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diff --git a/assignments/2/README.md b/assignments/2/README.md index 394e4b0..89acd8e 100644 --- a/assignments/2/README.md +++ b/assignments/2/README.md @@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ and articles from other sources. In your own words, explain how TCP provides a reliable data transfer service. TCP uses a 3-way handshake to establish a connection from client to -server. It has built in error detection and correction for corrupted -data, sequencing to ensure data is reassembled in order, the ability to -retransmit data due to network errors, just-in-time traffic/congestion -management. +server. It has built in error detection for corrupted data, sequencing +to ensure data is reassembled in order, the ability to retransmit data +due to network errors, just-in-time traffic/congestion management. + +TCP uses ACK packets to acknowledge that it has received segments and uses the +sequence numbers for keeping track of packets. ## 1.2 Go-Back-N Protocol (5%) |