Question:
What is the purpose of the TCP sliding window?
- to ensure that segments arrive in order at the destination
- to end communication when data transmission is complete
- to inform a source to retransmit data from a specific point forward
- to request that a source decrease the rate at which it transmits data
Explanation: The TCP sliding window allows a destination device to inform a source to slow down the rate of transmission. To do this, the destination device reduces the value contained in the window field of the segment. It is acknowledgment numbers that are used to specify retransmission from a specific point forward. It is sequence numbers that are used to ensure segments arrive in order. Finally, it is a FIN control bit that is used to end a communication session.
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