Problem Solving

1. There is a data that has a file size of 26Mb with an ethernet overhead of 8 Mb. Find the Total
amount of data to be transferred and Throughput, if there is an amount of data loss of 15
Mbps due to errors and acknowledgments.

BW = file size + ethernet overhead

Total amount of
Data to be
BW = 26 Mb + 8 Mb
Transferred
BW = 34 Mb

T = BW – data loss
Throughput
T = 34 Mb – 15 Mbps
T = 19 Mbps

2. Assume that the distance between the sender and the receiver is 5000 km and that light
travels at 1.7 x 108 m/s. What is the propagation time and the transmission time for a 1.44 MB
message if the bandwidth of the network is 3 Mbps?

Propagation time (seconds) = distance (m) / propagation speed (m/s)

Propagation time Propagation time (seconds) = 5000 km x 1000 / 1.7 x 10 8 m/s

Propagation time (seconds) = 0.029411 or 29.41 ms

Transmission time (seconds) = data packet (bits) / capacity (bits per

second)

Transmission Transmission time (seconds) = 1.44 Mb x 8 bits / 3 Mbps

time
Transmission time (seconds) = (1.44 Mb x 106 bits) x 8 / 3 x 106 bps

Transmission time (seconds) = 3.84 s

3. An analog signal has a bit rate of 36000 bps and a baud rate of 1200 baud. How many data
elements are carried by each signal element? How many signal elements do we need?

Carried by each
Signal Elements S = N x 1/r | r = N/S

r = N/S = 36000 bps / 1200 baud

 r = 30 bits / signal element

r = log2L
Signal Elements
Needed L = 2r = 230
L = 1, 073, 741, 824 signal elements