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GATE CSE & IT · Data Link Layer · 2005-2026

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Layered models, IP, routing, TCP, data link protocols

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2026 PYQ

It is necessary to design a link-layer protocol between two hosts that are directly connected over a lossless link of length 3000 kilometers. Assume that the link bandwidth is $10^...

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2024 Q29

TCP client P successfully establishes a connection to TCP server Q. Let Np denote the sequence number in the SYN sent from P to Q. Let NQ denote the acknowledgement number in the S...

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2024 PYQ

TCP client P successfully establishes a connection to TCP server Q. Let $N_P$ denote the sequence number in the SYN sent from P to Q. Let $N_Q$ denote the acknowledgement number in...

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2023 PYQ

Suppose you are asked to design a new reliable byte-stream transport protocol like TCP. This protocol, named myTCP, runs over a 100 Mbps network with Round Trip Time of 150 millise...

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2022 PYQ

Consider the data transfer using TCP over a 1 Gbps link. Assuming that the maximum segment lifetime (MSL) is set to 60 seconds, the minimum number of bits required for the sequence...

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2018 PYQ

Consider a long-lived $$TCP$$ session with an end-to-end bandwidth of $$1$$ $$Gbps$$ ($$ = {10^9}\,$$ bits-persecond). The session starts with a sequence number of $$1234.$$ The mi...

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2016 PYQ

Consider a 128 × 10 3 bits/second satellite communication link with one way propagation delay of 150 milliseconds. Selective retransmission (repeat) protocol is used on this link t...

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2015 PYQ

Consider a network connected two systems located 8000 kilometers apart. The bandwidth of the network is 500 × 10 6 bits per second. The propagation speed of the media is 4 × 10 6 m...

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2015 PYQ

Suppose two hosts use a TCP connection to transfer a large file. Which of the following statements is/are FALSE with respect to the TCP connection? I. If the sequence number of a s...

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2014 PYQ

Consider a selective repeat sliding window protocol that uses a frame size of 1 KB to send data on a 1.5 Mbps link with a one-way latency of 50 msec. To achieve a link utilization...

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2007 PYQ

The distance between two stations M and N is L kilometers. All frames are K bits long. The propagation delay per kilometer is t seconds. Let R bits/second be the channel capacity....

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2005 PYQ

The maximum window size for data transmission using the selective reject protocol with n-bit frame sequence numbers is:

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