Method and apparatus for congestion management in computer networks using explicit rate indication
US5633859A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 27, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/13564
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An explicit rate indication method for congestion management in computer and telecommunication networks. Sources monitor their load and provide the information periodically to switches. The switches, in turn, compute the load level and ask the sources to adjust their rates up or down. The scheme achieves high link utilization, fair allocation of rates among contending sources and provides quick convergence.
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