Compare the predictability of CSMA/CD with token-based approaches.
What will be an ideal response?
CSMA/CD allows multiple stations to transmit simultaneously (and possibly collide).
Token-based approaches such as Token Ring allow only one station at a time to transmit, so
there can be no collisions. With the collision-based approach, the frequency of collisions
tends to increase with the load on the network. Thus, as the load increases, the chance that a
transmission will be successful decreases and transmission rates become unpredictable.
Therefore token approaches are more predictable than collision approaches. A token approach, though, has the disadvantage that on a lightly loaded network a station ready to
transmit still has to wait for the token to arrive, whereas in a collision approach the station
may begin transmitting immediately.
You might also like to view...
Which of the following dimensions indicates a table with four columns and six rows?
A. 4 X 6 B. 6 X 6 C. 4 X 4 D. 6 X 4
Which hard drive type would load Windows 8 the fastest?
A) SAS B) SSD C) eSATA D) SATA E) PATA
A(n) ________ quickly formats a PivotTable with bold, fonts, shading, headers.
What will be an ideal response?
The Slider jQuery widget allows users to drag a handle to select a numeric value.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)