Exam 5: Physical Layer Standards

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Which layer of the OSI reference model permits the devices on the network to hold ongoing communications across the network?

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What are two safeguards used by 802.11n that can protect against interference caused by channel bonding? (Choose two.)

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A numeric value called a ____________ is assigned to a frequency range since using frequency range values can become tedious.

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IEEE has divided the ____ layer into two sublayers: Logical Link Control (LLC)and Media Access Control (MAC).

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Narrowband transmissions require significant power for the signal to be transmitted because the signal must exceed the ____________________,or the total amount of outside interference,by a substantial margin.

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A 1 Mbps transmission rate is achieved by sending a single symbol every microsecond.

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At which layers of the OSI model do 802.11 wireless LANs function? (Choose all that apply.)

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OFDM sends the transmission in parallel across several channels.

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In FHSS,the amount of time needed to move from one frequency to another is the ____ time.

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Which of the following are enhancements of the 802.11n standard?

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List three advantages of spread-spectrum transmissions over narrowband transmissions.

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Which system is preferred for 802.11 WLANs that operate at speeds in excess of 11 Mbps?

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Match each term with the correct statement below.
a delay built-in into the receiver to allow for late-arriving symbols
quadrature phase shift keying
an IEEE 802.11a error correction technique that transmits a secondary copy along with the primary information
colocation
the process of sending multiple signals simultaneously
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
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a delay built-in into the receiver to allow for late-arriving symbols
quadrature phase shift keying
an IEEE 802.11a error correction technique that transmits a secondary copy along with the primary information
colocation
the process of sending multiple signals simultaneously
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
sharing a frequenct band between similar devices
FHSS
an IEEE 802.11a modulation technique that increases the amount of data encoded to 250 Kbps per channel
multiplexing
the difference between the upper and lower frequencies
guard interval
a proprietary transmission scheme used to double the effective rate of an 802.11a network
bandwidth
a modulation technique that splits a single high-speed digital signal into several slower signals running in parallel
Forward Error Correction
a modulation technique that uses a range of frequencies that change during the transmission
turbo mode
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Name and describe the fields that make up a PLCP frame?

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What are the two sublayers that the OSI Physical layer is broken into with the IEEE model?

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DSSS makes it possible to share the frequency with similar devices by assigning each device a unique chipping code,a function known as what?

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Which sublayer of the Physical layer reformats data received from the MAC layer when transmitting?

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The amount of time that a transmission occurs on a specific frequency is called the ____________________ time.

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From top to bottom,list the 7 layers of the OSI model.

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What is a disadvantage of narrowband transmissions?

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