Multiplex communications – Data flow congestion prevention or control – Control of data admission to the network
Patent
1997-05-01
1999-02-23
Marcelo, Melvin
Multiplex communications
Data flow congestion prevention or control
Control of data admission to the network
370394, 370412, 39520062, H04L 1256
Patent
active
058751750
ABSTRACT:
A network transmitter schedules packets so that packets are transmitted to a host or group of hosts so as not to overload any particular part of the network. In an embodiment, the transmitter uses packet data structures with a schedule indication for packets placed in the queue so that an independently running adaptor may know when to remove packets from the queue and transmit them. In an alternative embodiment, packets are scheduled by setting a future interrupt for transmitting a packet or group of packets. In a further embodiment, packets are placed in temporal sets where a temporal set is a group of packets that can be transmitted in succession without violating the bandwidth limitations of any network segment.
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Brown David R.
Connery Glenn
Reid Richard
Sherer William Paul
Wang Chi-Lie
3Com Corporation
Marcelo Melvin
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