Multiple choice

A 20 kbps satellite link has a propagation delay of 400 ms. The transmitter employs the go back nARQ scheme with n set to 10. Assuming that each frame is 100 bytes long, what is the maximum data rate possible?

  1. 5 kbps

  2. 10 kbps

  3. 15 kbps

  4. 20 kbps

  5. 25 kbps

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Maximum data rate possible = Speed of the satellite transmission rate, i.e. = 20 kbps