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steposvetlana
6 days ago
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A disadvantage of the contention approach for LANs, such as CSMA/CD, is the capacity wasted due to multiple stations attempting

to access the channel at the same time. Suppose that time is divided into discrete slots, with each of N stations attempting to transmit with probability p during each slot. What fraction of slots are wasted due to multiple simultaneous transmission attempts
Mathematics
1 answer:
Zina [12.3K]6 days ago
8 0

Response:

The problem is summarized in the following explanation segment.

Detailed explanation:

The estimate of the slots or positions lost due to simultaneous transmission attempts can be calculated as follows:

Evaluating the likelihood of transmitting gives us "p".

When considering two or more attempts, we arrive at

Fraction of slots wasted,

= [1-no \ attempt \ probability-first \ attempt \ probability-second \ attempt \ probability+...]

Substituting the values yields

= 1-no \ attempt \ probability-[N\times P\times probability \ of \ attempts]

= 1-(1-P)^{N}-N[P(1-P)^{N}]

Thus, the answer appears to be correct.

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