Reading: TCP Details

Topics to Look For¶

• Path MTU discovery
• Sliding windows
• Delayed ACKs
• Nagle algorithm
• Flow control
• Silly window syndrome
• Timeout and retransmission
• Karn/Partridge
• Jacobson/Karels
• KeepAlive

Reading¶

• Dordal: 18.6-18.14

Supplemental¶

• Peterson & Davie, 6th ed: 5.2 - TCP starting at “Sliding Window Revisited”
• High Performance Browser Networking: Building Blocks of TCP — Congestion Avoidance and Control