Ack

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An Ack is a message sent by a receiver to positively acknowledge the receipt of an agreed amount of data. Systems employing Ack typically also use the negative Ack.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Ack include: 
 
  • Selective-reject automatic repeat request (Selective-reject ARQ)
  • Go-back-N automatic repeat request (Go-back-N ARQ)
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  • Stop-and-wait automatic repreat request (Stop-and-wait ARQ)
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  • Negative Ack (NACK)

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