Chapter 4, Problem 6E

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Transmission efficiency:

Transmission efficiency is the total number of bytes sent divided by the total number of bytes plus overhead bytes.

Thus, the formula for finding the total efficiency is given below:

Transmission efficiency = Total number of bytes / (Total number of bytes + overhead bytes).

Explanation of Solution

Transmission efficiency when 100-byte data is transmitted through Ethernet:

Typically, Ethernet has 42 bytes of overhead bytes.

Total number of bytes transmitted is 10000 bytes.

Substitute “10000” for “Total number of bytes” and “42” for “Overhead bytes” in the Equation (1).

$\begin{array}{c}\left(\begin{array}{l}Transmission\\ efficiency\end{array}\right)=(\frac{10000}{}\end{array}$