In protocol rdt3.0, ACK packets that travel from the receiver to the sender do not contain sequence numbers, but they do have an ACK area that indicates the packet sequence number that they are recognizing. Why is it not required? What are the sequence numbers for our ACK packets

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In protocol rdt3.0, ACK packets that travel from the receiver to the sender do not contain sequence numbers, but they do have an ACK area that indicates the packet sequence number that they are recognizing. Why is it not required?

What are the sequence numbers for our ACK packets?

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