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Tech II Year I Semester (R09) Regular and Supplementary Examinations, November 2012 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (Information Technology) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) Explain the M-ary encoding. (b) Describe the following network topologies: (i) Bus (ii) Star (iii) Mesh 2 (a) (b) (c) 3 (a) (b) 4 (a) (b) 5 (a) (b) 6 (a) Write short notes on: Metallic transmission lines. Transverse electromagnetic waves. Plenum cable. Write the advantages of digital transmission. Explain time-division multiplexing. Explain the following terms: (i) Electromagnetic polarization. (ii) Wave attenuation and absorption. Compare three modes of propagating electromagnetic waves. Write short notes on: C-type line conditioning. D-type line conditioning. Define the following services: (i) Available mode. (ii) Screen mode. iii) Private mode. (iv) Unavailable mode. What is meant by term false handoffs? What is the difference between no parity and ignored parity? What is checksum? Explain various methods to calculate a checksum. Explain voice-band modem block diagram with neat sketch.

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Code: 9A12302 B.Tech II Year I Semester (R09) Regular and Supplementary Examinations, November 2012 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (Information Technology) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1

What are the various types of network topology? What are the implications of having different topology? Explain metallic transmission line types with examples. Draw the block diagram of optical fiber communications system and explain. Explain time-division multiplexing with neat sketch. What is skip distance and explain it? List out the advantages of microwave radio communication. What is free space path loss? Explain telephone message-channel noise and C-message noise weighting. Where in a telephone system is the local loop? Explain the functions of digital cellular telephone system. Explain about EIA/TIA interim standard IS-54. Compute the check character for the code 39 message: *BIG FOOT*. Determine the number of hamming bits for a 13 bit data string. List and describe the four types of commands used with the Hayes AT command set.

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Code: 9A12302 B.Tech II Year I Semester (R09) Regular and Supplementary Examinations, November 2012 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (Information Technology) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) (b) (c) 2 (a) (b) 3 4 (a) (b) 5 (a) (b) 6 (a) (b) (c) 7 8 List out various standard organizations of data communications. Explain network components, functions and features. What is encapsulation and de-encapsulation? Draw and explain the equivalent circuit of a metallic transmission line. List out the advantages and disadvantages of optical fiber cables. List and describe the various frame synchronization technique. Explain the techniques of terrestrial propagation of electromagnetic waves. Describe a satellite footprint with neat diagram. Explain the operation of cordless telephone system. Describe loop resistance and how it is calculated

What significance does the co-channel reuse factor have on cellular telephone systems? What is meant by near-far effect? Describe the concept of cell splitting. Why is it used? Explain the specification and formats of various types of bar codes. List and describe the basic blocks of asynchronous voice band modem.

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Code: 9A12302 B.Tech II Year I Semester (R09) Regular and Supplementary Examinations, November 2012 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (Information Technology) Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 70 Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks ***** 1 (a) (b) 2 (a) (b) 3 (a) (b) 4 (a) (b) 5 (a) (b) (c) (d) 6 (a) (b) 7 (a) (b) 8 Explain various network topologies with neat diagrams. Define analog modulation. Describe phase analog modulation. Write notes on multi mode step-index optical fiber. Write the comparisons of optical fiber. Explain dynamic range in digital transmission. Describe the operation of fractional T carriers. Describe a satellite foot print. Explain the terms FDMA, TDMA, CDMA. Explain the terms: Single frequency interference. Frequency shift. Phase intercept distortion. Peak to average ratio. Explain the changed scenarios of cellular telephone. Describe AMPS control channels. Compare the features of various data communication character codes. Explain the term character synchronization. What are two classifications of voice band modems? List the features provided by them.

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