Re: [Cse461] Some notes on Homework 1

From: Janet Davis (jlnd_at_cs.washington.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 17:32:30 PST

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    Oops: The first couple of hints are for question 2, not question 3.

    Cheers,
    Janet

    On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Janet Davis wrote:

    > Here are a few hints on homework 1:
    >
    > Here's a hint for getting started on problem 3. Page 91 says, "a pair of
    > single bit errors, one of which increments a word, one of which decrements
    > another word by the same amount, will go undetected." So, not all two-bit
    > errors are detected. What does this look like at the bit level? How can
    > you characterize the probability of one bit error occuring in the right
    > place to cancel another out?
    >
    > I was asked whether I want to see numeric probabilities for problem 3. I
    > do want to see numbers, but they can be pretty approximate. To make your
    > computation easier, you can make simplifying assumptions such as
    >
    > - Any bit in the data is equally likely to be a 1 or a 0.
    > - If there are two single-bit errors, they occur in different words.
    > - A burst error flips all of the bits in a single word.
    >
    > Be sure to state what your assumptions are.
    >
    > For problem 5(a), you may assume that no packets are lost, and that the
    > sender always sends a new packet after receiving an acknowledgment.
    > Also, you should look at the steady-state throughput, in the middle of the
    > connection rather than at the beginning or end.
    >
    > For problem 5(b), you may assume that the TCP receiver consumes data as
    > quickly as it arrives. However, the sender doesn't know that the receive
    > buffer isn't filling up; it only knows the advertised window on the last
    > acknowledgement it received and the amount of unacknowledged data. You may
    > find the description of flow control in section 5.2.4 helpful.
    >
    > Cheers,
    > Janet
    >
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