Practice Flow Control And Congestion Control In Tcp (4.4) - The Transport Layer
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Flow Control and Congestion Control in TCP

Practice - Flow Control and Congestion Control in TCP

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is flow control in TCP?

💡 Hint: Think about how buffer limits affect data transmission.

Question 2 Easy

Why is congestion control important?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens if too many packets are sent into the network.

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Question 1

What does flow control in TCP aim to prevent?

Overloading the network
Overwhelming the receiver
Packet loss

💡 Hint: Focus on the direction of data flow between sender and receiver.

Question 2

Congestion control operates at which level?

End-to-end
Network-wide
Application layer

💡 Hint: Think about how congestion affects multiple transmissions.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a scenario where a fast sender overwhelms a slow receiver and describe the consequences of inadequate flow control.

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when the buffer gets filled without any control.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how a combination of flow control and congestion control can work together to optimize TCP performance.

💡 Hint: Consider testing mechanisms that help each other.

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