IP-TCP

Reference standard: RFC 793 - Transmission Control Protocol

TCP segment structure: fields

bits 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 Segment field
octets 1- n Header
octets (n+1)-p Data

Bit 0 is the most significant bit.

Header

bits 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ 7 Header
octets 1-2 Source port
octets 3-4 Destination port
octets 5-6-7-8 Sequence Number
octets 9-10-11-12 Acknowledgement Number
octet 13, bits 0-3 Data offset
octet 13, bits 4-7 Reserved
octet 14, bits 0-1 Reserved
octet 14, bit 2 URG: Urgent Pointer field significant
octet 14, bit 3 ACK: Acknowledgement field significant
octet 14, bit 4 PSH: Push function
octet 14, bit 5 RST: Rest the connection
octet 14, bit 6 SYN: synchronise sequence number
octet 14, bit 7 FIN: no more data from sender
octets 15-16 Window
octets 17-18 Checksum
octets 19-20 Urgent Pointer
octets 21-(n-1) Options
octet n Padding

 


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updated:  27-Feb-04