GATE 2018 Previous Year Paper Solution Question 14 – Computer Science

In this video question which was asked in the exam of GATE 2018 is discussed.

Question :- Consider the following statements regarding the slow start phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm. Note the cwnd stands for the TCP congestion window and MSS denotes the Maximum Segment Size.

1. The cwnd increases by 2 MSS on every successful acknowledgement.
2. The cwnd approximately doubles on every successful acknowledgement.
3. The cwnd increases by 1 MSS every round trip time
4. The cwnd approximately doubles every round trip time.

Which one of the following is correct ?

A. Only 2 & 3 are true
B. Only 1 & 3 are true
C. Only 4 is true
D. Only 1 & 4 are true

Solution is explained in the video.