Systems and methods for quality of service (QoS) based management of bottlenecks and flows in networks
US11398984B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques based on the Theory of Bottleneck Ordering can reveal the bottleneck structure of a network, and the Theory of Flow ordering can take advantage of the revealed bottleneck structure to manage and configure network flows so as to improve the overall network performance. These two techniques provide insights into the inherent topological properties of a network at least in three areas: (1) identification of the regions of influence of each bottleneck; (2) the order in which bottlenecks (and flows traversing them) may converge to their steady state transmission rates in distributed congestion control algorithms; and (3) the design of optimized traffic engineering policies.
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