Introduction

In this project you will be implementing the Transmission Control Protocol, as specified in [RFC793]. However, instead of implementing it inside the operating system itself, you will be implementing it inside a system called chiTCP. This system allows you to write socket-based applications that rely on your TCP implementation instead of the one included in your operating system. To do this, chiTCP provides an alternate socket library, chisocket, that provides the same functions as the standard socket library (connect, send, recv, etc.). Although the chisocket functions have the same expected behaviour as the standard socket functions, they do not implement the entire functionality provided by standard sockets (e.g., non-blocking sockets are not supported).

In chiTCP, the socket layer and all the messy details of how TCP interacts with the other layers of the protocol stack (including how packets are handed down to the network layer, and how data is passed up to the application layer) are already implemented for you. In this project, you will focus on implementing the TCP protocol itself.

The chiTCP documentation is divided into the following sections:

• The chiTCP Architecture: Provides an overview of chiTCP’s internal architecture.

• Installing, Building, and Running chiTCP: Instructions on how to install, build, and run chiTCP.

• Implementation Guide: A guide to implementing chiTCP.

• Assignment 1: TCP over a Reliable Network and Assignment 2: TCP over an Unreliable Network: The chiTCP programming assignments. Please note that your instructor may provide additional instructions on how to do these assignments.

• Testing your Implementation: Suggestions and strategies for testing your implementation.