Assignment
1. List and describe five managerial factors to consider when selecting best practices for a backbone network design.
2. Discuss wireless network security. What are some of the critical problems, what are some of the defenses against these problems? List five potential weaknesses in security and five potential solutions to these perceived weaknesses.
3. Why is it important to "sell" a proposal to management? How should this be done?
4. Think about a recent world impact event and how useful the technologies of communications might have been related to helping people impacted by that event (Hurricane Katrina, Pakistan earthquakes, or some other large world event). How might telecom have a positive role in large scale human events? Use insight gained from the technological underpinnings provided in the course. Be creative.
5. Suppose your manager asks you to discuss how the company's backbone network functions in just about four paragraphs to take to senior management. How would you answer the question? Discuss two or three major points. Your manager doesn't understand technical terms so be sure to explain any jargon you use.