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\\\hline\textbf{1 Mark Count} & 3&3&2& 2 &1&1&1&2&3
\\\hline\textbf{2 Marks Count} & 3&3&3& 4 &4&3&3&3.33&4
\\\hline\textbf{Total Marks} & 9&9&8& 10 &9&7&\bf{7}&\bf{8.67}&\bf{10}\\\hline
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Suppose the round trip propagation delay for a $10\text{ Mbps}$ Ethernet having $48\text{-bit}$ jamming signal is $46.4\ \mu s$. The minimum frame size is: $94$ $416$ $464$ $512$
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GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 57, ISRO2016-75
Frames of $\text{1000 bits}$ are sent over a $10^6$ $\text{bps}$ duplex link between two hosts. The propagation time is $\text{25 ms}$. Frames are to be transmitted into this link to maximally pack them in transit (within the link). What is the ... ? Assume that no time gap needs to be given between transmission of two frames. $I=2$ $I=3$ $I=4$ $I=5$
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GATE CSE 2016 Set 1 | Question: 54
For a host machine that uses the token bucket algorithm for congestion control, the token bucket has a capacity of $1$ $\text{megabyte}$ and the maximum output rate is $20$ $\text{megabytes}$ per $\text{second}$. Tokens arrive at a rate to ... to send $12$ $\text{megabytes}$ of data. The minimum time required to transmit the data is _____________ $\text{seconds}$.
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GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 73
In a packet switching network, packets are routed from source to destination along a single path having two intermediate nodes. If the message size is $24$ bytes and each packet contains a header of $3$ bytes, then the optimum packet size is: $4$ $6$ $7$ $9$
In a packet switching network, packets are routed from source to destination along a single path having two intermediate nodes. If the message size is $24$ bytes and each...
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GATE IT 2006 | Question: 63, ISRO2015-57
A router uses the following routing table: \begin{array}{|l|l|l|} \hline \textbf {Destination} & \textbf { Mask} & \textbf{Interface} \\\hline \text {144.16.0.0} & \text{255.255.0.0} & \text{eth$0$} \\\hline\text { ... address $144.16.68.117$ arrives at the router. On which interface will it be forwarded? eth$0$ eth$1$ eth$2$ eth$3$
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GATE CSE 2006 | Question: 46
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GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 27
An organization has a class $B$ network and wishes to form subnets for $64$ departments. The subnet mask would be: $255.255.0.0$ $255.255.64.0$ $255.255.128.0$ $255.255.252.0$
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GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 45
Consider an instance of TCP's Additive Increase Multiplicative Decrease (AIMD) algorithm where the window size at the start of the slow start phase is $2$ MSS and the threshold at the start of the first transmission is $8$ MSS. Assume that a timeout occurs during ... Find the congestion window size at the end of the tenth transmission. $8$ MSS $14$ MSS $7$ MSS $12$ MSS
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GATE CSE 2005 | Question: 25
The maximum window size for data transmission using the selective reject protocol with $n\text{-bit}$ frame sequence numbers is: $2^n$ $2^{n-1}$ $2^n-1$ $2^{n-2}$
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GATE CSE 2014 Set 1 | Question: 27
Let the size of congestion window of a TCP connection be $32$ KB when a timeout occurs. The round trip time of the connection is $100$ msec and the maximum segment size used is $2$ KB. The time taken (in msec) by the TCP connection to get back to $32$ KB congestion window is _________.
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GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 67, ISRO2016-72
The address of a class $\text{B}$ host is to be split into subnets with a $6\;\text{-bit}$ subnet number. What is the maximum number of subnets and the maximum number of hosts in each subnet? $62$ subnets and $262142$ hosts. $64$ subnets and $262142$ hosts. $62$ subnets and $1022$ hosts. $64$ subnets and $1024$ hosts.
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Andrew S. Tanenbaum Edition 5th Exercise 3 Question 17 (Page No. 253)
A bit stream 10011101 is transmitted using the standard CRC method described in the text. The generator polynomial is x 3 + 1. Show the actual bit string transmitted. Suppose that the third bit from the left is inverted ... . Give an example of bit errors in the bit string transmitted that will not be detected by the receiver.
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GATE CSE 2007 | Question: 68, ISRO2016-73
The message $11001001$ is to be transmitted using the CRC polynomial $x^3 +1$ to protect it from errors. The message that should be transmitted is: $11001001000$ $11001001011$ $11001010$ $110010010011$
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GATE CSE 2015 Set 3 | Question: 36
Two hosts are connected via a packet switch with $10^7$ bits per second links. Each link has a propagation delay of $20$ microseconds. The switch begins forwarding a packet $35$ microseconds after it receives the same. If $10000$ bits of ... between the transmission of the first bit of data and the reception of the last bit of the data in microseconds is ______.
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GATE CSE 2017 Set 1 | Question: 45
The values of parameters for the Stop-and-Wait ARQ protocol are as given below: Bit rate of the transmission channel $= 1$ Mbps. Propagation delay from sender to receiver $= 0.75$ ms. Time to process a frame $= 0.25$ ms. Number ... (expressed in percentage) of the Stop-and-Wait ARQ protocol for the above parameters is _____________ (correct to $2$ decimal places).
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GATE CSE 2013 | Question: 37
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GATE CSE 2012 | Question: 34, ISRO-DEC2017-32
An Internet Service Provider (ISP) has the following chunk of CIDR-based IP addresses available with it: $245.248.128.0/20$. The ISP wants to give half of this chunk of addresses to Organization $A$, and a quarter to Organization $B$, while retaining the remaining ... $245.248.136.0/24 \text{ and } 245.248.132.0/21$
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GATE CSE 2009 | Question: 58
Frames of $1000\text{ bits}$ are sent over a $10^6$ bps duplex link between two hosts. The propagation time is $25ms$. Frames are to be transmitted into this link to maximally pack them in transit (within the link). Let $I$ be ... before starting transmission of the next frame? (Identify the closest choice ignoring the frame processing time) $16ms$ $18ms$ $20ms$ $22ms$
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GATE CSE 2003 | Question: 82, ISRO2009-1
The subnet mask for a particular network is $255.255.31.0.$ Which of the following pairs of $\text{IP}$ addresses could belong to this network? $172.57.88.62$ and $172.56.87.23$ $10.35.28.2$ and $10.35.29.4$ $191.203.31.87$ and $191.234.31.88$ $128.8.129.43$ and $128.8.161.55$
The subnet mask for a particular network is $255.255.31.0.$ Which of the following pairs of $\text{IP}$ addresses could belong to this network?$172.57.88.62$ and $172.56....
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