Media access control protocol with priority and contention-free intervals

LW Yonge III, BE Markwalter, IISJ Kostoff… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
An access contention scheme is described for use by a station in a network of stations.
Access contention by a station having a frame to be transmitted includes detecting …

Delayed-start method for minimizing internal switch congestion

M Aydemir, MC Heddes, CD Jeffries… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
A data flow control method and system within a data switch. The data switch includes a
plurality of input sections each having an associated input buffer and each transmitting data …

Method, system and program product for setting a transmission rate in a network

HE Bowen Jr, M Gusat, CD Jeffries - US Patent 8,004,970, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention provides for congestion and flow control for a data transmission
between computers in a network (eg, a lossless network) by repeatedly setting a …