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Sliding Windows
16 years 7 months ago #26054
by NeoTech
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Hey guys, i checked the site material and cant find anything specifically related, but sorry if i overlooked it;
I was wondering if anybody could explain the concept of 'sliding windows' for me. i understand the windowing concept of TCP.
Is a sliding window how many windows worth of data can be sent out without acknowledgment ?
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I was wondering if anybody could explain the concept of 'sliding windows' for me. i understand the windowing concept of TCP.
Is a sliding window how many windows worth of data can be sent out without acknowledgment ?
Cheers!
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16 years 7 months ago #26056
by S0lo
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Replied by S0lo on topic Re: Sliding Windows
They are very closely related. "Sliding Window" is a concept in "Windowing" and some times referred to as the same thing.
One definition, is were the receiving device can send a single acknowledgement message for multiple packets of data sent in one window. Within that acknowledgement message is information about the receiving device’s buffer size, which tells the sending device to increase or decrease the number of packets in the next transmission (this is where the "sliding" in the name comes in).
There is more to the word "slide" than what meats the eye, it seams that there are multiple different definitions. Check those References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_Window_Protocol
www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/sliding_window.htm
One definition, is were the receiving device can send a single acknowledgement message for multiple packets of data sent in one window. Within that acknowledgement message is information about the receiving device’s buffer size, which tells the sending device to increase or decrease the number of packets in the next transmission (this is where the "sliding" in the name comes in).
There is more to the word "slide" than what meats the eye, it seams that there are multiple different definitions. Check those References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_Window_Protocol
www.webopedia.com/TERM/s/sliding_window.htm
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16 years 7 months ago #26067
by NeoTech
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Replied by NeoTech on topic Re: Sliding Windows
Ok, so basically a sliding window is the dynamically definable amount of TCP segments that can be sent before awaiting the ACK from the recipient host?
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16 years 7 months ago #26119
by skepticals
Replied by skepticals on topic Re: Sliding Windows
Basically, I think they say "sliding window" because the amount of packets that can be sent without receiving an ack can very. So you "window" slides...or changes.
16 years 7 months ago #26126
by SteveP
Replied by SteveP on topic Re: Sliding Windows
@skepticals - yes, that's how I understand sliding windows too.
16 years 7 months ago #26235
by Smurf
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Replied by Smurf on topic Re: Sliding Windows
I beleive it dynamically increases to improve performance and then when its getting overwhelemed it can back off again. Thats from memory.
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