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TCP reliable data transfer duplicated "snd.nxt" and grammar fix #258

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion book-2nd/protocols/tcp.rst
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Expand Up @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ TCP is a window-based transport protocol that provides a bi-directional byte str

The original TCP specification can be categorised as a transport protocol that provides a byte stream service and uses `go-back-n`.

To send new data on an established connection, a TCP entity performs the following operations on the corresponding TCB. It first checks that the `sending buffer` does not contain more data than the receive window advertised by the remote host (`rcv.wnd`). If the window is not full, up to `MSS` bytes of data are placed in the payload of a TCP segment. The `sequence number` of this segment is the sequence number of the first byte of the payload. It is set to the first available sequence number : `snd.nxt` and `snd.nxt` is incremented by the length of the payload of the TCP segment. The `acknowledgement number` of this segment is set to the current value of `rcv.nxt` and the `window` field of the TCP segment is computed based on the current occupancy of the `receiving buffer`. The data is kept in the `sending buffer` in case it needs to be retransmitted later.
To send new data on an established connection, a TCP entity performs the following operations on the corresponding TCB. It first checks that the `sending buffer` does not contain more data than the receive window advertised by the remote host (`rcv.wnd`). If the window is not full, up to `MSS` bytes of data are placed in the payload of a TCP segment. The `sequence number` of this segment is the sequence number of the first byte of the payload. It is set to the first available sequence number : `snd.nxt` and `snd.wnd` are incremented by the length of the payload of the TCP segment. The `acknowledgement number` of this segment is set to the current value of `rcv.nxt` and the `window` field of the TCP segment is computed based on the current occupancy of the `receiving buffer`. The data is kept in the `sending buffer` in case it needs to be retransmitted later.

When a TCP segment with the `ACK` flag set is received, the following operations are performed. `rcv.wnd` is set to the value of the `window` field of the received segment. The `acknowledgement number` is compared to `snd.una`. The newly acknowledged data is removed from the `sending buffer` and `snd.una` is updated. If the TCP segment contained data, the `sequence number` is compared to `rcv.nxt`. If they are equal, the segment was received in sequence and the data can be delivered to the user and `rcv.nxt` is updated. The contents of the `receiving buffer` is checked to see whether other data already present in this buffer can be delivered in sequence to the user. If so, `rcv.nxt` is updated again. Otherwise, the segment's payload is placed in the `receiving buffer`.

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