The propagation delay does not include processing overhead like queueing/unqueueing. It's purely medium-in to medium-out. Neither egress nor ingress queueing, nor serialization ("transmission delay" in your diagram) is part of the propagation delay.
The propagation delay does not include processing overhead like queueing/unqueueing. It's purely medium-in to medium-out. Neither egress nor ingress queueing, nor serialization ("transmission delay" in your diagram) is part of the propagation delay.