RFC 210 (rfc210) - Page 2 of 2

Improvement of Flow Control

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SUMMARY

          Proposal                       Advantage

1    "Return" specifies amount       Provides more pertinent
     of space left after             information and a means
     decrementing.                   of resynchronization other
                                     than closing connection.

2    "Give Back" must get            Provide more accurate
     "return" in reply and           allocation information
     "return" must not be            by eliminating race
     sent with data on the           conditions.
     link.

3    Eliminate fractions             Eliminate messy math
     from "give back".               and provide symmetry
                                     to allocation commands
                                     making processing easier.



       [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
        [ into the online RFC archives by Gunnar Reichert 6/97 ]

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