Allowing packet drops for lossless protocols
US11070321B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L1/1874
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for dropping packets at congested network elements for no drop traffic are described. A network element in communication with a congested network element initiates a copy packet queue and stores a copy of each transmitted no-drop packet sent to the congested element. When the network element receives an indication that the congested element has dropped a no-drop packet, the network element begins retransmission of the dropped packets to the congested element from the copy packet queue, thus providing a lossless network while allowing for dropped packets.
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