Lose Three FramesGo-Back-N against Selective Repeat

Break the line. Make Go-Back-N pay.

Twelve frames cross a noisy line. You pick up to three frames whose first try is lost. Both protocols recover, but they pay differently. Find the losses that make Go-Back-N waste the most.

Frames to lose on their first try

Go-Back-N

Selective Repeat

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