In TCP, the value of the acknowledgment field in a sent segment defines the sequence number related to the ______byte a party expects to receive next.

In transport layer, the function of multiplexing is needed at the sender side, and the function of demultiplexing is needed at the receiver side.

RIP uses the services of _______.

It is impossible for an application to enjoy reliable data transfer even when the application runs over UDP.

At the network layer, running a routing protocol has nothing to do with forwarding.

In subnetting, the number of addresses in each subnet must _______.

Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a new _____________protocol.

________ means the producer delivers the items when they are produced. _______ means the consumer takes the items when it is ready to do so.

The Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol is an intradomain routing protocol based on _______ routing.

In TCP, a FIN segment consumes _____ sequence number(s).