Distributing unused allocated bandwidth using a borrow vector
US7352761B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet-based traffic forwarding system with a plurality of contending queues. Each queue has an allocated bandwidth and an associated borrow vector. When a first queue does not consume all of its allocated bandwidth, the borrow vector associated with a second queue is checked to determine whether the second queue is permitted to use the unconsumed allocated bandwidth of the first queue. If the second queue has packets to forward, the second queue forwards the packets using the unconsumed allocated bandwidth of the first queue.
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