A 1Mbps satellite link connects two ground stations. The altitude of the…

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A 1Mbps satellite link connects two ground stations. The altitude of the satellite is 36,504 km and speed of the signal is 3 × 108 m/s. What should be the packet size for a channel utilization of 25% for a satellite link using go-back-127 sliding window protocol? Assume that the acknowledgment packets are negligible in size and that there are no errors during communication.

Answer: A. 120 bytesLink rate: R=1 Mbps=106 bpsR = 1Satellite altitude = 36,504 km → distance ground–satellite–ground=2×36504 km=73008 km=7.3008×107 m Propagation speed: v=3×108…

  1. A.

    120 bytes

  2. B.

    60 bytes

  3. C.

    240 bytes

  4. D.

    90 bytes

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Correct answer: A

Link rate: R=1 Mbps=10bpsR = 1Satellite altitude = 36,504 km → distance ground–satellite–ground=2×36504 km=73008 km=7.3008×107 m
Propagation speed: v=3×108 m/s

Tp​=d/v​= 7.3008×107​/3×108≈0.24336 s
Go-back-127 ⇒ window size W=127W = 127W=127.

Let Tf be frame transmission time, a=Tp/Tf

For Go-Back-N with finite window (no errors) and utilization U:

U=W/(1+2a)

Given U=0.25:

on solvignwe get 0.00096 s
frame size L=RTf =106×0.00096=960 bits=120 bytes

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