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Data packet rate control

US7573821B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Murali Chilukoor · Bengaluru, IN
Quang T. Le · Austin, US
Jain Philip · Bengaluru, IN
Sunil Kumar · Mathura, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 17, 2005
Grant date	Aug 11, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/30
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method that includes determining a pending data packet count for one or more data packets associated with data to be forwarded from a node to another node on a communication link and then comparing the pending data packet count to a threshold data packet count value. The method further includes forwarding the one or more data packets to the other node at a rate based on the comparison.

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