Question

In the slow start phase of the TCP congesting control algorithm , the size of the congestion window

• A. Increases quadratically
• B. Does not increase
• C. Increases linearly
• D. Increases exponentially

Answer 1

The correct option is D Increases exponentially

In the slow-start (additive) phase of the TCP congestion control algorithm, the size of congestion window increases exponentially TCP acts the window size as follows allowed - window = min (receiver_advertisement, congestion -window)
In slow-start (additive) phase whenever starting traffic on a new connection or increasing traffic after a period of congestion , start the congestion window at the size of single segment and increases the congestion window by one segment each time an acknowledgement arrives.