TCP Sliding window question

Question: When using sliding windows for a TCP Transmission if a sender has a windows size of 3 and sends out segments 1,2,3 and the reciever returns and ack of 3 what is the next segment sent to the reciever?

There is where i'm confused, wouldn't the next segment be 4?

windows size = 3

send 1

>
send 2

>
send 3

>

<

ack 3

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elegua

fluk3d wrote:

Question: When using sliding windows for a TCP Transmission if a sender has a windows size of 3 and sends out segments 1,2,3 and the reciever returns and ack of 3 what is the next segment sent to the reciever?

There is where i'm confused, wouldn't the next segment be 4?

windows size = 3

send 1
>
send 2
>
send 3
>

<
ack 3

If the receiver sent back ack 3, the sender has to send segment 3 and 4, if the receiver sent back ack 4 then the sender will send the next 3 segments.

In this case the windows side is for only 2 segments.

Hope this help.

fluk3d

Ah okay so I did some further reading when the reciever sends back and ack of 3 it is telling the sender which segment it is expecting to recieve in this case it send segment 1 2 3 and ack 3 so it needs to resend 3

correct me if im wrong