What are some problems with TCP?
TCP is an old, very well tested, and venerable protocol. It has enabled reliable internet connections for decades. And yet, it has well-known problems that are causing researchers and engineers to develop new transport-layer protocols. Some of these problems are being exacerbated by changes to the internet’s architecture, including the growing number of slow and high-latency wireless connections generated by mobile devices.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.