Birla Institute of Technology (BIT Mesra) 2007 INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES (EA ZC451 ) - Question Paper

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

Distance Learning Programmes Division

Second Semester 2006-2007

Mid-Semester Test

(EC-1 Regular)



Course No. : EA ZC451

Course Title : INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES

No. of Pages = 1

No. of ques. = seven
Nature of examination : Closed Book

Weightage : 40%

Duration : two Hours

Date of examination : 04/02/2007 (AN)

Note:

1. Please follow all the Instructions to Candidates provided on the cover page of the ans book.

2. All parts of a ques. should be answered consecutively. every ans should begin from a fresh page.

3. Mobile phones and computers of any type should not be brought inside the exam hall.

4. Use of any unfair means will outcome in severe disciplinary action.



Q.1. elaborate the goals of Proxy caching? [5]

Q.2. discuss the 4 basic Principles for the guaranteed QoS. [5]

Q.3. discuss Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) with proper explanation and diagrams. [6]

Q.4. elaborate the major differences ranging from the structure of the Internet and the structure of public voice telecommunications networks? What implications do these differences have for the design of communications protocols and standards? Illustrate your ans with examples. [8]

Q.5. Consider an application in which a stored multimedia file is going to be streamed from a client to a server. In this situation functionality appears in multiple layers of the protocol stack.

a) fault handling.

b) Flow control. [4 + four = 8]

Q.6. discuss the MPEG-4 standard and its use. [4]

Q.7. describe the features and functionality of RTSP Protocol. [4]

Earning:   Approval pending.