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Source credit based fairness scheme

US7369514B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 7, 2003
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/66
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for minimizing starvation of a station in a ring networked environment includes allocating a tax to each of the stations in the ring, and, for each packet that is to be transited though the ring, providing bandwidth to the station in the form of a tax packet, which allows the station to have ring access.

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