摘要 |
<p>A buffer in a packet control network unit may overflow or underflow during data transmission from an external network to a user terminal, thus causing many kinds of problems in data transmission. The problems can be prevented in a packet network providing a data flow control algorithm performed by the packet control unit. The packet control unit indicates to the network node, from which it receives data packets, the actual transmission rate of a specified data flow, as well as the buffering capacity for that flow. Then the said network node adjusts its transmission rate for the indicated flow.</p> |