Protocol Reflection Questions (Homework- 9/27/17)

Reflections for homework due Monday:  share with stark.brooklinehighschool@gmail.com in a google doc. Then post on your blog
  1. Develop a protocol that allows the user to send a calendar date (mm/dd). What is the minimum number of bits necessary?
  2. Develop a protocol that allows the user to send a time (use 24hr military time hh:mm:ss). What is the minimum number of bits necessary?
  3. Develop a protocol designed for a graph that is not square, e.g. 50 * 200. How does this alter the format of your protocol
  4. Develop a protocol that can communicate locations on the surface of the earth. Longitude and latitude might be helpful tools to use.

Protocol Reflection Questions-
  1. The minimum number of bits necessary to develop a protocol that would allow the user to send a calendar date would be 9 bits because 2^8 would give you 256 unique representations but you need 366 unique patterns. Therefore, 2^9 should give you more than enough patterns to send any date of the year with the protocol.
  2. The minimum number of bits necessary to develop a protocol that would allow the user to send a time would be about 17 bits because 2^17 would be able to make at least enough unique patterns with the military time from the protocol. The number of unique patterns needed for this protocol is the number of seconds in a day (which is 86400).
  3. This would alter the format of my protocol because the base number would no longer be base 2 since the square would have that consistent pattern.
  4. Designed the protocol with locations on the Earth’s surface. Longitude and latitude have been helpful tools to use for this protocol method.

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