TCP/IP Transport Layer Features

Question 0

Error recovery (reliability)

Answer 0

Process of numbering and acknowledging data with Sequence and acknowledgment header fields.

Question 1

Multiplexing using ports

Answer 1

Function that allows receiving hosts to choose the correct application for which the data is destined, based on the port number.

Question 2

Flow control using windowing

Answer 2

Process that uses window sizes to protect buffer space and routing devices from being overloaded with traffic.

Question 3

Connection establishment and termination

Answer 3

Process used to initialize port numbers and Sequence and Acknowledgment fields.

Question 4

Ordered data transfer and data segmentation

Answer 4

Continuous stream of bytes from an upper-layer process that is “segmented” for transmission and delivered to upper-layer processes at the received device, with the bytes in the same order.