TRANSMIT FLOW CONTROL

In data communications systems, control of the rate at which data are transmitted from a terminal so that the data can be received by another terminal. Note 1: Transmit flow control may occur between data terminal equipment ( DTE ) and a switching center , via data circuit -terminating equipment ( DCE ), or between two DTEs. The transmission rate may be controlled because of network or DTE requirements. Note 2: Transmit flow control can occur independently in the two directions of data transfer , thus permitting the transfer rates in one direction to be different from the transfer rates in the other direction.