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Performance differences between Go-Back-N and Selective Repeat ARQ protocols?

This is what I know: GBN weakness is the fact that when the window size is too large, the number of packets in the pipeline grows and one packet error causes the retransmition of many packets ...
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Jamming signal useless in CSMA / CD?

I'm looking at collision detection in communication protocols, in particular Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (CSMA/CD). According to what I've read on Wikipedia, a collision ...
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Response for IP Record Route Option [closed]

The IP Record Route option enables the recording of the path where each router traversed inserts its IP address (up to 9 routers). (Traceroute is likely to be used instead but I want to understand ...
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Why is it seemingly easier to resume torrent downloads than browser downloads?

I really wonder how torrent downloads can be resumed at later point of time. If such a technology exists, then why is it not possible in browsers? It is often not possible to pause a browser download ...
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Block detection in repeated stream

I need to recover a data block from a repeated stream of data. I'm looking to see what algorithms may already exist for this as it does not feel like a novel situation. Here are the specifics: ...