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Flow control (data)

In data communications, flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes to prevent a fast sender from overwhelming a slow receiver. Flow control should be distinguished from congestion control, which is used for controlling the flow of data when congestion has actually occurred. Flow control mechanisms can be…

Transmit flow control, Open-loop flow control & Comparison

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Flow control (data)

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples1
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
Components1

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control flow data window sender receiver used frame acknowledgement transmit transmitter frames ack variable transmission sending stop-and-wait time number output

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