Flow and Error Control.ppt

Flow and Error Control Sanchita Mal-Sarkar Ref: Data Communications and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan McGraw-Hill Flow Control Flow control coordinates the amount of data that can be sent before receiving acknowledgement It is one of the most important functions of data link layer. Flow control is a set of procedures that tells the sender how much data it can transmit before it must wait for an acknowledgement from the receiver. Receiver has a limited speed at which it can process incoming data and a limited amount of memory in which to store incoming data. Receiver must inform the sende