Method for the control of flows of digital information
US6396807B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q11/0478
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for the control of flows of digital information between a source and a destination linked by a network of intermediate switching entities consists in carrying out a control of flows without the participation of the intermediate switching entities in estimating a state of load of the intermediate switching entities and in estimating a state of congestion of the destination to control a number of cells that may be transmitted by the source to the destination. Application to the control of flows in an ATM switch.
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