Adaptive cross-network message bandwidth allocation by message servers
US8305895B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a network device is described as including a rate monitor to monitor an actual individual message rate of event messages sent from each one of a plurality of sending devices operatively in communication with the network device, an allocator to allocate an individual message rate limit to each of the plurality of sending devices, and a communication module to communicate a rate limit instruction to at least one of the sending devices, the rate limit instruction to limit the transmission rate of event messages.
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