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Question: What is the total delay (latency) for a frame of size 5 million bits that is being sent on a link with 10 routers each having a queuing time of 2 μs and a processing time of 1 μs. The length of the link is 2000 Km. The speed of light inside the link is 2 × 108 m/s. The link has a bandwidth of 5 Mbps. Which component of the total delay is dominant? Which one is negligible?

Solution:

Given data:

Distance (length of the link) =2000 Km

=2000

10³m

Propagation speed=2

10⁸m/s

Frame size=5million bits

=5000000bits

The Bandwidth=5Mbps

=5

10⁶ bps (1Mbps=10⁶ bps)

Queuing time=10

2 (10 routers each having a queuing time of 2)

=20

Processing delay=10

1 (10 routers each having a processing time of 1)

=10

Total delay (Latency) = Propagation time + Transmission time + Queuing time

+ Processing delay.

Propagation time=

=

= 0.01s

Therefore, Propagation time=0.01s

Transmission time=

=

= 1s

Therefore, Transmission time=1s

Queuing time=10

2

=10

210^-6s (1=10^-6s)

=20

10^-6s

= 0.00002s

Therefore, Queuing time=0.00002s

Processing delay=10

1

=10

10^-6s (1=10^-6s)

Therefore, Processing delay=0.000010s

Therefore, Total delay (Latency) =0.01+1+0.000020+0.000010

=1.01003s