11-10-2007 Homework

In the talk, we introduced the evolution of contention based protocols:
1. ALOHA
2. CSMA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access)
3. CSMA/CD (collision detection) -> IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet, 100M, 1Gbps)

Problems:

1. Why does Pure Aloha perform worse than Slotted Aloha?

2. According to Textbook pp. 2-48~2-51, why does 1-persistent CSMA have lower throughput than non-persistent CSMA when generated traffic rate is higher than 1 (G>1)? Why does 1-persistent CSMA have shorter latency than non-persistent CSMA?