Questions
Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of this chapter:
- What is the OSI model? How useful is it if its recommendation is followed when defining a protocol specification?
- List the OSI model layers and provide a brief description of each layer.
- What are the main topologies of communication systems? What is the difference between them?
- To conform to the OSI model, should a communication protocol implement all the OSI model layers?
- Is TCP/IP a communication protocol that can map directly to the OSI model? Which layers are missing?
- Which other communication protocol can be appended to the TCP/IP protocol to form a protocol suite that fully implements the OSI model?
- Which layers of the preceding protocol association can be mapped to the Zynq-7000 SoC FPGA, and which layers need to be implemented using software?
- What are PLCs and where were they initially used?
- What are the main elements of a PLC architecture?
- What are...