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What are the most important delays a packet suffers from at each node along its path in a computer network?
What are the most important delays a packet suffers from at each node along its path in a computer network?
- Connection delay, authentication delay, encryption delay, and decryption delay
- Packet loss delay, bandwidth delay, latency delay, and storage delay
- Nodal processing delay, queuing delay, transmission delay, and propagation delay (correct)
- Encoding delay, decoding delay, modulation delay, and demodulation delay
What is part of the processing delay at a router in a computer network?
What is part of the processing delay at a router in a computer network?
- Transmitting the packet onto the link
- Examining the packet's header and determining where to direct the packet (correct)
- Executing operations on the packet's payload
- Checking for physical layer errors in the packet
What factor affects the length of queuing delay a packet experiences at a router?
What factor affects the length of queuing delay a packet experiences at a router?
- Number of earlier-arriving packets queued and waiting for transmission (correct)
- Length of the packet's payload
- Time taken for physical layer error detection
- Time taken for routing table lookup
In a computer network, what does propagation delay represent?
In a computer network, what does propagation delay represent?
Which of the following is NOT part of the nodal processing delay at a router?
Which of the following is NOT part of the nodal processing delay at a router?
What is the primary function of a queue at a router in a computer network?
What is the primary function of a queue at a router in a computer network?
What is the main goal mentioned in the text for Internet services?
What is the main goal mentioned in the text for Internet services?
What is the unfortunate reality mentioned in the text about computer networks?
What is the unfortunate reality mentioned in the text about computer networks?
What is one reason mentioned in the text for the many fascinating issues surrounding computer networks?
What is one reason mentioned in the text for the many fascinating issues surrounding computer networks?
What is the journey that a packet takes in a packet-switched network?
What is the journey that a packet takes in a packet-switched network?
Which term is used to define the amount of data per second that can be transferred between end systems?
Which term is used to define the amount of data per second that can be transferred between end systems?
What are the physical laws of reality blamed for in the text?
What are the physical laws of reality blamed for in the text?
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