4. Eight stations are competing for the use of a shared channel using the 'Adaptive tree Walk Protocol'. If the stations 7 and 8 are suddenly become ready at once, how many bit slots are needed to resolve the contention?
Correct Answer: a form of TDMA in which circuit switching is used to dynamically change the channel assignments
6. The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
Options
A. allows gateways to send error a control messages to other gateways or hosts
B. provides communication between the Internet Protocol Software on one machine and the Internet Protocol Software on another
C. reports error conditions to the original source, the source must relate errors to individual application programs and take action to correct the problem