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Code No: V3224/R07 III B. Tech - II Semester Regular, Examinations, April/May 2011 COMPUTER NET WORKS (Common to CSE, IT, E.COMP.E) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ***** 1. (a) Write any four reasons for using layered protocols. (b) List two ways in which the OSI reference model and the TCP/IP reference model are the same and list in which they differ. (c) What is the principle difference between CO communication and CL communication. Explain 2. (a) With an example, explain the importance of sequence number for acknowledgements. (b) Frames of 1000 bits are sent over a 1-Mbps-satellite channel. Acknowledgements are always piggybacked onto data frames. The headers are very short. Three-bit sequence numbers are used. What is the maximum achievable channel utilization for (i) Stop-and-wait (ii) Go-back n.(iii) Selective repeat. 3. (a) Explain any two elementary data link protocols. (b)A bit string, 0111101111101111110, needs to be transmitted at the data link layer. What is the string actually transmitted after bit stuffing? (c) Compare and contrast flow control and error control. 4. (a) Describe the static channel allocation in LANs and MANs. (b) Explain Bit-Map and Binary Countdown collision-free protocols. 5. (a) Explain Berkeley socket primitives for TCP. (b) Briefly explain the concept of Addressing in TL. 6. (a) Briefly discuss about the ways network can differ. (b) Explain in detail Firewall operation. 7. (a) List and explain the socket primitives used in Berkeley UNIX for TCP. (b) Explain the TCP connection management. 8. Write short notes on the following: (a) MIME (b) Audio compression (c) DNS (d) Voice over IP

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Code No: V3224/R07 III B. Tech - II Semester Regular, Examinations, April/May 2011 COMPUTER NET WORKS (Common to CSE, IT, E.COMP.E) Max. Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ***** 1. (a) Compare and contrast the OSI and TCP/IP reference models. (b) Describe Wide Area Networks. (c) Write short notes on Arpanet. 2. (a) What is the significance of the twisting in twisted-pair cable? (b) Explain in detail the Batcher-Banyan ATM switch. 3. (a) Discuss the design issues of data link layer? (b) Explain the sliding window protocol with a neat sketch? 4. (a) Compare and contrast IEE 802.4 and IEE 802.5 Frame formats. (b) Explain MAC sub layer functions. 5. (a) Describe the optimality principle of routing algorithms. (b) Explain the drawbacks of distance vector routing algorithm. (c) Explain the shortest path routing with an example. 6. (a) Discuss the various reasons for congestion. Differentiate between open loop and closed loop congestion control. (b) Explain the BGP protocol for exterior gateway routing in Internet. 7. Explain the following with reference to Transport layer: (a)Flow control (b) Buffering 8. (a) What is the use of DNS? Explain how it works? (b) Write short notes on Digital signature

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Code No: V3224/R07 III B. Tech - II Semester Regular, Examinations, April/May 2011 COMPUTER NET WORKS (Common to CSE, IT, E.COMP.E) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ***** 1. (a) Explain Novell NetWare Reference model. (b) How do the layers of the internet model correlate to the layers of the OSI model. (c) What is a peer to peer process? 2. (a) Write the advantages of optical fiber over twisted-pair and coaxial cables. (b) Write the differences between message switching and packet switching. (c) Why does ATM uses small and fixed length cells? 3. (a) Explain in detail the operation of slotted Aloha? (b) Explain 802.3 frame format with a neat sketch 4. (a) Briefly explain the Network Layer design issues. (b) Compare and contrast datagram Vs Virtual circuit subnets. 5. (a) Compare virtual circuit and datagram subnets. (b) Explain link state routing in detail. 6. (a)Describe route discovery in detail. (b) What are the differences between classful addressing and classless addressing in IPv4. (c) Explain the token bucket congestion control algorithm. 7. (a) Briefly discuss the differences between various AAL protocols. (b) Why does UDP exist? Explain the features of UDP. 8. (a)What is SNMP? Briefly discuss the SNMP model components. (b) What is e-mail? Briefly discuss about the User Agent.

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Code No: V3224/R07 III B. Tech - II Semester Regular, Examinations, April/May 2011 COMPUTER NET WORKS (Common to CSE, IT, E.COMP.E) Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80 Answer any FIVE Questions All Questions carry equal marks ***** 1. (a)List down the advantages and disadvantages of OSI reference model. Compare them with the TCP/IP model. (b) Discuss the growth of ARPANET briefly. 2. (a) What are the objectives of ISDN. Explain. (b) Explain about metropolitan area networks (MANs). 3. (a) Explain the design issues of data link layer. (b) Define piggybacking and write its uses. 4. (a) List and explain the key assumptions of dynamic channel allocation methods. (b) Sketch the Manchester encoding for the bit stream: 0001110101. (c) What is the relationship between a switch and bridge? 5. (a) Discuss the drawbacks of flooding and distance vector routing algorithms. (b) Convert the IP address whose hexadecimal representation is C22F1582 to dotted decimal notation and explain. 6. (a) Explain the congestion prevention policies at various levels. (b) What is NAT? How can NAT help in address depletion? (c) Describe the way to reassemble IP fragments at the destination. 7. (a) List the fields in the TCP header that are missing from UDP header. Give the reason for their absence. (b) Briefly explain the elements of the transport protocols. 8. (a) Explain the basic principles of cryptography. (b) What is an URL and what are its components? (c) Write short notes on Wireless Application Protocol.

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