Fair sharing of multi-access channels
US7317686B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network node computes a fair share data rate for the sharing of a shared communication channel in a local area network. The network node determines the required information for computing the fair share by snooping the network, by receiving the required information from other network nodes, or a combination of the two techniques. Alternatively, instead of computing the fair share data rate, the network node may receive the fair share data rate which was computed by another network node. The fair share data rate is enforced by the network node in a network protocol stack layer above the media access control layer. In one embodiment, the network protocol stack layer above the media access control layer is the link layer.
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