Multiplex communications – Data flow congestion prevention or control – Control of data admission to the network
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-13
2006-06-13
Chin, Wellington (Department: 2664)
Multiplex communications
Data flow congestion prevention or control
Control of data admission to the network
C370S231000, C370S395210, C370S395420, C370S412000, C370S413000, C370S415000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07061861
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for implementing weighted fair flow control on a metropolitan area network. Weighted fair flow control is implemented using a plurality of metro packet switches (MPS), each including a respective plurality of virtual queues and a respective plurality of per flow queues. Each MPS accepts data from a respective plurality of local input flows. Each local input flow has a respective quality of service (QoS) associated therewith. The data of the local input flows are queued using the per flow queues, with each input flow having its respective per flow queue. Each virtual queue maintains a track of the flow rate of its respective local input flow. Data is transmitted from the local input flows of each MPS across a communications channel of the network and the bandwidth of the communications channel is allocated in accordance with the QoS of each local input flow. The QoS is used to determine the rate of transmission of the local input flow from the per flow queue to the communications channel. This implements an efficient weighted bandwidth utilization of the communications channel. Among the plurality of MPS, bandwidth of the communications channel is allocated by throttling the rate at which data is transmitted from an upstream MPS with respect to the rate at which data is transmitted from a downstream MPS, thereby implementing a weighted fair bandwidth utilization of the communications channel.
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Mekkittikul Adisak
Vijeh Nader
Broadband Royalty Corporation
Chin Wellington
Ho Chuong
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
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