Quiz

Wireless communication

D. C. Misra Former Development Commissioner,Delhi, and Chairman of the Taskforce for IT Policy, NCT of Delhi, India dc_misra@hotmail.com © DC Misra, 2004

Connectivity in a limited area and an increasingly mobile workforce have fuelled the demand for wireless technologies. Wireless networks, requisite software and mobile devices are providing the needed solution. However, such technologies are yet to realise their potential for development  though researchers are trying to bring these technologies to rural areas. Let us check.

1.   If it is a project, claimed to be the largest of its kind in the world, what is Wireless Andrew?

2.  What are the following:

     (a) DSSS                      (b) FHSS                        (c) Wi–Fi 

     (d) HiperLAN2 (e) wireless node?

3.  What is HIPERLAN?

4.  Michael Swaine, writing in Webreview.com, makes a plea in suggesting and reserving different alphabets for different types of networks. Apart from well – known acronyms LAN, WAN, and MAN, and some others, he suggests, among others, the following:

     (a) BAN            (b) CAN                       (c) EAN              (d) GAN

     (e) HAN           (f) IAN              (g) NAN

     (h) PAN. What do they mean?

5.  What is Piconet?

6.  Named after the migratory behaviour of the monarch butterfly, what is the Monarch project?

7.  Whose teeth are blue, so after who is bluetooth named?

8.  (a) What is bluetooth technology, and (b) who developed it?

9.  What are the following:

     (a) I – Mode                (b) DoCoMo          (c) EPOC
(d) Scoutsync             (e) W–CDMA?

10. What is the expected size of worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market by 2005?

11. If this Mira has nothing to do with bhajans (devotional songs), what then is Mira?

12. (a) What is wireless application protocol (WAP), (b) What is the number of WAP users worldwide, and (c) How many WAP– enabled handsets were shipped worldwide?

13. What are the (a) number of WAP sites, and (b) number of WAP – readable pages?

14. Which was the world’s first smart phone for Web browsing?

15. What is the difference between i–Mode and WAP?

16. Which was the first microsatellite carrying a microprocessor launched and when?

17. An Indian university will for the first time fabricate a satellite. Name the university.

18. India offers space expertise and launch services to global customers. What is the name of the company, which offers it?

19. (a) If it is Wi-Fi-based pilot project in Karnataka, what is DakNet, and (b) if it is also a Wi-Fi-based pilot project but in Uttar Pradesh, what is Digital Gangetic Plain (DGP) project?

20. What are the expected handset sell through volume and the expected global handset revenue in 2003?

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