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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;
ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Methods for flow control in a network are disclosed. In a dual connectivity network environment where a master base station and a secondary base station exist, an operation method of a master base station may comprise transmitting a data frame including a plurality of data packets to a secondary base station; receiving, from the secondary base station, a delivery status frame requesting retransmission of error data packet among the plurality of data packets; and retransmitting the error data packet indicated by the delivery status frame to the secondary base station. Therefore, network performance can be enhanced.