Patent · US Expired

Packet switching system arranged for congestion control through bandwidth management

US4769810A · kind A · utility

180Cited by
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23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 31, 1986
Grant dateSep 6, 1988
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5651
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a packet switching network, packet monitoring and marking algorithms are used for determining which data packets, received from a customer by an access node, are being transmitted at an excessive transmission rate and accordingly are marked. Additionally every packet from a special customer can be marked. Along in the network, marked packets are dropped where the network is congested along the path being traversed by the data packets.

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