Reading: Walrand and Varaiya, Chapters 1 and 2.

Homework: Due Tuesday Sep 5 at class.

Note: In many problems, Walrand and Varaiya assume
you will make reasonable assumptions or look up
information about your own computer or telephone
company.

1. W & V 1.1
2. W & V 1.2
3. W & V 1.3
4. W & V 1.5
5. W & V 1.6
6. W & V 1.7
7. Suppose that you have three magnetic tapes, each of which contains
7 gigabytes of data. You can deliver these tapes to a remote
location by bicycle, traveling at 18 km/hour. For what distances
does this method achieve a higher data rate than a 155 Mbps ATM line.
What is the main disadvatage of such a system?