Access network per-subscriber speeds.



Match the access network with the approximate speeds that a subscriber might experience. (Note: if you look these up, do so in the 8E textbook, slides,or video -- not in the 7E or earlier versions, since link access speeds are always increasing over the years).


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Answer List:

  1. Wired. Up to 100's Gbps per link.

  2. Wired. Up to 10’s to 100’s of Mbps downstream per user.

  3. Wireless, up to 10's Kbps per device.

  4. Wired. Up to 1 Tbps per link.

  5. Wireless. Up to 10’s Mbps per device.

  6. Wired. Up to 10’s of Mbps downstream per user.

  7. Wireless. 10’s to 100’s of Mbps per device.


 

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Link Transmission Characteristics.



Which of the following physical layer technologies has the highest transmission rate and lowest bit error rate in practice?



 

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