Answer: Network topology provides various routes for data transfer, reduces network congestion and increases throughput. The number of nodes travelled by data to reach its destination from source to destination and connection type between the nodes in network topology affects the latency. An efficient network topology increases the throughput and decreases the latency.
The throughput is affected by network topology as it optimizes the network, provides various paths for data and reduces the congestion in the network hence, enhancing the throughput.
The latency is affected by network topology as it reduces the number of intermediate nodes in the transfer of data and types of connection between the nodes hence, reducing the latency.
So, network topology increases the throughput and decreases the latency. In this way network topology affect latency and throughput.
Conclusion
So, a network topology affects the latency and throughput by decreasing the latency and increasing the throughput of the network. The network topology minimizes the congestion, provides the best route, improves the network hence, affecting the throughput by increasing it. The network topology minimizes the number of intermediate nodes between the source and destination route from where the data is transferred hence, affecting the latency by decreasing it.