Web Science/Part1: Foundations of the web/Transmission Control Protocol

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Transmission Control Protocol

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End to end principle and connection oriented communication

understand which problems of IP will be solved with the transmition control protocol
be aware of the limitations of the internet protocol and the internet architecture
get to know the end to end principle and in which only sender and receiver take care that communication works properly

Three way handshake

understand the concept of a logical connection (virtual communication channel) between two computers on the internet

understand the importance of acknowledging received messages

be able to understand the process of establishing a tcp / connection

understand the concept of a socket in a TCP/IP package

understand that ports are part of the TCP header

be able to explain the difference between solicited and unsolicited TCP/IP traffic

understand how ports can be used for multiplexing internet connections

Sliding window and flow control

understand the concept of windowsize and sliding window

understand how flow control can prevent TCP connections to overload link layer protocols and slow networks

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