Virtual connection shaping with hierarchial arbitration
US6643293B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/568
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method for shaping ATM cell traffic emitted onto a virtual path connection in an ATM network are described. Component virtual channel connections are arbitrated at an aggregation point utilizing an arbitration technique. The technique provides both virtual path shaping and controllability of underlying virtual channel connections with an improved fairness performance amongst all the aggregating virtual channel connections.
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