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Chapter 9 open in PowerPoint t start slide show Packet Size There is a significant relationship between packet size and transmission time Assume that there is a virtual circuit from station X through nodes station Y (next slide) The message to be sent comprises 40 octets, and each packet contains octets of control information (header) If the entire message is sent as a single packet of 43 oct then the packet is first transmitted from station X to node a When the entire packet is received, it can then be transmitted from a to b When the entire packet is received at node b, it is then transferred to station Y The total transmission time is 129 octet-times (43 octets x 3 packet transmissions) SLIDE 27 OF 38 Home PRINT SCREEN