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Homework #1 - CSIS 625 - Fall 2002 - Section 1
Due Week 4 (Sept 30, 2001) by classtime
Email this document with your answers filled in to droelke@stthomas.edu

Define the following:
1) Bandwidth:
2) Network:
3) Tarriff:
4) Protocol:
5) ILEC:
6) Simplex Transmission:
7) Bus Network:
8) Dispersion:
9) PCM:
10) FM: 
Short Answer:
11) Compare a "pure mesh" network  with a generic mesh network.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of each.
12) List the 7 OSI layers and describe each briefly:
13) What is bit rate, what is baud rate and how are they related?
14) With a given bandwidth, which digital-to-analog encoding technique gives the highest bit rate and why? (Emphasis on why)
15) Explain the benefits and problems of multi-mode fiber vs. single-mode fiber.
16) Compare Serial and Parallel transmission modes with advantages and disadvantages of each.