CSE-306 -Computer Networks

HomeWork 4
DOA : DOS:

1. Data Link Layer Protocols always put CRC in there trailer rather than in the header. Why?

2. Slotted aloha is a improved version on aloha protocol. On what factors the improvement is
implemented in slotted aloha.

3. When bit stuffing is used, is it possible for loss, insertion or modification of a single bit to
cause an error not detected by checksum? If not why not? If so how? Does checksum play a role
there?

4. Give two reasons why network might use an error correcting code instead of error detection
and retransmission?

5. Wireless transmission and wired transmission use different set of multiple channel allocation
strategies. Why there was a need of avoidance when detection was already available?

6.Bluetooth supports two types of links between a slave and master .What are they and why is
each one used for?

7. Using 5-bit sequence numbers, what is the maximum size of the send and receive windows for
each of the following protocols?

a. Stop-and-Wait ARQ

b. Go-Back-N ARQ

c. Selective-Repeat ARQ

8. If an Ethernet destination address is 07:01:02:03:04:05, what is the type of the

address (unicast, multicast, or broadcast)?