COMPUTER NETWORK

  INTRODUCTION  TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol.  It is a transport layer protocol that facilitates the transmission of packets from source to destination.  It is a connection-oriented protocol that means it establishes the connection prior to the communication that occurs between the computing devices in a network.  This protocol is used with an IP protocol, so together, they are referred to as a TCP/IP. The main functionality of the TCP is to take the data from the application layer.  Then it divides the data into a several packets, provides numbering to these packets, and finally transmits these packets to the destination. Features of TCP Protocol Transport Layer Protocol TCP is a transport layer protocol as it is used in transmitting the data from the sender to the receiver. Reliable TCP is a reliable protocol as it follows the flow and error control mechanism. It also supports the acknowledgment mechanism, which checks the state and sound ...