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In the slow start phase of the TCP congestion algorithm, the size of the congestion window:

  1. does not increase

  2. increase linearly

  3. increases quadratically

  4. increases exponentially

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Assume that $\text{ssthresh} = 8.$

Increase is exponential in the Slow Start Phase.

Answer is option D.

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In slow start cwind size increases exponentially & In Congestion avoidance cwind size increases Linearly.
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