Packet Queueing Delay

When La/R approaches 0, average queueing delay is small; when La/R approaches 1, average queueing delay is large; and when La/R is greater than 1, average delay is infinite.

The average delay becomes infinite because more work arrives than can be serviced.

To provide delay measurements from the source to routers along the end-end Internet path towards the destination.

<p>Packet-switching.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A method of packet transmission where each router stores a packet received from the previous node and then forwards it to the next node.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resource sharing is simpler, and there is no call setup</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Excessive congestion is possible due to buffer overflow, resulting in packet delay and loss</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Providing circuit-like behavior with packet switching</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Store and forward is a technique used in packet switching to transmit packets, where packets are stored in buffers before being forwarded to the next hop</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Circuit switching reserves resources for the entire duration of the connection, whereas packet switching allocates resources on-demand</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The packet is dropped or lost.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Throughput</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The packet is stored in a buffer before being forwarded to the next hop.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Store-and-forward delay</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It may be retransmitted by the previous node, the source end system, or not at all.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rs should be less than Rc for efficient transmission.</p> Signup and view all the answers