r5321301 Computer Networks
r5321301 Computer Networks
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Code :R5321301 R5
III B.Tech II Semester(R05) Supplementary Examinations, April/May 2011
COMPUTER NETWORKS
(Electronics & Control Engineering, Computer Science & Systems Engineering, Electronics &
Computer Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE questions
All questions carry equal marks
1. (a) Dierentiate between computer network and distributed system.
(b) What are the important goals achieved through networking?
(c) Explain about the four main applications of the Internet.
2. (a) Compare and contrast RZ and bipolar AMI.
(b) Dierentiate between optical ber and coaxial cables.
3. (a) How will you determine the performance of stop & wait protocol?
(b) What is piggybacking? What are its advantages?
(c) A upper layer message is split into 10 frames, each of which has a 80 percent chance of arriving
undamaged. If no error control is done by the data link protocol, how many times must the
message be sent on the average to get the entire thing through?
4. (a) Discuss about MAC addresses.
(b) Explain about a bit-map collision free protocol.
5. (a) What is Multicasting. How it is dierent from broadcasting. How do you construct a multicast
tree. Explain with an example.
(b) What are the applications of multicasting.
6. (a) How congestion is controlled in ATM?
(b) Explain ATM LAN emulation.
7. (a) Sequence number and ACK number eld are present in TCP segment. Is it bytes or segments
that are numbered? Is it the individual bytes or segments that are acknowledged? Explain in
detail how TCP uses sequence numbers and ACK numbers.
(b) How ow control is achieved using window size eld of TCP segment?
(c) Why TCP uses port number eld in its header?
8. (a) What is public key cryptography? What are the necessary conditions for public key cryptography?
(b) Explain RSA algorithm with example.
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