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Abstract

The invention relates to a process for optimizing the control of the traffic in a packet telecommunications network comprising at least one transmitter terminal (2), at least one receiver terminal (4), and one traffic regulator (6) arranged between the transmitter terminal (2) and the receiver terminal (4), said transmitter (2) and receiver (4) terminals exchanging data packet segments via a connection-oriented link employing a transport protocol with acknowledgement of receipt. This process comprises the following steps: when a connection is made between the transmitter (2) and receiver (4) terminals, intercepting, at the level of the traffic regulator (6), the packet segments sent from the transmitter terminal (2) to the receiver terminal (4), generating an anticipated acknowledgement of receipt ACK.sub.a simulating receipt of said packet segments by the receiver terminal (4) when the traffic regulator (6) transmits the intercepted packets to the receiver terminal (4), transmitting, from the traffic regulator (6), said acknowledgement of receipt anticipated ACK.sub.a to the transmitter terminal (2) so as to slave the sending rate of the packet segments by the transmitter terminal (2) at a rate fixed by said traffic regulator (6).

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