Q. The sequence of steps the end node follows to commence and complete communication over the network is called a

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Q. The tehnique that essentially control the flow of packets into the network by

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Q. The interconnection structure across all the components including switches, links, and end node devices, is referred to as the network

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Q. Switching that implements flow control at the packet level,is

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Q. The interconnection of multiple networks is called

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Q. Buffering of blocked packets can be done using first in, first out (FIFO) or circular queues, which can be implemented as

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Q. Notifying the sender to stop sending packets when the buffer becomes full and to resume later once it has room for more packets, the stated technique is known as

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Q. The passive and active components make up what is referred to as the network

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Q. The unit of information sent or received is called a

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Q. Listening to detect collisions is called

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Q. Adding a minimum of logk N ? 1 extra switch stages to the MIN in such a way that they mirror the original topology, the resulting network is

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Q. When two nodes send at the same time, then the occuring problem is known as

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Q. To allow full access, either the physical links must be duplicated or the logical buffers associated with each link must be duplicated, resulting in

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Q. When buffers become full, link-level flow control provides feedback that prevents the transmission of additional packets, is known as

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Q. Networks that drop packets are sometimes referred to as

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Q. Every network that interconnects more than two devices also requires some mechanism to deliver each packet to the correct destination, the associated function is referred to as

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Q. All the nodes in each dimension form a linear array, in the

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Q. Packets belonging to the same message can be distinguished from others by including a

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Q. If the receiving overhead is greater than the sending overhead and the receiver cannot process incoming packets fast enough, then it is called a

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Q. In the network, when ports remain free at the other side of the network but can be used for later expansion of the network to larger sizes. These kind of networks are referred to as

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