Paper / Subject Code: 31923 / Computer Network

Duration: 3 Hrs. Total Marks : 80

N.B.: 1) Question No. 1 is Compulsory.

2) Attempt any three questions, from remaining five questions.
3) Figure to the right indicates full marks

Q.1. a) State and explain the design issues of OSI layers. 5

b) Compare the performance characteristics of coaxial, twisted pair and fiber optic 5
transmission media.
c) List the types of Error Detection and Correction techniques with the help of example. 5
d) Compare the Network layer protocols IPv4 and IPv6. 5

Q.2. a) Explain ISO-OSI reference model with diagram. 10

b) Illustrate TCP protocol for establishing a connection using 3-way handshake technique in 10
the transport layer.

Q.3. a) What is the throughput of the system both in Pure ALOHA and Slotted ALOHA, if the 10
network transmits 200 bits frames on a shared channel of 200 Kbps and the system
produces?
a) 1000 frames per second
b) 500 frames per second
b) Analyze the steps involved in Token and Leaky bucket algorithm by quoting the need and 10
benefit in the network layer with suitable diagrams.

Q.4. a) Explain Linked State Routing with the help of example. 10

b) An ISP is granted a block of addresses starting with 190.100.0.0/16 (65,536 addresses). 10
The ISP needs to distribute these addresses to three groups of customers as follows:
a. The first group has 64 customers; each need 256 addresses.
b.The second group has 128 customers; each need 128 addresses.
c.The third group has 128 customers; each need 64 addresses.
Design the subblocks and find out how many addresses are still available after these
allocations.

Q.5. a) What is Congestion control? Explain Open loop and Close loop Congestion control. 10
b) Draw and summarize the structure of HTTP request and response. 10

Q.6. Write Short Note on (Any Two) 20

(a) Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
(b) Classful and Classless Addressing
(c) Distance Vector Routing (DVR)

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[Time: 3 Hours] [Marks:80]

N.B
(1) Question no. 1 is compulsory.
(2) Attempt any 3 from the remaining questions.
(3) Assume suitable data if necessary.
(4) Figures to right indicate full marks.

Q.1 Attempt any four of the following Marks

a) What is subnetting? Compare subnetting and supernetting [5]
b) What are three reasons for using layered protocols? What is two possible [5]
disadvantages of using layered protocols?
c) Explain the count to infinity problem in detail. [5]
d) List two ways in which the OSI reference model and the TCP/IP reference model [5]
are the same. Now list two ways in which they differ.
e) 4-bit data bits with binary value 1010 is to be encoded using even parity Hamming [5]
code. What is the binary value after encoding?

Q.2 Attempt the following

a) Define guided transmission media? Illustrate with diagram the details for coaxial [10]
cable? State any 5 comparative characteristics of coaxial cable with fiber optics
and twisted pair cables.
b) Explain how collision handled in CSMA/CD? A 5 km long broadcast LAN uses [10]
CSMA has 107 bps bandwidth and uses CSMA/CD. The signal travels along the
wire at 5 × 10 8 m/s. What is the minimum packet size that can be used on this
network?

Q.3 Attempt the following

a) An organization has granted a block of addresses starting with 105.8.71.0/24, [10]
organization wanted to distribute this block to 11 subnets as follows
1. First Group has 3 medium size businesses, each need 16 addresses
2. The second Group has 4 medium size businesses, each need 32
addresses.
3. The third Group has 4 households, each need 4 addresses. Design the
sub blocks and give slash notation for each subblock. Find how many
addresses have been left after this allocation.
b) Explain classful IP addressing scheme in detail? List the advantages and [10]
disadvantages of classless IP addressing scheme.

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Q.4 Attempt the following

a) Explain the open loop congestion control and closed loop congestion control [10]
policies in detail
b) Explain the TCP connection establishment and Connection release. [10]

Q.5 Attempt the following

a) Explain the concept of sliding protocol? Explain the selective repeat protocol with [10]
example? Compare the performance of Selective repeat & Go-back-N protocol.
b) Explain the link state routing algorithm with example? [10]

Q.6 Write a short note on following

a) ARP & RARP [10]
b) DNS [10]
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(3 Hours) [Total Marks: 801

Note: (1) Question l is compulsory
(2) Solve any three questions o'il't of rcm,airting
(3) Assume suitable data wherever ne�ssary

Q.1 Solve any four 1201

(a) Explain principle differences between connection less and connection
oriented communicatipn.
(b) What is channel alloc_ation probh;m?
(c) Find the.error, il'any, in the foUowing IPv4 addresses.
(i) 22{24.7.8.20 _.· (ii) 7�-45:351.14,, . .·
(d) Diff�rentiatc between TCP and UDP: ·
(e) . on SMTP.
.Write short·,iote .

Q.2 (�)- · Describe OSl rcferei'lce model with a neai:·-diagrarn. I HI)

�_:{b) Explain differcnt framing rrtethods. (101
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Q.3 (a) .Gxplain different type� of guided thlnsmission·media in detail. [ 1 OJ
(b) .Explain sliding win(io\v protocol using sel�ctive repeat lechnique. {101
°
Q.4_ . fa) Explain Link State Routing with suitabhi: �xamplc. 1101
(b) Whaf is need of DNS and explain h(.)w DNS works? I IOI
Q.5 (:t) .Explain !Pv4 header format in detail. 1101
(bf. Explail,'ls 'f'hree WayIIan<lshalceTechniq!le in TCP. I 101
,.\ - ' .. ·'

Q.,<, �;(a) E�p!ain kakyb�cket algonthm and 2bmparc it with token bu�ket algorithm. 1101
. (b) ,.�rite shor_t:,�otes on: (�JTCP Ti r_n�rs (ii) HTFP
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Time: 3 Hours Marks: 80

Note: Q.N. 1 is compulsory. Solve any three fro 6

Ql. Solve any Four out of Five (5*4=20 marks)

a. Explain the need of layering in reference model for cornmunication and
networking?
b. Explain one bit sliding window protocol.
c. Explain IPv4 header format with diagram.
d. Differentiate between TCP and UDP.
e. What is the need of DNS? Explain DNS Name Space.

Q2. Attempt the following (l0;'2=20 marks)

a. Explain following transmission medias - Twisted Pair, Coaxial Cable (baseband
and broadband), Fiber Optic.
b. What is channel allocation problem? Explain CS MA/CD protocnl. Consider building
a CSMA/CD network running at 1 Gbps over a 1-km cable with no repeaters. The
signal speed of the cable is 200,000 km/sec. What is the minimum frame size?

Q3. Attempt the following ( 10*2=20 marks)

a. Explain Classful and Classless 1Pv4 addressing.
b. Explain TCP connection establishment and TCP connection rekase.

Q4. Attempt the following (1 o·-"2=20 marks)

a. Explain Selective Repeat Protocol for flow control.
b. Explain shortest path ( Dijkastra's Algorithm) routing algorithm.

QS. Attempt the following (10*2=20 marks)

a. A large number of consecutive IP address are available starting at 198.16.0.0. Suppose
that four organizations, A, B, C, and D, request 4000, 2000. 4000. and 8000 addresses,
respectively, and in that order. For each of these. give the lirsl IP ml dress assigned. the
last IP address assigned, and the mask in the W ..\.y.z/s notation.
b. Explain Slow-Start alg6rithm for TCP·s congestion handling pulicy.

Q6. Attempt the following ( I 0*2=20 marks)

a. Explain DHCP message format and its operation in detail.
b. Explain ARP protocol in detail.
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