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GATE 2008
Easy
In the slow start phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm, the size of the congestion window
- Adoes not increase
- Bincreases linearly
- Cincreases quadratically
- increases exponentially
Explanation
During slow start, the congestion window DOUBLES every round-trip time that acknowledgments are received without loss — exponential growth — until it reaches the slow-start threshold, after which growth switches to the slower linear (additive-increase) phase.
Source: GATE CS 2008 (2008)
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