| 1. A data communication apparatus which transfers object data to a destination nodes, said data communication apparatus comprising:
a control unit adapted (a) to determine a segment size and a segment data size in accordance with a size of a receiving buffer
of the destination node, the size of the receiving buffer being determined by the destination node in accordance with a maximum
payload size that can be received by the destination node, (b) to divide the object data into segments in accordance with
the segment size, and (c) to divide each segment into a plurality of segment data in accordance with the segment data size;
and
a data communication unit adapted (a) to generate packets from the plurality of segment data, and (b) to transfer the packets
from said data communication apparatus to the destination node via a logical connection set between said data communication
apparatus and the destination node, the logical connection being set by a controller.
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