Suppose we know that most of the packet losses are due to congestion on the Internet and that when there is congestion, consecutive packets tend to be dropped altogether due to buffer overflow at the intermediate routers

Computer Science Jan 21, 2023

Suppose we know that most of the packet losses are due to congestion on the Internet and that when there is congestion, consecutive packets tend to be dropped altogether due to buffer overflow at the intermediate routers. Which of G-Back-N and Selective Repeat is better for the Internet? And why?