Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

PSG College of Technology

Course code: 18LC27

Course name: Communication Protocols for IoT

Course Outcome: 1

Three mark questions

1. State the purpose of Internet of Things

2. What is manufactured normalcy?
3. Mention the challenges in design of IoT applications.
4. Define Postel’s Law.
5. What is meant by Graceful degradation?
6. Draw the packet format of IPv4 addressing.
7. State the differences between IPv4 and IPv6.
8. Write various forms of representing IPv6 address.
9. What are the two types of IP address assignment?
10. State the commands used to find the MAC address.
11. What is the significance of first 6 digits in the MAC address?

Seven mark questions

1. Explain the design concepts used for the Internet of Things using suitable examples
2. State the purpose of APIs. Describe widely used APIs for IoT applications.
3. Describe the addressing modes supported by IPv4 using suitable diagrams.
4. Mention the limitations of IPv4.
5. Explain the IPv6 addressing modes.
6. Explain the two types of IP address assignment using suitable diagrams.
7. Write the significance of TCP and UDP ports
8. What is BOOTP? What are the limitations of BOOTP and how it is overcome with
DHCP?
9. Why do we need POP3 or IMAP4 for accessing electronic mail?
10. Difference between hierarchical name-space and flat name-space
11. Highlight the functioning of file transfer protocol (ftp)

Fifteen mark questions

1. Elaborate on the address types used in IPv6.

2. Describe the significance of Domain Name Service.
3. Write in detail about the application layer protocols.
4. What is DHCP? Explain its various operations along with packet format.