Buffering in the Monarch network. The probability of dropping a packet, Equation 23.16, in a network with dropping flow control can be greatly reduced by adding some buffering and dropping a packet...

Buffering in the Monarch network. The probability of dropping a packet, Equation 23.16, in a network with dropping flow control can be greatly reduced by adding some buffering and dropping a packet only when all buffers are full. Redo the analysis assuming that each input has buffering for F packets. With each frame, all new input packets and all buffered packets compete for the outputs. For packets requesting a particular output group j , the first C packets acquire output channels. The first F packets at each input that are not granted an output channel are buffered. Any additional packets at each input are dropped. What is the dropping probability for the configuration for the case in which F = 8?