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FIGURE 5 – AVERAGE SEQUENCE OF LINE EVENTS FOR A FIVE-NODE NETWORK
#5 ITT to #1
#1 FBE to #5
#5 ACK to #1
#1 PAC to #5
#5 ACK to #1
#1 ITT to #2
#2 ITT to #3
#3 FBE to #4
#4 NAK to #3
#3 ITT to #4
#4 ITT to #5
SEQUENCE OF LINE EVENTS
1)NODE1RECEIVESTOKENFROM NODE5
2)NODE1TRANSMITSTONODE5
A)ISSUESFBETONODE5
B)NODE5ISREADYTORECEIVESOITISSUESANACK
C)NODE1NOWTRANSMITSTHEDATA
D)NODE5RECEIVESTHEDATA ERRORFREEANDISSUESANACK
3)NODE1PASSESTOKENTONODE2
4)NODE2DOESNOTNEEDTOTRANSMITANDPASSESTHETOKENTONODE3
5)NODE3 NEEDSTOTRANSMITTONODE4
A)ISSUESANFBETONODE4
B)NODE4ISNOTREADYTORECEIVEANDITISSUESANAK
6)NODE3PASSESTHETOKENTONODE4
7)NODE4PASSESTHETOKENTONODE5
8)GOTOSTEP1