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Broadband Communications
1) What does ISDN stand for?
ISDN stand for Integrated Services Digital Network.
2) How many channels does an ISDN system commonly use?
ISDN system commonly use three channels: two Bearer (B) channels and one Data (D)
channel.
3) What is a Bearer (B) channel?
Digital channel used to carry ISDN data.
4) What is a Data (D) channel?
Digital channel used to carry ISDN signalling and supervisory information to the network.
5) What types of wireless systems are named in the text Broadband Communications?
There are two wireless systems: satellite and cellular.
6) Explain satellite systems.
Satellite systems require the use of a modem to maintain the upload. Downstream
bandwidht is provided via a dedicated satellite dish, connector hardware and proprietary
software.
7) Explain cellular systems.
Cellular systems use assigned radio frequencies and are based around a network of
transmitters that are arranged in a cellular network, much like cellular mobile phone
systems.
8) What types of cables are used in cable network systems?
There are two types of cables: copper coaxial and fibre infrastructure
C) Networking
47. Telecommunications infrastructure in developing countries
48. Why are some developing countries not developing their wired networks?
49. What suggests that Wi-Max and 3G are equally suitable for developing countries?
50. According to the text, what will happen to Wi-Max and 3G in the future?
51. New vocabulary from the unit.
D) Data Security
The anatomy of a virus
52. Based on Fig. 1 (Oxford English for IT, p. 124), explain how one type of virus
operates.
53. How are computer viruses like biological viruses?
54. What is the effect of a virus patching the operating system?
55. Why are some viruses designed to be loaded into memory?
56. What examples of payload does the writer provide?
A digital certificate contains information about the company operating the server, including
the server's public key.