Method and apparatus providing network coding based flow control
US8526451B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/283
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing network based flow control is presented. A linear combination of packets to transmit from a transmit queue is determined. The linear combination of packets is transmitted across a network using a sliding window protocol. An acknowledgement (ACK) is generated, wherein a packet is acknowledged when a receiving node receives the linear combination of packets and determines which packet of the linear combination of packets has been newly seen.
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