Patent · US Expired

Method for integrated traffic shaping in a packet-switched network

US5864540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1997
Grant dateJan 26, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/568
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scalable integrated traffic shaper for a use in a packet-switched network that regulates multiple connections and prevents lost data by integrating link scheduling and traffic shaping to fairly arbitrate between incoming connections.

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