A bandwidth monitoring device for use in a network for transferring priority packets in
preference to non priority packets as far as the amount of the priority packets is within a …

A fiber channel switch element with an alias cache is provided for routing and filtering
frames. The alias cache includes plural entries including a control word having plural fields …

The adaptive bandwidth throttling system implements a graceful diminution of services to the
clients by delaying a first class of services provided by a network server in response to the …

A bandwidth monitoring device for use in a network for transferring priority packets in
preference to non priority packets as far as the amount of the priority packets is within a …

The present invention relates to an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network, and in
particular to a system and a method for a number of ATM devices to share the facilities …

BACKGROUND A computer network system has one or more host network servers
connected to serve data to one or more client comput ers over a network. FIG. 1 shows a …

(57) ABSTRACT A fibre channel switch element with an acceleration device that connects
plural fibre channel devices in an arbitrated loop and monitors frames sent during a loop …

(57) ABSTRACT A process for routing virtual links in a frame-switching net work including a
plurality of source and/or destination termi nals of the frames, in which frame Switches are …

Buffer management in a network device. A new data packet is received at a packet buffer
queue of the network switch, wherein the new data packet is a portion of a burst block. If the …

The shaping method buffers data packets of the incoming data flow and determines a
leaking time moment for a buffered data packet. The leaking time moment is when the buffer …