TEL104: Telecommunications 4

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Wireless Assignment

This assignment is based on these pages from Network+ Guide to Networks:
Chapter 3, 123-132
Chapter 6, 310-320
Chapter 7, 372-378
Chapter 12, 651-652
Chapter 14, 758-761

1. Identify the wireless spectrum frequency range.
2. What type of wireless service uses a directional antenna?
3. This type of propagation uses the least amount of energy:
4. What is the downside to multipath signaling?
5. Identify two sources of wireless LAN interference.
6. One advantage of fixed wireless is:
7. Generally, to maintain the best transmission speeds stations should be within this distance to an AP:
8. Why can Access Points that connect two WLANs be up to 1000 feet apart?
9. What type of signaling method is used by 802.11a, b and g WLANs?
10. Identify the access method used by 802.11 WLANs.
11. Which wireless station scanning mode causes an access point to send a probe response?
12. Which type of wireless frames are involved in association?
13. Fragmentation occurs at the Network layer on Ethernet networks. Where does it occur on an 802.11 network?
14. The geographic range of 802.11b and g WLANs is about:
15. Identify the compatibility between 802.11a, b and g WLANs.
16. The geographic range of Bluetooth v2.0 is about:
17. This synchronizes communication in a piconet:
18. What is a hot spot?
19. The frequency range of WiMAX is:
20. The geographic range of 802.16a is about:
21. Satellite used by popular satellite ISPs usually have this type of orbit:
22. The two types of satellite Internet access service are:
23. This tool can assess the quality of a wireless signal:
24. Identify the three advantages of using a dedicated wireless testing instrument.
25. Which encryption method is specified by 802.11i?