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Which of the following functionality must be implemented by a transport protocol over and above the network protocol?

  1. Recovery from packet losses
  2. Detection of duplicate packets
  3. Packet delivery in the correct order
  4. End to end connectivity

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Transport protocols are mainly for providing end to end connections by making sockets.
Recovery from packet loss & delivery in correct order, duplication is checked by Data link layer.
Hence (D) is correct option.
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Transport layer is responsible for reliability and to ensure end to end packet delivery.
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