In a switch pipeline, a single packet header indicates how to process all of the internal data path physical transfer units also known as _____________
In a switch pipeline, a single packet header indicates how to process all of the internal data path physical transfer units also known as _____________
The routing information usually consists of the destination address, for ___________
The routing information usually consists of the destination address, for ___________
The type of network that is used for interprocessor and processor-memory interconnections within multiprocessor, are _____________
The type of network that is used for interprocessor and processor-memory interconnections within multiprocessor, are _____________
When requested network paths are available for packets, it is known as ______________
When requested network paths are available for packets, it is known as ______________
The time for the packet to pass through the network, not including time of flight is known as _____________
The time for the packet to pass through the network, not including time of flight is known as _____________
No blocking occurs as links are not shared among paths to unique destinations, the crossbar, therefore, is ______________
No blocking occurs as links are not shared among paths to unique destinations, the crossbar, therefore, is ______________
When the number of switch ports is equal to or larger than the number of devices, this simple network is refered to as ______________
When the number of switch ports is equal to or larger than the number of devices, this simple network is refered to as ______________
Schemes that reduce traffic when the collective traffic of all nodes is too large for the network to handle, refers to ______________
Schemes that reduce traffic when the collective traffic of all nodes is too large for the network to handle, refers to ______________
Many network interface cards implement hardware timers as well as hardware support to split messages into packets and reassemble them, compute the __________
Many network interface cards implement hardware timers as well as hardware support to split messages into packets and reassemble them, compute the __________
Some network interfaces include extra hardware to offload protocol processing from the host computer, such as _______________
Some network interfaces include extra hardware to offload protocol processing from the host computer, such as _______________
The term of a transmission medium that refers to the range of frequencies for which the attenuation per unit length is ____________
The term of a transmission medium that refers to the range of frequencies for which the attenuation per unit length is ____________
A long linear pipeline without staging in which signals propagate as waves through the network transmission medium, the function is refered as _____________
A long linear pipeline without staging in which signals propagate as waves through the network transmission medium, the function is refered as _____________
The entire routing path is precomputed by the source, possibly by table lookup, placed in the packet header for _____________
The entire routing path is precomputed by the source, possibly by table lookup, placed in the packet header for _____________
Aggregate bandwidth refers to the total data bandwidth supplied by the network, and ______________
Aggregate bandwidth refers to the total data bandwidth supplied by the network, and ______________
Packets that lose arbitration have to be buffered, which increases packet latency by some ____________
Packets that lose arbitration have to be buffered, which increases packet latency by some ____________
Distributing the network switches among the end nodes, which then become ______________
Distributing the network switches among the end nodes, which then become ______________
The sum of time of flight and transmission time, is called a _____________
The sum of time of flight and transmission time, is called a _____________
No more than three nodes in a commercial systems are known as ______________
No more than three nodes in a commercial systems are known as ______________
To pipeline packet transmission across the circuit using staging at each hop along the path, a technique known as _______________
To pipeline packet transmission across the circuit using staging at each hop along the path, a technique known as _______________
The effective bandwidth delivered end-to-end by the network to an application is upper bounded by the minimum across all three potential bottleneck areas: _____________
The effective bandwidth delivered end-to-end by the network to an application is upper bounded by the minimum across all three potential bottleneck areas: _____________