Flow control in a network
US9614777B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/62
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One example provides a network device including a queue to receive frames from a source, a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to determine whether a flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, and in response to determining that the flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, generate a message to be sent to the source of the frame that exceeded the flow control threshold. The message includes a pause duration for which the source is to stop transmitting frames.
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