Method and system for implementing congestion detection and flow control in high speed digital network

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PATENT NO 6424624
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09167786

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This system is made to perform congestion detection and flow control in high speed digital packet switching network (22) carrying discardable and non-discardable traffic. Forward traffic received at a destination system over a first connection from a source system is monitored. If a congestion-indicating bit is detected in a received packet, a backward congestion indicator is set in packets flowing from the destination system to the source system over a second connection. The source system integrates the number of backward congestion indicators received over successive periods of time using a count-up, count-down counter. Specific congestion control actions are taken at the source system as a function of the counter state at the end of each of the successive periods of time. The congestion control actions may include increasing or decreasing the bandwidth allocated to discardable traffic intended to be delivered over the first connection.

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CISCO TECHNOLOGY INC170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134-1706

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Enger, Marcus Hirschhorn, DE 2 301
Fichou, Aline La Colle sur Loup, FR 30 1556
Foriel, Pierre-Andre Cagnes sur Mer, FR 7 706
Galand, Claude La Colle sur Loup, FR 99 6084

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