GATE | CS | 2004 | Computer networks | Flow & error control | Question 54

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A and B are the only two stations on an Ethernet. Each has a steady queue of frames to send. Both A and B attempt to transmit a frame, collide, and A wins the first backoff race. At the end of this successful transmission by A, both A and B attempt to transmit and collide. The probability that A wins the second backoff race is:

0.5

0.625

0.75

1.0

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