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Ejer Cici Os
Ejer Cici Os
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12. Reconsider problem 3.4 for a broadband tree. Can the total length be reduced
compared to the broadband bus?
13. Reconsider problem 3.4, but now assume that there are two rings, with a bridge
on floor 5 and a ring wiring concentrator on each floor. The bridge and
concentrators are located in closets along the vertical shaft.
14. At a propagation speed of 200 m/s, what is the effective length added to a ring
by a bit delay at each repeater:
a. At 1 Mbps?
b. At 40 Mbps?
15. System A consists of a single ring with 300 stations, one per repeater. System B
consists of three 100-station rings linked by a bridge. If the probability of a link
failure is Pl, a repeater failure is Pr , and a bridge failure is Pb, derive an expression
for parts (a) to (d):
a. Probability of failure of system B.
b. Probability of complete failure of system B
c. Probability that a particular station will find the network unavailable, for
systems A and B.
d. Probability that any two stations, selected at random, will be unable to
communicate, for systems A and B.
e. Compare values of parts (a) to (d) for Pl = Pb = Pr = 10-2
16. Consider two rings of 100 stations each joined by a bridge. The data rate on each
link is 10 Mbps. Each station generates data at a rate of 10 packets of 2000 bits
each per second. Let F be the fraction of packets on each ring destined for the
other. What is the minimum throughput of the bridge required to keep up?