TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

  • Defined by RFC’s 793, 1122, 1323
  • Connection Oriented Protocol
  • Provides reliable end to end transport of data ”segments”
  • Functions:
    • Fragments, if needed, the data sequence received from Application layer and forwards them to the Inter networking layer (IP) as several segments.
    • Reassembles it at destination (reorders and asks for retransmissions)
    • Flow and error control
    • Congestion control
    Figure 12 TCP segment format
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