GATE CSE · 2018 · CS
Question 14: Computer Networks
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Question 14
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Consider the following statements regarding the slow start phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm. Note that cwnd stands for the TCP congestion window and MSS denotes the Maximum Segment Size.
(i) The cwnd increases by 2 MSS on every successful acknowledgement.
(ii) The cwnd approximately doubles on every successful acknowledgement.
(iii) The cwnd increases by 1 MSS every round trip time.
(iv) The cwnd approximately doubles every round trip time.
Which one of the following is correct?
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GATE CSE 2018 · Paper 1
Computer Science and Information Technology · Original paper archive
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- Computer Science and Information Technology
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- Multiple choice (MCQ)
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- 1 mark
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