Homework #3 ‑ CSIS 625 ‑ Spring 2001 ‑ Oelke

Due Week 10 (4/17/01) by classtime

Name:

Define the following:

1) MAC:

2) CSMA/CD:

3) Hidden Station

4) Exposed Station

5) Ethernet Runt:

6) Eye Diagram

7) VLAN

8) Circuit Switched Network

9) Packet Switched Network:

10) Virtual Circuit

11) ISDN BRI

Short Answer:

12) Describe the life of a circuit used for transferring data on a circuit switched network

13) What are strengths and weaknesses of a space division switch compared with a time division switch.

14) Compare switched virtual circuits with permanent virtual circuits. Why would a network designer use one over the other?

15) Explain what the B and D channels in ISDN are and what they are used for.