Question

Suppose an application generates chunks 60 bytes of data every 200msec. Assume that each chunk gets put into a TCP packet (using a standard header with no options) and that the TCP packet gets put into an IP packets. What is the % of overhead that is added in because of TCP and IP combines?
1) 40%
2) 10%
3) 20%
4) 70%

Answer 1

Answer:

1) 40%

Explanation:

Given the data size = 60 byte

data traversed through TSP then IP

Header size of TCP = 20 bytes to 60 bytes

Header size of IP = 20 bytes to 60 bytes

Calculating overhead:

By default minimum header size is taken into consideration hence TCP header size = 20 bytes and IP header size = 20 bytes

Hence, the correct answer is option 1 = 40%