2 SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS, KIIT UNIVERSITY MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION C703; COMPUTER & COMMUNICATION NETWORK (CCN) 7” Sem (ETC & EEE) Full Marks: 25 Time: 2 Hours Answer any FIVE questions including question No.1 which is compulsory. The figures inthe margin ‘indicate full marks. Candidates are required to give their answers in thelr own words as far as practicable and make necessary assumption as & when necessary. The symbols used below have their “usual meanings No.1. Answer the following (3 «10= 5] (@). Why collision detection is not possible in Wireless Local Ares Network? Mention two Teasons. (0). Explain in brief the fundamental difference between virtual packet switching & Circuit switching, (©).State the necessity of 48-bit jam signal, transmitted after detection of collision in, 802.3 ethernet, ° : (@).What will the the content of HLEN field in IPV4 datagram, when the base Header is followed by two optional headers (4 bytes each). (©). What is sub-netting? Outline its advantages. (®. State the limitation of bit-map implementation of statistical multiplexing. Can you suggest any method to overcome that shortcoming? (@.A Go-Back- N-ARQ implementation uses 1000 bit frames & the sliding window size as 8. Determine the link utilization efficiency, for a 10 Mbps link with 2 ms link delay. (Q). Define character stuffing, Where it is used? @. The minimum size of the Ethernet frame has to be 512 bits (including header). State the reason. (D. You have studied ‘various random access MAC mechanisms. Can you predict the scenarios where these protocols will give better/poor performance? O.No2._ (23+23 a) State the necessity of Statistical Multiplexing in packet switched networks? Explain through a. suitable example, Also outline the basic difference between Synchronous TDM & Statistical TDM. . b) Explain in your words the basic characteristics of any layering architecture, Briefly, explain in your words the responsibilities of Layer? & Layer4 in a TCP/IP layering ‘architecture.