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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Back-N_ARQ

Go-Back-N ARQ is a specific instance of the Automatic Repeat-reQuest (ARQ) Protocol, in which the sending process continues to send a number of frames specified by a window size even without receiving an ACK packet from the receiver.

The receiver process keeps track of sequence number of the next frame
it expects to receive, and sends that number with every ACK it sends.
The receiver will ignore any frame that does not have the exact
sequence number it expects -- whether that frame is a "past" duplicate
of a frame it has already ACK'ed (Source: Kurose, James F.; Keith W. Ross. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach, 232. ISBN 0-321-49770-8. ), or whether that frame is a "future" frame past the lost packet it is waiting for. Once the sender has sent all of the frames in its window, it will detect that all of the frames since the first lost frame are outstanding,
and will go back to sequence number of the last ACK it received from
the receiver process and fill its window starting with that frame and continue the process over again.

The sending window size must be no more than the number of sequence
numbers (if they are numbered from zero to n-1) to verify transmission
in cases of any packet (any data or ACK packet) being dropped. (Source:
Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Computer Networks 4th ed. ISBN 0-13-066102-3)

Go-Back-N ARQ is a more efficient use of a connection than Stop-and-wait ARQ,
since unlike waiting for an acknowledgement for each packet, the
connection is still being utilized as packets are being sent. In other
words, during the time that would otherwise be spent waiting, more
packets are being sent. However, this method also results in sending
frames multiple times -- if any frame was lost or damaged, or the ACK
acknowledging them was lost or damaged, then that frame and all
following frames in the window (even if they were received without
error) will be re-sent. To avoid this, Selective Repeat ARQ can be used. (Source: Tanenbaum, Andrew S. Computer Networks 4th ed. ISBN 0-13-066102-3).