engineering computer science MCQ #585

A sender uses a go-back-N protocol with a window size of 8. If an error occurs, how many packets are retransmitted?

engineering computer science MCQ #585

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A sender uses a go-back-N protocol with a window size of 8. If an error occurs, how many packets are retransmitted?

    • A) 1
    • B) 8
    • C) N
    • D) N+1

    Answer: 8

    Explanation: In go-back-N, all packets from the error point onwards are retransmitted, so 8 packets are retransmitted.