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Method of transferring packet data in a network by transmitting divided data packets

  • US 5,903,724 A
  • Filed: 09/06/1996
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for transmitting data via a network host in a transmitting side to a receiving side, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting said data packet from said host to a communication controller in said transmitting side;

    dividing said data packet into a plurality of data packets by said communication controller;

    transmitting said divided data packets from said communication controller to said receiving side;

    transmitting, for each of said divided data packets, a sub-acknowledgement signal indicating whether said receiving side has normally received a corresponding one of the divided data packets, from said receiving side to said communication controller; and

    transmitting a single acknowledgement signal, generated by said communication controller, from said communication controller to said host, after said communication controller has normally received all of said sub-acknowledgement signals.

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