Congestion management scheme

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1996-04-02

1998-10-13

Chin, Wellington

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

370236, 370402, 370412, 370423, 395877, 39520062, H04J 314

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058223002

ABSTRACT:
A congestion management scheme for managing traffic in a data communication system having a plurality of port blocks at least one of which may be connected to a communication medium, the congestion management scheme including a structure for determining whether a sender is congested, a structure for determining whether a receiver is congested, and a structure for determining whether a RX FIFO is congested and a structure for determining a memory buffer, associated with at least one of the sender and the receiver, is congested. The congestion scheme further includes a structure for handling traffic by taking one of the preferred actions depending upon the congestion indicators.

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