Policy-based weighted random early detection method for avoiding congestion in internet traffic
US6996062B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/326
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for avoiding network congestion. An exemplary packet forwarding device may apply policy rules to incoming packets to assign relative drop probabilities to the packets based on the priority of the packets. In times of network congestion, packets may be selectively dropped according to their associated drop probability.
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