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Homework - CSIS 625 - Spring 2002 - Oelke
Due Week 4 (Feb 19, 2001) by classtime

Define the following:
1) Bandwidth:

2) Network:

3) Protocol:

4) Half-Duplex:

5) Star Network:

6) Dispersion:

7) PCM:

8) QAM:

9) Serial Transmission: 

10) Parallel Transmission: 

11) DTE:

12) DCE:

Short Answer:
13) List the 7 OSI layers and describe each briefly:

14) What is bit rate, what is baud rate and how are they related?

15) With a given bandwidth, which digital-to-analog encoding technique gives the highest bit rate and why? (Emphasis on why)

16) Choose 3 digital to analog encoding methods and compare them to one another giving weaknesses and strengths of each.

17) Explain the benefits and problems of multi-mode fiber vs. single-mode fiber.