Switched telephone network, one or more Switches are used to set up a dedicated
temporary connection or circuit for an exchange between two or more parties. On an …

Certain aspects of a method and system for an adaptive queue and buffer control based on
monitoring and active congestion avoidance in a packet network switch are provided. When …

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0003 Particular embodiments of the present invention may
reduce or eliminate disadvantages and problems tradi tionally associated with Switching …

A method and system for transmitting packets in a packet switching network. Packets
received by a packet processor may be prioritized based on the urgency to process them …

The present invention provides a method for regulating packet flow at the ingress stage of a
packet Switching device. Specifically, bandwidth utilization information is obtained for each …

A method and system for internal data loop back in a packet switch is provided. In some
instances, the switch may be required to process multiple layers of a header within the data …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for late-dropping packets in a network Switch. A
network Switch may include multiple input ports, multiple output ports, and a shared random …

Accordingly, one or more embodiments of the present invention provide a network
infrastructure device having a receiver operable to receive packets when operably …

A packet switch system having a buffer occupancy reduction mechanism for controlling data
flow through switched nodes of the system to avoid congestion and reduce required buffer …

(57) ABSTRACT A selective packet discard mechanism is disclosed for selec tively
discarding packets at buffers in packet Switches in the event of traffic congestion. The …