A
", this is the maximum number of bytes that
TCP "B
" should send to it before "blocking" and
waiting for an ACK. All TCP segments contain a
window field, which is used to inform the other
TCP of the sender's receive window size -- this is called
"advertising a window size". At any time, for example, TCP
B
can have multiple segments
"in-flight" -- that is, sent but not yet ACK'd --
up to TCP A
's advertised window.Lecture 11: Reliable Transport -- TCP | Copyright © 2005 P.Scott, La Trobe University Bendigo. |