NAME: - : Computer Networks I MID-TERM EXAM 2 - PART 2 (TOTAL: 5 Points) Instructions
NAME: - : Computer Networks I MID-TERM EXAM 2 - PART 2 (TOTAL: 5 Points) Instructions
Computer Networks I
INSTRUCTIONS.
Write down your name as soon as you receive the questionnaire.
Answer questions 1 and 2 in the space provided.
Properly label each answer.
Calculators allowed
Six (6) problems.
Time allowed: 60 minutes
A B
Consider a geo-stationary satellite communication system, see the figure, operating at 64 kbps with a
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propagation delay of 5 x 10 s/km using data frames of 100 Bytes. The distance between the satellite
and each one of the earth station is 36 000 km.
Carefull here tprop is the end to end delay from a ground station to the other ground station,
i.e., tprop = 2 x (36000 km/s x 5 x 10-6 s)
b) the optimal size of the window size and length of the sequence number field in bits.
Assume now the use of the Selective Repeat protocol. Determine the length of the sequence number
field in bits.
Here, we have to find m for the optimal value of N taking into account that the window size for
this protocol as a function of m is given by: N = 2 m-1
Carefull: before applying Shannon, notice that the SNR given in the statement is expressed in
dB
b) Determine the bit rate for a noiseless 1200 MHZ channel given that each signaling symbol
corresponds to 32 levels.
You should look at the hand-out posted in the website, there are several similar numerical
examples.
NAME: ____________________________________
Computer Networks I
INSTRUCTIONS
Write down your name as soon as you receive the questionnaire.
Answer all questions in the space provided.
Properly label each answer.
Calculators NOT allowed
Time allowed: 30 minutes
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