GB2361139B - Flow control system for ethernet network devices - Google Patents

Flow control system for ethernet network devices

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Publication number: GB2361139B
Authority: GB; United Kingdom
Prior art keywords: control system; flow control; network devices; ethernet network; ethernet
Prior art date: 2000-04-04
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired - Fee Related

Inventor

Bryan James Donoghue

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3Com Corp

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3Com Corp

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2000-04-04

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2000-04-04

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2003-07-09

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2000-05-24Publication of GB0008104D0publicationCriticalpatent/GB0008104D0/en

2001-10-10Publication of GB2361139ApublicationCriticalpatent/GB2361139A/en

2003-07-09Application grantedgrantedCritical

2003-07-09Publication of GB2361139BpublicationCriticalpatent/GB2361139B/en

2020-04-04Anticipated expirationlegal-statusCritical

StatusExpired - Fee Relatedlegal-statusCriticalCurrent

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H04L47/11—Identifying congestion
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H04L47/13—Flow control; Congestion control in a LAN segment, e.g. ring or bus
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H04L47/26—Flow control; Congestion control using explicit feedback to the source, e.g. choke packets
- H04L47/266—Stopping or restarting the source, e.g. X-on or X-off
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H04L47/28—Flow control; Congestion control in relation to timing considerations
- H04L47/283—Flow control; Congestion control in relation to timing considerations in response to processing delays, e.g. caused by jitter or round trip time [RTT]
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L47/00—Traffic control in data switching networks
- H04L47/10—Flow control; Congestion control
- H04L47/30—Flow control; Congestion control in combination with information about buffer occupancy at either end or at transit nodes
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
- H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
- H04L43/0852—Delays
- H04L43/0864—Round trip delays
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
- H04L43/16—Threshold monitoring

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
Signal Processing (AREA)
Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)

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Priority Applications (1)

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GB0008104AGB2361139B (en)	2000-04-04	2000-04-04	Flow control system for ethernet network devices

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GB0008104AGB2361139B (en)	2000-04-04	2000-04-04	Flow control system for ethernet network devices

Publications (3)

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GB0008104D0 GB0008104D0 (en)	2000-05-24
GB2361139A GB2361139A (en)	2001-10-10
GB2361139Btrue GB2361139B (en)	2003-07-09

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GB0023727D0 (en)	2000-11-08	Control system
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AU2002346477A1 (en)	2003-06-10	Systems and methods for controlling devices over a network
AU4091701A (en)	2001-10-03	Flow control apparatus
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