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Hyderabad Campus
Second Semester 2010-2011
Course Title
Course Number
Test
Time
: Communication Networks
: ECE C394
: Test-1 (Closed Book)
: 8.00 8.50 AM
Max Marks : 60
Date: 19/02/11
Day: Saturday
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Q3.
a. Give two features that the data link layer and transport layer have in common
(3M)
b. Give two features in which data link layer and transport layer differ
(3M)
c. Can a connectionless datagram service be provided by a connection oriented network? Give
reasons
(4M)
Q4. Calls arrive at a rate of 2 calls per minute to a 50 trunk telephone exchange. Each call is on
an average lasts for 25 minutes. You may assume Poisson process for the traffic.
a) What is the offered load in Erlangs by the callers.
(2M)
b) Find the blocking probability for this system. You may use the following judiciously. (6M)
(2M)
Q5. In a Selective Repeat ARQ with frame length of nf and channel bit error rate of pb,
a. Find the optimum frame length that maximizes the transmission efficiency for a given bit
error rate.
(6M)
b. Find the optimum frame length for 1Mbps channel with 10ms reaction time, 25 Byte
overhead, 25 Byte ACK frame and pb = 10
-5
(4M)
Source
A/V
Terminal
1km
1000km
Switch1
10Mbps
1000km
Switch 2
45Mbps
1km
Switch 3
45Mbps
10Mbps
Destinati
on A/V
Terminal