Patent References 3749845 3925601 Method of transmitting information and multiplexing device for executing the method Patent #: 3988545 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 05/663048 filed on 03/02/1976US Classes:714/750, Feedback to transmitter for comparison178/3, Automatic370/230, Control of data admission to the network370/400, Having a plurality of nodes performing distributed switching370/428, Store and forward370/474, Assembly or disassembly of messages having address headers714/748Request for retransmissionExaminersPrimary: Yusko, Donald J.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04L 29/06 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1975-03-03 JAAbstractA packet switching network in which the data transmitted from a data sending terminal is temporarily stored in a packet switching exchange connected to a data sender where the data is divided into a plurality of units each of which is called a packet and the data in turn is transferred with each packet unit to a packet switching exchange connected to a data receiver, through a number of transmit switching exchanges, and then those packets are reassembled into the original format of the data which finally is transmitted to a data receiving terminal, the above-mentioned packet switching network employing a data sending and receiving system in which a character oriented transmission control procedure for communicating with its associated terminals is used in the packet switching network, and the packet switching network involves data terminals each having a single communication link connected with the packet switching network, whereby the data sending and receiving system is effectively effected and a flow control for the switching network can be achieved without using any special procedure in the control. | |