Systems and methods for link state flooding transmitter-based flow control

A method, comprising:

• determining a current transmit rate that protocol data units (PDUs) are being transmitted from a network node to a receiving node by analyzing a retransmit queue to determine how fast the PDUs are being added to the retransmit queue;
• determining an acknowledgment rate that acknowledgments are being received at the network node from the receiving node;
• and
• determining a new transmit rate based on the current transmit rate and the acknowledgment rate.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• determining a current transmit rate that protocol data units (PDUs) are being transmitted from a network node to a receiving node by analyzing a retransmit queue to determine how fast the PDUs are being added to the retransmit queue;
• determining an acknowledgment rate that acknowledgments are being received at the network node from the receiving node;
• and
• determining a new transmit rate based on the current transmit rate and the acknowledgment rate.