Telecom Switching
Important Questions.
Q1. What is telecommunication? Describe the ISO reference model for open system
interconnection in detail.
Q2. Define local, junction and trunk networks.
Q3. Describe different Network Configurations. Make a comparison of bus and ring
networks.
Q4. Describe dB, dBm ,dBW, dBr and dBmo. Express the following power ratios in
decibels:
(1) 2.0 (2) 4 (3) 10 (4) 100
Q.5 An amplifier has an input resistance of 600 ohms and a resistive load of 75 ohms. When
it has an r.m.s. input voltage of 100 mV, the r.m.s. output current is 20mA. Find the
gain in dB.
Q.6 (a) What is meant by multiplexing, discuss the TDM in detail.
(b) A newspaper of 30 pages contains 310 Mbits of data. Its contents are to be sent from
the editorial office to the printing plant over a data link. How long does this take at the
following data rates.
1) 64 Kbps
2) 2 Mbps
3) 140 Mbps
Q7. (a) What is meant by switching? What are the functions that all switching systems
must perform.? Discuss in detail.
(b) Describe the following terms:
1. Progressive control
2. Common control b
3. Conditional selection
Q8. (a) Discuss the crossbar switching system in detail.
(b) Describe the different distribution frames used in telephone exchange.
Q9.(a) What is traffic Engineering? Discuss the unit of traffic in detail.
(b) During the busy hour, 1200 calls were offered to a group of trunks and 6 calls
were lost. The average call duration was 3 minutes. Find:
i. Traffic offered
ii. Traffic carried
iii. Traffic lost
iv. Grade of service
v. Total duration of the periods of congestion.
Q10. (a) What is meant by grading? Discuss the design of progressive grading in detail.
(b) Design a two-stage network for 20 outgoing routes( 10 trunks on each) and for 10
outgoing routes (20 trunks on each)
Q11. (a). Explain space and time switches.
(b) Describe the sequence of operations for a simple telephone call between two
customers
(c) What are the main functions of operating system in telephone exchange.
Q12(a) What is PCM? Sketch the frame format of PCM 32 and explain it.
(b) Briefly explain common channel signaling and DTMF.
Q13.Write short notes on any three of the following:
1. PDH
2. SDH
3. Multiplexer mountain
4. BORSCHT
5. FDM
6. Delay & Lost call system