Notes regarding the Demo
In order to make this demo easy to use and understand, some simplifications have been taken:
- This application demonstrates the basic version of TCP acknowledgement mechanism, which incorporates a cumulative ACK for all packets, without selective acknowledgements.
- Packets do not show their sequence number or Acknowledge number. Packets position in the buffer shows visually its SEQ and ACK number.
- Advanced flow control mechanisms such as Slow Start and Congestion Control, are not demonstrated in this demo. In general - window size does not change once the simulation has been started.
- Receiver is assumed to store out-of-order packets, as opposed to dropping them.