Explicit rate congestion control system and method
Patent 6069872 Issued on May 30, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: 
November 20, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
November 20, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesFlow control of ABR traffic in ATM networks Erica: explicit rate indication for congestion avoidance in ATM networks Patent #: 5805577 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 975331 filed on 11/20/1997US Classes:370/236, Including signaling between network elements370/232, Based on data flow rate measurement370/468Assignment of variable bandwidth or time period for transmission or receptionExaminersPrimary: Felber, Joseph L.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04J 003/16H04J 003/22 AbstractAn explicit rate congestion control system and method to support available bit rate service in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) networks is provided. The system and method observe the maximum usage of different connections and incorporates both rate and queue length information to achieve a stable operation of the ATM network. The control of congestion and fairness is separated which permits the system and method to have a common framework to support multiple fairness criteria. The system and method may operate with switches implementing both aggregate and per connection queuing at their ports. In the method, the number of active connections at a bottleneck node is only used to normalize control and to redistribute spare bandwidth during transient conditions and does not affect the steady state fair rate used by each connection. | |
