Detecting congestion by comparing successive loss of packets in windows to provide congestion control in reliable multicast protocol
US6526022B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2001/0092
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of detecting congestion in a computer network uses a receiving station which determines a first number of messages missing in a first acknowledgment window. The station then determines a second number of messages missing in a subsequent acknowledgement window. The station then measures congestion on the network in response to an increase in the number of missing messages as indicated by the first number of missing messages in the first acknowledgement window and the second number of missing messages in the second acknowledgement window.
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