Maximum Segment Size

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The maximum segment size (MSS) is an option of the TCP protocol that specifies the largest amount of data, specified in bytes, that a computer or communications device can receive in a single, unfragmented piece. It does not count the TCP header or the IP header. For optimum communications, the number of bytes in the data segment and the headers must not add up to more than the number of bytes in the maximum transmission unit (MTU). The MSS is an important consideration in Internet connections. As data is routed over the Internet, it must pass through multiple gateway routers. Ideally, each TCP segment can pass through every router without being fragmented. If the data segment size is too large for any of the routers through which the data passes, the oversized segments are fragmented. This decreases throughput and increases latency, in some cases dramatically[2]. The likelihood of such fragmentation can be minimized by keeping the MSS as small as reasonably possible. Every host is required to be able to handle an MSS of at least 536 bytes.

• Themen: Informatik und Informationstechnologie Computerprogrammierung und Softwareentwicklung Programmier- und Skriptsprachen, allgemein
• ISBN: 9786133009493
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2010
• Größe: 220 x 150 mm
• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Mariam T. Tennoe, Lambert M. Surhone, Susan F. Henssonow