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Network-friendly transmission control protocol (TCP) methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture

US8824281B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan · Berkeley Heights, US
Mayutan Arumaithurai · Oettingen, DE
Xiaoming Fu · Oettingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2010
Grant date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/115
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to route policy requests are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes sending bandwidth probe packets at a probing rate, receiving a packet containing an indication representative of whether the probe packets triggered congestion, and selecting a transmission rate for sending data packets based on the probing rate and the indication.

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