Emerging Wireless Technologies and the Future Mobile Internet
RF Cafe Quiz #39

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1.  According to a NSF Wireless Mobile Planning Group report, how is the usage scenario for Individual Wireless Devices Interfacing with the Internet classified?

a)  Ad hoc Nets

b)  Mobile Computing

c)  Server Nets

d)  All the above

2.   According to a NSF Wireless Mobile Planning Group report, how is the usage scenario for Constellation of Wireless Devices classified?

a)  Ad hoc Nets

b)  Mobile Computing

c)  Server Nets

d)  All the above

3.   According to a NSF Wireless Mobile Planning Group report, how is the usage scenario for Pervasive Systems and Sensors Networks classified?

a)  Ad hoc Nets

b)  Mobile Computing

c)  Server Nets

d)  All the above

4.  What does the IEEE 802.11 WAVE Task Group specification cover?

a)  Wired asynchronous volumetric environment communications

b)  Data exchange between high speed vehicles and roadside infrastructure

c)  Transmission exploiting the wave nature of EM propagation

d)  Integrated WiFi and Bluetooth communication

5.  What is the function of a protocol's MAC layer?

a)  Frequency spectrum control

b)  Data packet formatting

c)  Allocation of bandwidth according to subscriber fee structures

d)  Brokering of channel access between contending devices

6.  A Delay/Disruption Tolerant Network (DTN) might use what part of the network?

a)  Low earth orbit satellite (LEOS)

b)  Fixed terrestrial access point

c)  Motorcycle

d)  All the above

7.  What is the name given to a scheme that uses interface components to translate data at the boundaries of large networks?

a)  Transnet

b)  Homonet

c)  Gluenet

d)  Heteronet

8.  Which of these components might make up a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)?

a)  Environmental sensors

b)  Proximity sendors

c)  Low power radios

d)  All the above

9.  What is a major limitation of Software Defined Radio (SDR) in cognitive radio networks?

a)  Latency

b)  Cost

c)  Availability

d)  All the above

10.  Which factor(s) is(are) unique to wireless environments versus wired environments?

a)  Environmental dependency

b)  Bit rates and error rates are time varying

c)  User random access

d)  All the above

 

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