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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
May. 02, 2017
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus comprises: a controller, a sender and a receiver. The controller determines, among data units provided with reference numbers, a first group that includes data units to be sent to another communication apparatus. The sender sends the data units to another communication apparatus. The receiver receives, from another communication apparatus, information that indicates a reception situation regarding the data units. The sender execute a re-sending process of the data unit corresponding to the reception error when the reception situation indicates a reception error The controller either prevent the sender from sending a data unit in a second group when the sender is executing the re-sending process or stop the re-sending process when the receiver receives a report of arrival of the data unit corresponding to the reception error from the another communication apparatus while the sender is executing the re-sending process.