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Re: [ns] regarding NS TCP implementation!!!
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Kaleelazhicathu R R Kumar wrote:
> can anyone tell me whether the tcp implementation in NS sends packets
> irrespective of their size individually or does it simulate the actual TCP
> in aggregating the smaller packets in a single segment...
you mean 'smaller accumulations of data in a single segment'. packets
encapsulate segments. multiple segments issued together as packets
make a burst.
> what i mean to
> say is..considering that packets are of sizes smaller than the segment
> size,will these smaller packets be aggregated in a single segment as is
> done in actual tcp implementation???
read up on Nagle's algorithm. FullTcp in ns implements Nagle's
algorithm.
L.
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