Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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Link Level Retransmissions
Issues
Issues
nRetransmissions can cause head-of-the-line blocking
nAlthough link to receiver 1 may be in a bad state, the link to
receiver 2 may be in a good state
nRetransmissions to receiver 1 are lost, and also block a packet
from being sent to receiver 2
Base station
Receiver 1
Receiver 2
