February 2000
Intermediate to advanced
464 pages
15h 57m
English
In order to maximize network utilization, TCP employs several algorithms that work towards filling the network with the most amount of data, using the least amount of segments. Among these mechanisms are the Nagle algorithm (as discussed in Section 7.1.6.5), the silly window avoidance algorithm (as discussed in Section 7.1.6.4), and delayed acknowledgments (as discussed in Section 7.1.7.5). However, sometimes these mechanisms can actually trigger delays on a virtual circuit, rather than preventing them.