Deck 24: Wireless Broadband Providers

Question 1

The two protocols that have dominated the cellular airways are ________ and ________.

Answer 1

CSMA and GSM

Question 2

The two standards groups that have emerged over the past few years to define how cellular broadband and other services work are ________ and ________.

Answer 2

3GPP and 3GPP2

Question 3

The ITU has developed a comprehensive 3G standard that encompasses both transmission protocols.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

At this time the 3GPP alliance has standardized on the ________ and the 2GPP2 group has standardized on ________, both recognized by the ITU overall standard.

A) UMTS, CDMA2000
B) CDMA2000, UMTS
C) 2G, 3G
D) 3G, 3G.
E) Both a and d .
F) Both b and c
G) Both b and d.
H)Both a and d

Question 5

The standard that led to the 3G cellular standard was called, ________.

Question 6

The next generation cellular standard after 3G is called ________.

Question 7

TDMA is the strongest contender in the market today.

Question 8

CDMA is the strongest contender in the market today.

Question 9

GSM systems today primarily deploy CDMA as the method for multiplexing information into a cell.

Question 10

The three portions of the 3G network are:

A) Distribution Point to Head-end, wireless to phone
B) Mobile access portion to BTS, BTS to BSC, BSC to MSC
C) Mobile Phone Access, Access Network, Metro Network, Core Network
D) Wireless device to local Access Point, Access Point to microwave hub, microwave hub to MSC
E) a and b
F) b and c
G) None of the above

Question 11

The terms WiFi and WIMAX refer to the same types of networks.

Question 12

The Wi-Fi network has become one of the leading technologies in short hop applications such as LANs and local campus or neighborhood deployments.

Question 13

The WiMax network refers to a longer haul network that is used to aggregate multiple hot spots tied to Wi-Fi networks.

Question 14

BlueTooth is a competing protocol to Wi-Fi.

Question 15

Connecting to a WiFi network requires the computing device has a:

A) Router interface
B) Wireless PCMCIA card
C) Wireless USB interface
D) PCMCIA card and special so
E) Ethernet RJ35 interface.
F) a, b, and c
G) b and c
H)b, c, and e
I)All of the above
J)None of the above

Question 16

The unlicensed microwave frequencies used by WiFi and WiMax networks is the ________Hz frequencies.

Question 17

The WiFi and WiMax network uses the unlicensed microwave frequencies.

Question 18

The term Hot Spot is used to describe a location with wireless connectivity such as that deployed at a coffee house, within a school etc.

Question 19

WiMAX network is touted as a ________ sight and a ________ sight.

Question 20

The WiMAX protocol is defined by the IEEEE as 802________.

Question 21

The WiMax standard uses the OFDM protocol which stands for ________.