Apparatus for controlling internetwork communications
September 10, 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 ReferencesDynamic window sizing in a data network Control for glassware forming system including bidirectional network gateway Method and appartus for controlling multimedia information communication Intelligent industrial local area network module for use in a distributed control system Avoiding congestion system for reducing traffic load on selected end systems which utilizing above their allocated fair shares to optimize throughput at intermediate node System for regulating multicomputer data transfer by allocating time slot to designated processing task according to communication bandwidth capabilities and modifying time slots when bandwidth change Transaction routing in a multiple processor system using an extracted transaction feature parameter and transaction historical data Multicasting with key words Patent #: 5893091 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 926837 filed on 09/10/1997US Classes:709/250, NETWORK-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACING709/223, COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING709/224, Computer network monitoring709/232, Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating709/249MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERCONNECTINGExaminersPrimary: Geckil, Mehmet B.Assistant: Thompson, Marc D. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 015/16G06F 015/173 AbstractAn interface allows for the transfer of real time control data with guaranteed delivery times between devices on a general purpose network and an industrial control system. A proxy server takes the role of a TCP/IP router and is configured to control the rate at which messages are forwarded from the non-real time to the real time portion of the network, keeping the loading of the real time portion stable regardless of the external non-real-time communication demand. Real time data is preconfigured and exchanged in a regular sequence, with the cyclic update period known. The length of any communication message necessary to transmit this information, plus any sequencing and acknowledgment overhead, is calculated in advance and aggregated. Each device with authority to transmit on the shared medium is given a time budget, calculated so that the total transmission quantity in unit time is deliberately limited to some fraction of the maximum transmission capability of the network. All communication from devices whose traffic loadings cannot be so controlled is arranged to pass through the proxy device in order to gain access to the deterministic network, and the proxy enforces the budget limits by introducing deliberate delays to the request messages if necessary.Other References
Field of SearchAccessing a remote serverComputer-to-computer data transfer regulating Transfer speed regulating Prioritized data routing Computer network access regulating NETWORK-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACING COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER DATA ROUTING Using interconnected networks Computer network monitoring COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGING Input/Output process timing Processing suspension Transfer rate regulation Interrogation response Individual call Assignment of variable bandwidth or time period for transmission or reception Adaptive | |
