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Explain how TCP handles error control and flow control.
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written 9.5 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

Error handling in TCP

TCP includes mechanisms for detecting corrupted segments, lost segments, out-of-order segments and duplicated segments.

Error control in TCP is achieved through use of three simple techniques:

  • Checksum

  • Acknowledgement

  • Retransmission

1. Checksum

  • Each segment includes a checksum field used to check for corrupted segment.

  • TCP uses a …

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