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Erica: explicit rate indication for congestion avoidance in ATM networks

US5805577A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 19, 1996
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5682
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A congestion avoidance scheme for data traffic in ATM networks. The scheme achieves both efficiency and fairness, and exhibits a fast transient response. A congestion avoidance scheme for ATM networks is described which has its optimal operating point at 100% utilization and a fixed, non-zero queue delay. The scheme improves control of end-to-end delay and keeps link utilization of expensive links high despite idle periods in the input load.

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