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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Yoshifumi Takamoto, Fuchu, JP;
Hiroki Kanai, Higashi-Yamato, JP;
Tadahiro Takase, Oita, JP;
Katsuyoshi Kitai, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshimasa Masuoka, Kodaira, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication controller at the sending computer divides data transferred from a host into sub-ACK unit packets, and transfers them sequentially to a destination without waiting for the sub-ACK's being subsequently provided by the destination. A communication controller at the receiving computer issues a sub-ACK to the sending computer for each of the sub-ACK unit packet, if the sub-ACK packet has been normally received and otherwise issues retransmission request for the sub-ACK unit packets and merges data included in the sub-ACK unit packets into the initial data, after they are normally received.