A receiving host has failed to receive all of the segments that it should acknowledge. What can the host do to improve the reliability of this communication session?

Question

A receiving host can control the transmitter by using flow control (TCP uses Windowing by default). By decreasing the window size, the receiving host can slow down the transmitting host so the receiving host does not overflow its buffers.

Accepted Answer

Decrease the sequence number.

Answer

Send a different source port number.

Answer

Restart the virtual circuit.

Answer

Decrease the window size.

Question 929: A receiving host has failed to receive all of the segments that it should acknowledge. What can the host do to improve the reliability of this communication session?