Question: Compute the fraction of the bandwidth that is wasted on overhead (headers and re-transmissions) for protocol 6 on a heavily loaded 50-kbps satellite channel with

Compute the fraction of the bandwidth that is wasted on overhead (headers and re-transmissions) for protocol 6 on a heavily loaded 50-kbps satellite channel with data frames consisting of 40 header and 3960 data bits. Assume that the signal propagation time from the earth to the satellite is 270 msec. ACK frames never occur. NAK frames are 40 bits. The error rate for data frames is 1%, and the error rate for NAK frames is negligible. The sequence numbers are 8 bits.

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