Description
Ethernet is a popular family of computer network protocols. Flow control can be implemented at the data link layer. A sending station (computer or network switch) may be transmitting data faster than the other end of the link can accept it. The first flow control mechanism, the PAUSE frame, was defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) task force that also defined full duplex Ethernet link segments. The IEEE standard 802.3x was issued in 1997.
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