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Adjustable connection admission control method and device for packet-based switch

US6999421B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1999
Grant dateFeb 14, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5629
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adjustable connection admission control method and device for packet-based switches assigns equivalent bandwidths to variable speed connections. The equivalent bandwidths of the variable speed connections are increased or reduced by a scaling factor to achieve an assigned bandwidth. The method and device determine whether to accept or refuse new variable speed connections based on whether the sum of equivalent bandwidths for existing variable speed connections and new variable speed connections exceeds the bandwidth available to variable speed connections. The connection admission control method and device also determines whether to accept or refuse new constant speed and new unspecified connections. For constant speed connections, the sum of existing and new constant speed connections is obtained. If the sum of bandwidths for existing and new constant speed connections exceeds a maximum factor, the bandwidth available to constant speed connections is reduced by a constant speed traffic factor. At least a portion of the unspecified connections do not have a sustained cell rate. The sustained cell rate is determined by multiplying a peak cell rate by an SCR factor. Equivalent ban…

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