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Chapter I 说明：括弧中红色标号为课本中对应的习题号（R-Review Questions, P-Problems）1.1，1.2节后的作业：(R1)What is the difference between a host and an end system? List the types ofend systems. Is a Web server an end system?Answer.There is no difference between them as they be exchanged.End systems include desktop computers, servers and mobile computers.Web server is an end system.(R3)What is a client program? What is a server program? Does a server programrequest and receive services from a client program?A client program is a program running on one end system that requests and receives a service from server program running on another end system.A server program is a program running on another end system and making a client program receive a service from it. No, it doesn’t do that. In general, it is the client program that request and receive services.(R4)List six access technologies. Classify each one as residential access, companyaccess, or mobile access.Residential access: dial-up modem, DSL, HFC Company access: 100 Mbps switched EthernetMobile access: wireless LAN, WAP(R8)Dial-up modems, HFC, and DSL are all used for residential access. For eachof these access technologies, provide a range of transmission rates and comment on whether the transmission rate is shared or dedicated.Dial-up modems: up to 56kbps, dedicatedHFC: up to 30 Mbps downstream, 2Mbps upstream, sharedDSL: up to 1Mbps upstream, up to 8Mbps downstream, dedicated(R10)Describe the most popular wireless Internet access technologies today. Compare and contrast them.Wireless LANIn a wireless LAN, wireless users transmit/receive packets to/from a base station within a radius of a few tons of meters. The base station is typically connected to the wired Internet and thus serves to connect wireless users to the wired network.Wide-area wireless access networkPackets are transmitted over the same wireless infrastructure used for cellular telephony, with the base station thus being managed by a telecommunications provider. This provid