Question :
Suppose your system is designed in such a way that your computer needs to wait for some while to check if the channel is clear before transmitting.
You take your measurement overtime and you come to find out that it takes on an average 10 msec of wait before you come to find out that it takes on an average 10 msec of wait before you can transmit anything.
Suppose you have a 10Kbps channel and you want to send 10Kbit data chunk. How long does it take on an average to transmit?
What is the throughput now? Suppose the wait time is influenced by the load (many users send simultaneously) on the channel.
At peak times you find that it takes on an average 50msec to send 10Kbit data chunk. What is the throughput now?