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Authors:
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
Chapter:
Transport Layer
Exercise:
Problems
Question:12 | ISBN:9780132856201 | Edition: 6

Question

The sender side of rdt3.0 simply ignores (that is, takes no action on) all received packets that are either in error or have the wrong value in the acknum field of an acknowledgment packet. Suppose that in such circum- stances, rdt3.0 were simply to retransmit the current data packet. Would the protocol still work? (Hint: Consider what would happen if there were only bit errors; there are no packet losses but premature timeouts can occur. Consider how many times the nth packet is sent, in the limit as n approaches infinity.)

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Answer

The protocol rtd3.0 is used to transfer data from sender to receiver.

  • If a sender transfer the packet to the receiver, then receiver will receive and send ACK(Acknowledgement) to the sender for conformation.
  • If the receiver receives a packet where bits are not in order or error has occurred then it will not send acknowledgment.
  • The sender will retransmit packet after time out.
  • If a packet is send several times, then protocol might look inefficiency.
  • The reason is that,  it has on trying to send a certain packet and the remaining uninterrupted waiting packets have to wait until the certain packet is delivered.

So,it is better to allow for premature timeouts to occur to avoid this problem.

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