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Computer Networks (CITS3230) - Lecture 8
 
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The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) transforms the 'raw' IP into a full-duplex reliable character stream.

Ref: RFC 793 and /cslinux/examples/CITS3230/rfc/rfc.793.

TCP uses a 'well-understood' sliding window with selective-repeat protocol, and conveys a number of important fields in its TCP frame header:

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Computer Networks (CITS3230), Lecture 8, p1, 5th May 2008.