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Transport Layer - Freie Universität Berlin

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Timer Management with TCP<br />

● How to set TCP timeout value?<br />

● Longer than RTT<br />

● But RTT varies<br />

● Too short: premature timeout<br />

● Unnecessary retransmissions<br />

● Too long: slow reaction to segment loss<br />

● How to estimate RTT?<br />

● SampleRTT: measured time from segment transmission until ACK receipt<br />

● Ignore retransmissions<br />

● SampleRTT will vary, want estimated RTT “smoother”<br />

● Average several recent measurements, not just current SampleRTT<br />

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen H. Schiller ▪ cst.mi.fu-berlin.de ▪ Telematics ▪ Chapter 8: <strong>Transport</strong> <strong>Layer</strong><br />

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