Flow Control
Done by receiving entity
Function to limit amount or rate
of data sent by a transmitting entity
Simplest form: stop-and-wait
procedure
More efficient protocols: Credit
systems Sliding window
Needed at application as well as
network layers
Multiplexing
-Supporting multiple connections
on one machine
-Mapping of multiple connections
at one level to a single connection at another
-Carrying a number of connections
on one fiber optic cable
-Aggregating or bonding ISDN lines to gain bandwidth
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