Monitoring endpoint buffer occupancy to determine congestion in an ethernet network
US8995265B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 2, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/56
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system to improve a Converged Enhanced Ethernet network may include a controller having a computer processor connected to a layer 2 endpoint buffer. The system may also include a manager executing on the controller to monitor the layer 2 endpoint buffer by determining buffer data packet occupancy and/or rate of change in the buffer data packet occupancy. The system may further include a reporter to notify a congestion source of the layer 2 endpoint buffer based upon the buffer data packet occupancy and/or rate of change in the buffer data packet occupancy.
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