Prioritized PVC management queues for improved frame processing capabilities
December 12, 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 References"Least time to reach bound" service policy for buffer systems Bandwidth and congestion control for queue channels in a cell switching communication controller System and method for providing SVC service through an ATM network for frame relay DTEs with a terminal adapter Method of maintaining PVC status packetized communication system Method and apparatus for implementing communication service contract using cell arrival information Queue management to serve variable and constant bit rate traffic at multiple quality of service levels in a ATM switch Autosensing LMI protocols in frame relay networks Method and apparatus for controlling congestion in communication network Communications cell scheduler and scheduling method for providing proportional use of network bandwith Bit stream based connection admission control system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 989689 filed on 12/12/1997US Classes:370/401, Bridge or gateway between networks370/410, Having a signaling feature370/412, Queuing arrangement370/465AdaptiveExaminersPrimary: Rao, Seema S.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04L 012/66401 AbstractThere is provided a method and apparatus for the prioritization, multiple queuing and selective processing of PVC management frames by a Frame Relay message processing device. The device had an input port for receiving the messages. It also provides a number of message queues for storing and retrieving the received messages, each of the queues respectively corresponding to one of a number of response priority levels which vary from highest priority to lowest priority. Each of the response priority levels is assigned to a number of message classes associated with predetermined link management processes for communicating the status of message relay links among networking devices. The message processing device has a first processor for determining the message class associated with each of the received messages and for allocating each of the messages to a corresponding one of the queues based upon the response priority level assigned to the determined message class. A second processor is provided for retrieving each of the messages from the queues, and an output port is provided for dispatching the retrieved messages.Other References
Field of SearchDATA FLOW CONGESTION PREVENTION OR CONTROLControl of data admission to the network Traffic shaping End-to-end flow control Flow control of data transmission through a network Using leaky bucket technique Including signaling between network elements Using RM (Resource Management) cells Using OAM (Operation, Administration and Maintenance) cells Congestion based rerouting Path check Loopback PATHFINDING OR ROUTING Distributed switching Having a signaling feature Queuing arrangement Having both input and output queuing Contention resolution for output Having input queuing only Contention resolution for output Having output queuing only Contention resolution for output Input or output circuit, per se (i.e., line interface) For connecting plural subscribers to a network (i.e., network termination) Having a plurality of nodes performing distributed switching Combining or distributing information via time channels using multiple access technique (e.g., TDMA) Using channel reservation With priority resolution Adaptive Polling Having a supervisory signaling feature | |
