A content addressable memory (CAM or L3 Table) contains flow information for each active
flow of packets passing through a given node of a data communications network. The CAM …

The present invention relates to the? eld of data commu nications networks. More
particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for implementing a quality of …

The present invention refers to a method and arrangement for controlling congestion of a
network node capacity shares used by a set of data flows in a communications network …

A method of traffic regulation in a packet communication network involves a token bucket
associated with a subscriber. Packets arriving at the regulator are handled in accordance …

With Internet Protocol (IP), communication between net work devices is accomplished with
packets. Each packet can contain various messages with varying widths. Because not all …

The method of the invention includes the step of transmitting a priority indicator containing
information indicating the priority of network traffic over a connection to a downstream node …

In accordance with a presently preferred embodiment of the present invention, the
components, proceSS Steps, and/or data structures are implemented using ASIC …

A content aware network device is described that is able to scan the contents of entire data
packets including header and payload information. The network device includes a physical …

The present invention relates to a method and system for handling congestion in a packet
data network, wherein at least two operating modes of congestion handling are selected …

A method of controlling congestion in data networks wherein data is received by an egress
port and buffered in a local buffer associated with a source of the element. For each data …