same message, different sequencing number

CS 105 Gossip Corner: Discussions related to homework assignments: Ex. 4: Reliable Message Delivery: same message, different sequencing number
By
Shinn, Kelly (99ks) on Wednesday, December 2, 1998 - 09:18 pm:

Can you have the same message encoded with each of the two sequencing numbers? What would happen if B received message C twice, one with a 0 and another with a 1?


By Tom Murtagh (Admin) on Wednesday, December 2, 1998 - 09:22 pm:

That can't happen. If the sender transmits a message with a given sequence number and has to retransmit because no acknowledgement is received, it will continue to use the same sequence number for that message as it retransmits it until it is acknowledged.

Tom


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