Chapter 7

P.1

a. For N= 4,L= 3200, B = 9600, P = 1024, H = 16, S = 0.2, D = 0.001, compute the end - to - end delay for circuit switching. Assume that there is no node delay.

Circuit switching

setup

call setup time

first bit arrive

Number of hops x prop Delay

additional time to last bit arrive

length of message /data rate on lengths

acknoligment

Number of hops x prop Delay + overhead Bits per packet/ data rate on links

N= 4,L= 3200, B = 9600, P = 1024, H = 16, S = 0.2, D = 0.001

setup

0.2

first time arival

0.004

additional time to last bit arrive

0.33333

acknowledgment

0.00567

TOTAL

0.543

P.2

a. Station > node>central>node>station

In a star network of N nodes the average number of hops would be 2.

c. Station > node>node>station

In a fully connected network of N nodes the average number of hops would be 1.

P.3

Layer 2 regulates the flow between DTE and DCE

Layer 3 regulates the flow over a signal virtual circuit

P.4

The virtual; circuit number has only local significance not global.