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Queue sharing with fair rate guarantee

US7792131B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 10, 2009
Grant dateSep 7, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L47/50
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, separate rate meters are maintained for each flow enqueued an increased at a target rate while a packet from the flow occupies the head of a shared transmit queue. The meter value is decreased by the packet length when a packet in enqueued or dropped. The next packet that occupies the head of the shared transmit queue is dropped if the meter value corresponding to the flow is greater than a threshold.

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