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Write a 8 to 10 page (excluding cover page and references) report answering the following questions.

What are the different categories of networks? Compare and contrast the different types of network topologies.

1. How is      information sent across a transmission medium from the physical layer?
2. Compare      and contrast frequency spectrum and bandwidth.
3. What      is encoding? What are the different combinations of encoding? Explain the      uses of digital and analog encoding.
4. Briefly      define important factors that can be used in evaluating or comparing the      various digital-to-digital encoding techniques.
5. What      are the different categories of modulation to change digital signals to      analog signals?
6. What      is TCP/IP protocol?
7. Is it      always necessary to use TCP/IP for Internet systems? How is this protocol      and the Internet related?
8. What      are the five most critical communications functions that TCP/IP is able to      perform?
9. Is the      TCP/IP protocol difficult to understand? Why or why not?
10. What      are the similarities and differences between IP v.4 and IP V6?