Chapter 1, Problem R19RQ

Suppose Host A wants to send a large file to Host B. The path from Host A to Host B has three links, of rates R₁ = 500 kbps, R₂ = 2 Mbps, and R₃ = 1 Mbps.

1. a. Assuming no other traffic in the network, what is the throughput for the file transfer?
2. b. Suppose the file is 4 million bytes. Dividing the file size by the throughput, roughly how long will it take to transfer the file to Host B?
3. c. Repeat (a) and (b), but now with R₂ reduced to 100 kbps.