GATE | CS | 2009 | Computer networks | Flow & Error Control | Question 58

Consider the data of previous question. Suppose that the sliding window protocol is used with the sender window size of 2ⁱ where is the number of bits identified in the previous question and acknowledgments are always piggybacked. After sending 2ⁱ frames, what is the minimum time the sender will have to wait before starting transmission of the next frame? (Identify the closest choice ignoring the frame processing time.)