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Module 2: Data Link Layer & MAC Sublayer

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In pure ALOHA, the vulnerable time is ______ the frame transmission time.

(i) the same as
(ii) two times
(iii) three times
(iv) None of the above

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Answer

(ii) Two times

Explanation

In pure ALOHA, a frame can be transmitted at any time. Suppose a frame takes time TT to transmit.

For another frame to avoid collision with it, another transmission must not begin during the interval from TT before the frame starts until TT after the frame starts.

Therefore the vulnerable period is:

Tv=2TT_v = 2T

So the vulnerable time is twice the frame transmission time.

This is also why the maximum theoretical throughput of pure ALOHA is approximately 18.4%18.4\%.

Final answer: (ii) Two times.

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