TCP Window Management Issues
Each of the two devices on a TCP connection can adjust the window size it advertises to the other, to control the flow of data over the connection. Reducing the size of the window forces the other device to send less data; increasing the window size lets more data flow. In theory, we should be able to just let the TCP software on each of the devices change the window size as needed to match the speed at which data both enters the buffer and is removed from it to be sent to the receiving application.
Unfortunately, certain changes in window size can lead to undesirable consequences. These can occur both when the size of the window is reduced and when it is increased. For this reason, there are a few issues related to ...
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