Phantom flow control method and apparatus
US5956322A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5636
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A flow control method and apparatus for controlling flow through an output link in a communication network modifies a prior art Phantom flow control method by preventing a portion of the total bandwidth of the output link from being used when the maximum allowable cell rate through that output link is calculated. Additionally, the method and apparatus calculates the alpha smoothing parameters as a function of the number of virtual channels flowing through the output link.
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