Adaptive congestion control mechanism for modular computer networks
US5748900A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 5, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5635
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A congestion control mechanism for a node of a modular computer network system. The mechanism includes registers for maintaining the number of undelivered requests and unanswered requests for the node and registers for the maximum number of such undelivered requests and unanswered requests. The mechanism regulates congestion on the network by throttling back or ratcheting up the allowed number of undelivered requests and unanswered requests based upon the level of busy and non-busy results of such requests and answers. Congestion is also alleviated by the implementation of a set of large and small send and receive buffers. These buffers are configurably partitioned among virtual I/O channels. Each request virtual I/O channel may utilitize congestion control.
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