Apparatus and methods to change thresholds to control congestion

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1996-08-30

1999-05-04

Nguyen, Chau

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

370397, 370468, H04L 1228, H04L 1256

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059011475

ABSTRACT:
In an ATM switch, queue thresholds vary dynamically depending on switch congestion. All the queues are organized in one or more classes. The thresholds for each class depend inversely on the number of cells in all the queues of the class.

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