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Slots = 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5
frequency
time
Time Division Multiplexing. (TDM)
frequency
time
Numerical example
• How long does it take to send a file of
640,000 bits from host A to host B over
a circuit-switched network?
• The link’s transmission rate = 1.536 Mbps
• Each link uses TDM with 24 slots/sec
• 500 msec to establish end-to-end circuit
Figure it out …
• Solution:
– Bandwidth of circuit = 1.536/24 = 64 kbps
– Time to send: 640 kbits/64 kbps + 0.5s = 10.5s
What would be different if we use FDM instead of TDM?
Common mistake/confusion :
Question:
• A) Express transmission rate of 1Kbits/sec in bits/sec
• B) Express the file size of 1KBytes in bits
Answer:
• A) 1000 bits/sec (in throughput, K = 103=1000)
• B) 1024 Bytes = 8192 bits (in data size, K = 210=1024)
Router
Queue
Host A Host D
Node 1 Node 2
Node 3
Node 5
Host B
Node 7 Host E
Node 6
Node 4
The network core:
Packet Switching
• all streams share
network resources
• each packet uses full Resource contention:
link bandwidth • aggregate resource
• resources used as demand can exceed
needed amount available
1.5 Mb/s
B
queue of packets
waiting for output
link
D E
B
nodal
processing queueing
Four sources of packet delay
• 3. Transmission delay: • 4. Propagation delay:
– R=link bandwidth (speed – d = length of physical link (in
in bits per second, i.e. meters)
“bps”) – s = propagation speed in
medium (~2.5 x 108 m/sec)
– L=packet length (in bits)
– propagation delay = d/s
– transmission delay = L/R
Note: R and s are very different quantities!
transmission
A propagation
B
nodal
processing queueing