a www server LhaL responds Lo requesLs made by web browsers (g) Web slLe/ page A locaLlon on a neL server ls called a web slLe A documenL LhaL uses P11 ls called a web page (h) 8aud 8aud ls Lhe unlL of measuremenL for Lhe lnformaLlon carrylng capaclLy of a communlcaLlon channel of analog Lype (l) 8andwldLh lL refers Lo Lhe dlfference beLween Lhe hlghesL and lowesL frequencles of a Lransmlsslon channel Cues17 Compare and conLrasL (l)CSS and lLCSS (ll) roprleLary sofLware and lree sofLware (lll) lreeware and Shareware Ans (l) CSS and lLCSS CSS refers Lo open source sofLware whlch refer Lo sofLware whose source code ls avallable Lo cusLomers and lL can be modlfled and redlsLrlbuLed wlLhouL any llmlLaLlon An CSS may come free of cosL or wlLh a paymenL of nomlnal charges LhaL lLs developers may charge ln Lhe name of developmenL supporL of sofLware lLCSS refers Lo free llbre and open source sofLware or Lo free Llvre and open source sofLware 1he Lerm lLCSS ls used Lo refer Lo a sofLware whlch ls boLh free sofLware as well as open source sofLware (ll) roprleLary sofLware and free sofLware roprleLary sofLware ls Lhe sofLware LhaL ls nelLher open nor freely avallable lLs use ls regulaLed and furLher dlsLrlbuLlon and modlflcaLlon ls elLher forbldden or requlres speclal permlsslon by Lhe suppller or vendor lree sofLware means Lhe sofLware ls freely accesslble and can be freely used changed lmproved copled and dlsLrlbuLed by all who wlsh Lo do so (lll) lreeware and Shareware lreeware has no clear deflnlLlon buL lL generally used for sofLware whlch ls avallable free of cosL and whlch allows copylng and furLher dlsLrlbuLlon buL no modlflcaLlon and whose source code ls noL avallable Shareware ls a sofLware whlch ls made avallable wlLh Lhe rlghL Lo redrlbuLrlbuLe coples buL lL ls sLlpulaLed LhaL lf one lnLends Lo use Lhe sofLware ofLen afLer a cerLaln perlod of Llme Lhen a llcense fee should be pald Cues18 WrlLe some advanLages and dlsadvanLages of Lhe followlng (l)1wlsLed alr cables (ll) radlo waves (lll) mlcro waves (lv) saLelllLes Ans (l) 1wlsLed alr Cables AdvanLages 1 lL ls easy Lo lnsLall and malnLaln 2 lL ls physlcally flexlble ulsadvanLages 1 lLs low bandwldLh capablllLles make lL unsulLable for broadband appllcaLlons 2 because of hlgh aLLenuaLlon lL ls lncapable carrylng a slgnal over long dlsLances wlLhouL Lhe use of repeaLers (ll) 8adlo Waves AdvanLages 1 8adlo wave Lransmlsslon offers moblllLy 2 lL offers ease of communlcaLlon over dlfflculL Lerraln ulsadvanLages 1 8adlo wave communlcaLlon ls an lnsecure communlcaLlon 2 8adlo wave propagaLlon ls suscepLlble Lo weaLher effecLs llke ralns Lhunder sLorms eLc (lll) mlcro waves AdvanLages 1 lL offers ease of communlcaLlon over dlfflculL Lerraln 2 Mlcrowaves have Lhe ablllLy Lo communlcaLe over oceans ulsadvanLages 1 8andwldLh allocaLlon ls exLremely llmlLed ln case of mlcrowaves 2 1he cosL of deslgn lmplemenLaLlon and malnLenance of mlcrowave llnks ls hlgh (lv) SaLelllLe AdvanLages 1 1he area coverage Lhrough saLelllLe Lransmlsslon ls qulLe large 2 1he heavy usage of lnLerconLlnenLal Lrafflc makes Lhe saLelllLe commerclal aLLracLlve ulsadvanLages 1 Cver crowdlng of avallable bandwldLhs due Lo low anLenna galns 2 Plgh aLmospherlc losses above 30 Chz llmlL carrler frequencles Cues19 WhaL ls Lhe lmporLance of u8L ln neLworklng? Ansu8L sLands for unlform 8esource LocaLor Lach page LhaL ls creaLed for Web browslng ls asslgned a u8L LhaL effecLlvely serves as Lhe page's worldwlde name or address u8L's have Lhree parLs Lhe proLocol Lhe unS name of Lhe machlne on whlch Lhe page ls locaLed and a local name unlquely lndlcaLlng Lhe speclflc page(generally Lhe fllename) f% Cues20 G|ve two mfor refon to hfve network ecur|ty Ans 1wo ma[or reasons Lo have neLwork SecurlLy are (l) Secrecy keeplng lnformaLlon ouL of Lhe reach of unauLhorlzed users (ll) Authent|cft|on ueLermlnlng Lhe auLhorlzed user before sharlng senslLlve lnformaLlon wlLh or enLerlng lnLo a buslness deal Cues218avya lndusLrles has seL up lLs new cenLer aL kaka nagar for lLs offlce and web based acLlvlLles 1he company compound has 4 bulldlngs as shown ln Lhe dlagram below
CenLer Lo cenLer dlsLances beLween varlous bulldlngs ls as follows Parsh 8ulldlng Lo 8a[ 8ulldlng 30 m Raj Building
Fazz Building Harsh Building
Jazz Building 8az 8ulldlng Lo lazz 8ulldlng 60 m lazz 8ulldlng Lo !azz 8ulldlng 23 m !azz 8ulldlng Lo Parsh 8ulldlng 170 m Parsh 8ulldlng Lo lazz 8ulldlng 123 m 8a[ 8ulldlng Lo !azz 8ulldlng 90 m number of CompuLers ln each of Lhe bulldlngs ls follows Parsh 8ulldlng 13 8a[ 8ulldlng 130 lazz 8ulldlng 13 !azz 8uldlng 23 e1) SuggesL a cable layouL of connecLlons beLween Lhe bulldlngs AnsLayouL 1
LayouL 2 Slnce Lhe dlsLance beLween lazz 8ulldlng and !azz 8ulldlng ls qulLe shorL
e2) SuggesL Lhe mosL sulLable place (le bulldlng) Lo house Lhe server of Lhls organlsaLlon wlLh a sulLable reason Raj Building
Fazz Building Harsh Building
Jazz Building Raj Building
Fazz Building Harsh Building
Jazz Building Ans1he mosL sulLable place / block Lo house Lhe server of Lhls organlsaLlon would be 8a[ 8ulldlng as Lhls block conLalns Lhe maxlmum number of compuLers Lhus decreaslng Lhe cabllng cosL for mosL of Lhe compuLers as well as lncreaslng Lhe efflclency of Lhe maxlmum compuLers ln Lhe neLwork e3) SuggesL Lhe placemenL of Lhe followlng devlces wlLh [usLlflcaLlon 1 lnLerneL ConnecLlng uevlce/Modem SwlLch Ans8a[ 8ulldlng (ll)ln boLh Lhe layouLs a hub/swlLch each would be needed ln all Lhe bulldlngs Lo lnLerconnecL Lhe group of cables from Lhe dlfferenL compuLers ln each block e4) 1he organlsaLlon ls plannlng Lo llnk lLs sale counLer slLuaLed ln varlous parLs of Lhe same clLy whlch Lype of neLwork ouL of LAn MAn or WAn wlll be formed? !usLlfy your answer Ans1he Lype of neLwork LhaL shall be formed Lo llnk Lhe sale counLers slLuaLed ln varlous parLs of Lhe same clLy would be a MAn because MAn (MeLropollLan Area neLworks) are Lhe neLworks LhaL llnk compuLer faclllLles wlLhln a clLy Cues22knowledge SupplemenL CrganlsaLlon has seL up lLs new cenLer aL Mangalore for lLs offlce and web based acLlvlLles lL has 4 blocks of bulldlngs as shown ln Lhe dlagram below
CenLer Lo cenLer dlsLances beLween varlous blocks 8lack A Lo 8lock 8 30 m 8lock 8 Lo 8lock C 130 m 8lock C Lo 8lock u 23 m 8lock A Lo 8lock u 170 m 8lock 8 Lo 8lock u 123 m 8lock A Lo 8lock C 90 m number of CompuLers 8lack A 23 8lock 8 30 Block A
Block C Block B
Block D 8lock C 123 8lock u 10 e1) SuggesL a cable layouL of connecLlons beLween Lhe blocks Ans (Any of Lhe followlng opLlon)LayouL CpLlon 1
LayouL CpLlon 2 Slnce Lhe dlsLance beLween 8lock A and 8lock 8 ls qulLe shorL
e2) SuggesL Lhe mosL sulLable place (le block) Lo house Lhe server of Lhls organlsaLlon wlLh a sulLable reason Ans1he mosL sulLable place / block Lo house Lhe server of Lhls organlsaLlon would be 8lock C as Lhls block conLalns Lhe maxlmum number of compuLers Lhus decreaslng Lhe cabllng cosL for mosL of Lhe compuLers as well as lncreaslng Lhe efflclency of Lhe maxlmum compuLers ln Lhe neLwork e3) SuggesL Lhe placemenL of Lhe followlng devlces wlLh [usLlflcaLlon 1 8epeaLer Pub/SwlLch Anslor LayouL 1 slnce Lhe cabllng dlsLance beLween 8locks A and C and LhaL beLween 8 and C are qulLe large so a repeaLer each would ldeally be needed along Lhelr paLh Lo avold loss of slgnals durlng Lhe course of daLa flow ln Lhese rouLes
Block A
Block C Block B
Block D Block A
Block C Block B Block D
lor layouL 2 slnce Lhe dlsLance beLween 8locks A and C ls large so a repeaLer would ldeally be placed ln beLween Lhls paLh
(l) ln boLh Lhe layouLs a hub/swlLch each would be needed ln all Lhe blocks Lo lnLerconnecL Lhe group of cables from Lhe dlfferenL compuLers ln each block
LayouL 1
Block A
Block C Block B
Block D 8epeaLer 8epeaLer Block A
Block C Block B
Block D Repeater Block A
Block C Block B
Block D 8epeaLer 8epeaLer Pub Pub Pub Pub LayouL 2
e4) 1he organlzaLlon ls plannlng Lo llnk lLs fronL offlce slLuaLed ln Lhe clLy ln a hllly reglon where cable connecLlon ls noL feaslble suggesL an economlc way Lo connecL lL wlLh reasonably hlgh speed? Ans1he mosL economlc way Lo connecL lL wlLh a reasonable hlgh speed would be Lo use radlo wave Lransmlsslon as Lhey are easy Lo lnsLall can Lravel long dlsLances and peneLraLe bulldlngs easlly so Lhey are wldely used for communlcaLlon boLh lndoors and ouLdoors 8adlo waves also have Lhe advanLage of belng omnl dlrecLlonal whlch ls Lhey can Lravel ln all Lhe dlrecLlons from Lhe source so LhaL Lhe LransmlLLer and recelver do noL have Lo be carefully allgned physlcally