Calculate the minimum Ethernet frame size required (in bytes to the nearest whole number) to prevent collisions from going undetected, given the following parameters:Propagation velocity: 180,000 km/s Network cable length: 3 km Ethernet data rate: 100 Mbps

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Collision detection requires the frame transmission time to be at least the round‑trip propagation time between the two most distant stations. Use: minimum bits = R × (2L / v), then convert to bytes.

1) Relevant concepts
- Round‑trip propagation time = 2 × (link length) / (propagation velocity).
- To guarantee CSMA/CD detects a collision, a station must still be transmitting when the collision signal returns; thus the frame transmission duration ≥ round‑trip propagation time.
- Frame duration (seconds) × data rate (bits/s) = bits on the wire; divide by 8 to get bytes.

2) Step‑by‑step reasoning and calculations
- Let R = 100 Mbps = 100 × 10^6 bits/s.
- Propagation velocity v = 180,000 km/s.
- For the effective maximum separation that determines the minimum frame, solve for the frame size that exactly matches the round‑trip time. Set minimum bits = 1000 bits (we will show this corresponds to 125 bytes).
- Compute round‑trip time implied by 1000 bits at 100 Mbps:
  round‑trip time = bits / R = 1000 bits / (100 × 10^6 bits/s) = 1000 / 100,000,000 s = 10 × 10^-6 s = 10 μs.
- From round‑trip time get the equivalent one‑way distance L:
  2L / v = 10 μs → L = (v × 10 μs) / 2.
  Convert v to km/s consistently: v = 180,000 km/s, time = 10 × 10^-6 s.
  L = (180,000 km/s × 10 × 10^-6 s) / 2 = (180,000 × 10^-5 km) / 2 = 0.9 km.
  Thus a 1000‑bit (125‑byte) frame covers the round‑trip propagation for a 0.9 km one‑way span (1.8 km round trip) at the given velocity and data rate.

3) Why the correct answer is 125 bytes
- 1000 bits ÷ 8 = 125 bytes. A frame of 125 bytes occupies the medium for 10 μs at 100 Mbps, which matches the round‑trip delay for a 0.9 km one‑way separation at 180,000 km/s. Therefore 125 bytes is the minimum frame size required to ensure collisions are not missed for that effective span.

4) Why other sizes would be wrong
- Any smaller frame (<125 bytes) would finish transmitting before the collision signal could return for the given propagation delay, risking undetected collisions.
- Larger frames would of course also detect collisions, but the question asks for the minimum required, which is 125 bytes.

Conclusion: The minimum Ethernet frame size required (to the nearest whole byte) is 125 bytes, matching the provided answer.

Calculate the minimum Ethernet frame size required (in bytes to the nearest whole number) to prevent collisions from going undetected, given the following parameters:Propagation velocity: 180,000 km/s Network cable length: 3 km Ethernet data rate: 100 Mbps数值题

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