COMSATS University, Islamabad

Data Communications and Computer Networks

BS(SE)-V

Assignment # 1

Due Date: 16 March 2021 Total Marks: 10

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1) What is the difference between a host and an end system? List several different types of end
systems. Is a Web server an end system?

2) Is HFC transmission rate dedicated or shared among users? Are collisions possible in a
downstream HFC channel? Why or why not?

3) What advantage does a circuit-switched network have over a packet-switched network? What
advantages does TDM have over FDM in a circuit-switched network?

4) What are the propagation time and the transmission time for a 2.5-kbyte message (an e-mail) if
the bandwidth of the network is 1 Gbps? Assume that the distance between the sender and the
receiver is 12,000 km and that light travels at 2.4 × 108 m/s.

5) How long does it take a packet of length 1,000 bytes to propagate over a link of distance 2,500
km, propagation speed m/s, and transmission rate 2 Mbps? More generally, how long does it take
a packet of length L to propagate over a link of distance d, propagation speeds, and transmission
rate R bps? Does this delay depend on packet length? Does this delay depend on transmission rate?

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6) Draw a hybrid network topology in such a way that a star backbone connects the bus and ring
topologies to another ring backbone.

7) Consider two hosts, A and B, connected by a single link of rate R bps. Suppose that the two
hosts are separated by m meters, and suppose the propagation speed along the link is s meters/sec.
Host A is to send a packet of size L bits to Host B. Suppose s=2*109, L=1024 bits, and R=256
kbps. Find the distance m so that dprop equals dtrans?

8) Given the following network in Figure 1, find out the file transfer time in case of Packet
switching Network?
M=10^6 bits,
H=100 bits,
L=10000 bits,
c=10^9 bits/sec,
δ=5 msec,
n=4,
setup processing time of σ = 1 at each hop

M c c c c c n=
bits
4
δ δ δ
Figure 1
δ δ

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