Eight stations are competing for the use of the shared channel using the modified Adaptive free walk protocol by Gallager. If the stations 7 and 8 are suddenly become ready at once, how many bit slots are needed to resolve the contention?
A. 1 slots
B. 5 slots
C. 10 slots
D. 14 slots
E. None of the above
Answer: Option B

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