D Review Questions

I. Briefly discuss about the light sources used in optical communication,

2. Discuss about the losses in optical communication.
3. What do you understand by term transmission media? Name various types of transmission media lIsedin
communication.
4. Define guided transmission media and explain advantages of twisted pair cable over open wire cable.
S. Explain the working principle of twisted pair cable and describe the various types of twisted pair cable.
5. Write the advantages and disadvantages of twisted pair c ble.
6. Explain the working principle of coaxial cable. Write the advantages and disadvantages of coaxial cable
over twisted pair cable.
~. Explain the working principle of optical fibre cable. Write the adv .mrages of optical fibre cable over coani
cable and twisted pair cable.
7. What is the purpose of cladding in an optical fibre. Discuss its density relative to core.
8. Explain the various types of propagation modes in optical fibre cable.
II. Write the advantages and disadvantages of optical fibre cable.
9. Compare the various types of guided transmission media.
10. Define the term unguided transmission media and explain various types of it.
11. Compare the various types of unguided transmission media.
12. What do you understand by term transmission impairment in transmission media?
13. Explain various types of transmission impairments.
14. What is delay distortion'? How it affects the data rate of channel'.'
15. Define and explain Shannon limit theorem.
16. What is the maximum data rate of channel? Explain the theorems related to it.
17. Describe the characteristics of the following transmission media. Give their limitations also:
(i) Twisted pair
(ii) Wireless