[e2e] TCP retransmissions at end of data stream

'Agthorr' agthorr at barsoom.org
Sun Jun 15 10:55:07 PDT 2003


On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 07:14:29PM +0200, Valentin Ossman wrote:
> Whenever an ACK is not received on the data and the transit time-outs,
> slow start should be started. This means:
> 1. send the first un-acked packet again and wait for ack.
> 2. send the second and third packets again and wait for ack and so on.

Just so I am clear: after a timeout, I should begin retransmitting all
unacked data, even when new data is available from the application?

That's logical; I just want to make sure my simulation implementation
is consistent with real-world TCPs.

-- Dan Stutzbach




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