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Internet transport: A more performant, more robust, more reliable TCP

Authors: Mohamed BOUCADAIR, Christian JACQUENET

Publication date: April 10, 2017, Review date: August 24, 2021 | Lire en français

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    2. A few reminders about the TCP protocol

    This section describes a few principles of TCP protocol operation that are useful for the purposes of this article.

    The article [TE 7 570] describes in more detail the basic operation of the TCP protocol, including retransmission and congestion control mechanisms.

    Firstly, TCP uses a procedure known as 3WHS (3-way Handshake) to establish a connection between two TCP terminals. Bits (called "flags") are set in a TCP segment to indicate the nature of the segment to the remote terminal:

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