1. Midterm Exam #1 Review Exam time is Feb. 14th during class time.
The first homework and prior two quiz will be covered.
Necessary formulas will be provided in the exam (but without explanation of notations).
You need to compute out the final numerical results in your answer. Do not simply write down the formula as your answer.
You can bring a calculator (no computer, iPhone, etc)
The numbers in exam are easy to compute without computing of log10() or log2() using calculator

2. Question Types Knowledge questions
True or false statement (explain why)
Calculations

3. Knowledge Question Examples
What is the relationship between OSI 7 layer model and the TCP/IP 5 layer model?
What are the three types of transmission impairment?
Can you say if a signal is periodic or nonperiodic by looking at the frequency domain plot? How?
What does SNR represent? Its formula?
What is the full name of MODEM? Does Cable Modem or DSL use baseband communication? Does Ethernet use baseband communication?
Why Cable and DSL provide higher downstream bandwidth than upstream bandwidth?
What is Hamming distance?

4. Calculation Problem Examples
Homework 1 and Quiz 2
CRC error detection code computing (fig , 10.16)
Hamming distance computing (Example 10.4)
dB of SNR computing (Example 3.31)
bitRate requirement computing (Example 3.18)
Compute error detection or correction capability (Example 10.9)
Compute minimum Hamming distance for a code scheme (Example 10.5)