Rate limited scheduler for solicited data transfers
US12155573B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flow rate control method for solicited data communications includes receiving, at a first node of a communications network, a request-to-send (RTS) signal from a second node of the communications network, the RTS signal indicating a size of a solicited data transmission of the second node, determining, by the first node, whether a rate-limiting counter is above zero, wherein the rate-limiting counter is programmed to increase at a programmed rate and in response to the rate-limiting counter being above zero, scheduling, by the first node, a clear-to-send (CTS) signal to be sent from the first node to the second node over the communications network, and subtracting, by the first node, a value corresponding to the size of the solicited data transmission of the second node from the rate-limiting counter.
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