Method and apparatus for fairly sharing excess bandwidth and packet dropping amongst subscribers of a data network
US8248932B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/525
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In the routing of data traffic to a common destination egress queue from a plurality of customer subscribers each contracting for respective allocations of bandwidth of data flow, a technique and system for fairly sharing any underutilized excess bandwidth and for data dropping amongst over-subscribers, while guaranteeing each subscriber its contracted-for bandwidth, and further enabling billing over-subscribers for their share of received excess bandwidth—all while maintaining the granularity of the contracted traffic flow.
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