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Congestion management scheme

US5822300A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/445
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A congestion management scheme for managing traffic in a data communication system having a plurality of port blocks at least one of which may be connected to a communication medium, the congestion management scheme including a structure for determining whether a sender is congested, a structure for determining whether a receiver is congested, and a structure for determining whether a RX FIFO is congested and a structure for determining a memory buffer, associated with at least one of the sender and the receiver, is congested. The congestion scheme further includes a structure for handling traffic by taking one of the preferred actions depending upon the congestion indicators.

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