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Progress Assessment (Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) )

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented transport layer protocol that ensures reliable data delivery through features like error detection, acknowledgments, and ordered data transfer. It employs sequence numbers, acknowledgments, and checksums to maintain data accuracy and order, making it essential for applications like web browsing and file transfers. TCP's reliability is crucial in preventing data loss and ensuring a seamless user experience across various network conditions.

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Progress Assessment (Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) )

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a connection-oriented transport layer protocol that ensures reliable data delivery through features like error detection, acknowledgments, and ordered data transfer. It employs sequence numbers, acknowledgments, and checksums to maintain data accuracy and order, making it essential for applications like web browsing and file transfers. TCP's reliability is crucial in preventing data loss and ensuring a seamless user experience across various network conditions.

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Discuss the characteristics and advantages of Transmission Control


Protocol (TCP) as a reliable and connection-oriented transport layer
protocol. How does TCP ensure data delivery accuracy and maintain
the correct order of data packets? Illustrate the importance of TCP’s
reliability in critical applications like web browsing and file transfers.

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the basic protocols within


the Internet Protocol Suite which main purpose could be described as
providing a connection-oriented end-to-end communication between
devices. TCP is a connection-oriented protocol; before data can be sent,
there needs to be a connection is made, which is important in ensured
that the data that is being information is sent in the correct order and is
complete.
Characteristics of TCP
1. Connection-Oriented: TCP creates a connection by creating what is
referred to as a three-way handshake before actual data is transferred.
This makes it possible that both the sender and the receiver are
prepared to communicate.
2. Reliable Delivery: The TCP makes certain that all the information
transmitted from the source will be delivered at the destination without
being amended in any way. It does this in a number of ways; error
detection, acknowledgement and retransmission of packets that was
lost in transmission.
3. Ordered Data Transfer: TCP makes sure that all the data delivered
to the target host arrives in fragments it was processed at the sending
host. This is especially critical where data sequence is a factor like in
video streaming application, file downloading and transfer.
4. Flow Control: Flow control measures are used in TCP in order to avoid
greatly burdening the receiver with data from the sender. This is done
with the possibility of a sliding window protocol in which the sender
can transmit multiple packets without receiving an acknowledgment.
5. Congestion Control: TCP is responsible for monitoring the network
conditions and consequently the speed of data transmission in the
network. This is therefore important to enable the maintenance of the
network and also to ensure that there is no loss of packets.
Advantages of TCP
1. Data Integrity: Transmission Control Protocol has methods that
guarantee that in case of corrupted data it can be identified, and
resend, so it has reliable data transfer.
2. Reliable Communication: However, the acknowledgment system in
TCP ensures the senders If , indicates successfully receipt of the data
allowing for an effective communication.
3. Adaptability: TCP has the ability to operate based on various
conditions of the networks and therefore can be used in almost all
applications of computer technology ranging from WWW browsing to
file transfer.

TCP employs several techniques to ensure data delivery accuracy and


maintain the correct order of packets:
 Sequence Numbers: Every byte of payload is given a sequence number
so packets received out of order can easily be arranged in the right
order.
 Acknowledgments (ACKs): For packets received, the receiver sends an
acknowledgment: In order to ensure successful transmission, the
receiver sends an acknowledgment if packets have been received. If
the sender does not get an ACK for a given time, it concludes that
packet has been lost and sends it again.
 Checksums: TCP uses a checksum in every segment for the purpose of
data check. If upon receipt the checksum fails, the packet is discarded,
and the information is relayed back to the sender to resend the packet.
In a critical applications like web browsing and file transfer, it’s the reliability
of TCP that is of essence. For instance:
 Web Browsing: Where a user wants to view a certain webpage, TCP
makes sure that every aspect of the webpage (text, images, scripts),
are received in the right order and at the right time. This is important
in order to avoid any misunderstandings with the aim of improving the
actual experience of the user.
 File Transfers: The TCP also ensures that the entire content of the file
is delivered and if some data are missing the remaining data are not
an incorrect sequence. This is very important for instance in cloud
computing where files stored can be in form of cloud storage or email
attachment.

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