KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Trimester : 1st Trimester 2016
Course code : BBIT 242/CISY 231
Course Title : Telecommunication Networks
Date Due : 24th February 2016
Instructor : J. Mbogholi
Email : john.mbogholi@kemu.ac.ke

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions
2. Your work should be typed in new times roman-font size 12 and 1.5 spacing page
justified.
3. Give references of your work; use APA format
4. Cut and paste/plagiarized work will not be graded
5. Late assignment will not be accepted for marking
6. All assignments should go through the odlm office.

Lecture Notes: Notes are available at http://www.kemu.ac.ke/elearn :

Username: labuser Password: L@buser1
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1. Describe the following terminologies and give an example of each:
a. Frequency Division Multiplexing (4 marks)
b. Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing (4 marks)

2. a. Describe the two major types of packet switching services. (4 marks)

b. List two advantages and two disadvantages of packet switching. (4 marks)

3. Packet distribution networks are also known as X.25 or public data networks. Briefly
explain how these networks operate and why they are also called or known as value-
added networks. (5 marks)

4. a. How would you differentiate an X.25 network from a Frame relay network? (3
marks)
b. Which type of error correction and error detection methods are used by frame
relay networks? Further name one area where these types of networks are used.
(3 marks)
c. What is the name given to the transmission interface/specification for high speed
digital transmission over optical fiber? List two designations of this standard
giving the data rate for each designation. (3 marks)