Backward explicit congestion notification. Bit set by a Frame Relay network in frames traveling in the opposite direction of frames encountering a congested path. DTE receiving frames with the BECN bit set can request that higher-level protocols take flow control action as appropriate. Compare with FECN.

Short for backward explicit congestion notification. A Frame Relay message that notifies the sending device that there is congestion in the network. A BECN bit is sent in the opposite direction in whi [..]

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backward explicity congestion notification. There is a bit in a frame relay frame header that is set when congestion is experienced in a frame relay network. This tells frame relay switches in the network to expect congestion in the network (in the reverse direction).