Timeout determination method and apparatus

Details Timeout determination method and apparatus Timeout determination method and apparatus

2007-12-11

2007-12-11

Pham, Chi (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Control of data admission to the network

C370S252000, C370S428000

Reexamination Certificate

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10417258

ABSTRACT:
A method (and apparatus) for determining, in a system including an m-bit time counter, whether an event-occurrence time lies after a predetermined timeout-value, includes reading out of a time-stamp memory a stored time-stamp value, determining the time-difference between the time-stamp value and the event-occurrence time, and determining whether the time-difference is larger than the predetermined timeout-value. The event-occurrence time is represented by a subset of the bits of the m-bit time counter, the subset being determined by a plurality of parameters including any two of a lower bit-position, an upper bit-position, and a subset width. The lower bit-position is dependent on the predetermined timeout-value.

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