Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Reexamination Certificate
2004-11-05
2009-02-17
Nguyen, Brian D (Department: 2416)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
C370S235000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07492779
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for and method of enforcing precedence of committed traffic over excess traffic that overcomes the difficulty in supporting committed over excess traffic and has particular application to distributed queuing systems. Queue control messages are generated and transmitted to other line cards to guarantee that committed traffic is not dropped when sent from multiple sources such as line interface cards to a single destination. When the level of a queue exceeds a threshold and flow control is received for the corresponding destination, the queue starts dropping excess traffic and messages indicating the queue status are sent to all other lines cards. When a line card receives a queue control message that another line card started dropping excess traffic to a specific destination, it also starts dropping excess traffic to that destination as well.
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Raz Yaron
Schzukin Golan
Shabtay Lior
Vider Doron
Atrica Israel Ltd.
Nguyen Brian D
Zaretsky Howard
Zaretsky Patent Group PC
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