CS 4873 Computer Networks, Fall 1996 Assignment 3

Print out the postscript file:
/usr/local/courses/cs4873/fall96/cover3.ps
and use it as the cover sheet for your assignment.
  1. Chapter 4, Problem 17 (counts as 3 problems)
  2. Chapter 4, Problem 18
  3. Chapter 4, Problem 19
  4. Chapter 4, Problem 24
  5. Chapter 4, Problem 26
  6. Chapter 4, Problem 30
  7. On page 283 of the text a statement is made that if each of 100 stations is delayed 0 or 1 slot it might take years until one station picked 1 and all of the others picked 0 or vice versa. Assume that the slot time is one microsecond. Determine the probability of success in any one round. Determine the expected time until a success. Express your answer in years.
  8. Chapter 3, Problem 24 (Assume a protocol like Protocol 5 and that no errors occur.)