Fair allocation of excess resources in a communications system
US6075771A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5651
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a communications system, a method is described for controlling the excess usage of a finite resource through which information flows by a plurality of sources having an "excess" state. For each source a determination is made as to whether the source is in the excess state. If the excess information rate is less than a predetermined fair information rate, the information is passed to the resource. If the excess information rate is greater than the fair information rate, the information is discarded.
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