Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide

Index

A note on the digital index

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Acknowledgement flag

TCP headers, The Transmission Control Protocol

Acknowledgement Identifier field (TCP headers), Acknowledgment Identifier

acknowledgement messages (TFTP), Datagram-centric transport services

acknowledgement numbers (TCP), Acknowledgment numbers

acknowledgement timers

expiring, Congestion window sizing, Congestion avoidance

Fast Retransmit (TCP), Acknowledgment numbers

increasing, Acknowledgment timers, Lost Circuits

most efficient size, determining, Acknowledgment timers

retransmissions, problems, Excessive or Slow Retransmissions

TCP reliability services, Reliability, Acknowledgment timers–Acknowledgment timers

acknowledgements

congestion avoidance, Congestion avoidance

cumulatively implicity design (TCP), Acknowledgment numbers

delayed (see delayed acknowledgements)

duplicates (congestion), Congestion window sizing, Congestion window sizing, Congestion avoidance

duplicates (lost TCP segments), Acknowledgment numbers

frequency, recommeded, Sliding receive windows

losing (TCP), Sequence numbers

Negative Acknowledgment Option (TCP), Acknowledgment numbers

Selective Acknowledgement Data Option (TCP), Acknowledgment numbers

sliding receive windows, ...