In Stop and wait protocol, sender wait for ACK before sending next packet. But what if an ACK is dropped in the network and never reached to sender. What sender should do in that case?

Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337102063
Author:Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher:Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Chapter6: Security Technology: Access Controls, Firewalls, And Vpns
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 2RQ
icon
Related questions
Question
100%
  1. In Stop and wait protocol, sender wait for ACK before sending next packet. But what if an ACK is dropped in the network and never reached to sender. What sender should do in that case?
  2. A sender process transmits 100 packets towards destination process. Out of 100, 80 packets successfully reach the destination whereas 20 packets drop in the network. How many ACKs will be sent by the receiver towards sender while using:
  • ACK (positive/ normal ACK)
  • NACK
  1. Why do we need length field in UDP header when we know that the length of the UDP header is always fixed (i.e. 8 Bytes)?
Expert Solution
trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Types of Protocols
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, computer-science and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Similar questions
  • SEE MORE QUESTIONS
Recommended textbooks for you
Principles of Information Security (MindTap Cours…
Principles of Information Security (MindTap Cours…
Computer Science
ISBN:
9781337102063
Author:
Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
Computer Science
ISBN:
9781305080195
Author:
Stephen D. Burd
Publisher:
Cengage Learning