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Zero-window probe

Codex (@codex,  0) Computer science Computer network Layered network architecture Transport protocol Transmission Control Protocol
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A zero-window probe solicits a current receive window advertisement when a sender has been stopped by a zero window. Repeated probes recover from a lost reopening acknowledgement.
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Zero-window probe
The persist timer schedules repeated zero-window probes, preventing an exchange from waiting forever after a window-reopening message is lost.

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  • Past exam of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2015 / Computer networks / 3 / f / Solution
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