Method for preempting connections in high speed packet switching networks
US5687167A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5651
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
High speed network nodes can establish new connections by preempting existing ones when insufficient bandwidth is available in the network. Numerous preemption priorities are arranged in a limited number of groups and a median priority level is defined within each group. This median, stored in the topology database of each node of the network, permits better bandwidth utilization per group while consuming very little memory space and generating very low traffic overhead.
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