On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, James Carlson wrote:
> Jamal Hadi writes:
> > So what about packet being loss? Wouldnt that ensure reordering?
>
> Please explain. What pattern of loss possibly results in one packet
> being inserted in the stream ahead of another?
>
> Here's loss: 1 2 4 5 6
>
> Here's reordering: 1 2 4 3 5 6
>
> Loss preserves ordering. To get misordering, you have to
> intentionally hold onto a message and reinsert it later. What I've
And thats what i was implying.
In your above example:
1 2 4 5 6
If the entity above the wire cared about packet 3 there will be a
retransmit. so it becomes:
1 2 4 5 6 3
I suppose if you can ensure ordering with a retransmit by having a window
of size 1 clocked by ACKs.
cheers,
jamal
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