Metro ethernet network system with selective upstream pause messaging

MNM Hamzah, G Chiruveth - US Patent 7,327,678, 2008 - Google Patents
Abstract A network system (10). The system comprises a first network node (MN x), and that
node comprises an input (30 IN) for receiving a packet, and the node also comprises a buffer …

Method and system for managing traffic within a data communication network

G Balakrishnan, JP Chalmers, CD Jeffries… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
Even though computer networks are diverse entities, a typical one includes end user
terminals or workstations coupled by an infrastructure which includes transmission network …

Systems and methods for queue management in packet-switched networks

CE Jones, GD Troxel - US Patent 7,680,139, 2010 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to methods and systems for queuing traffic in packet-switched
networks. In one of many possible embodiments, a queue management system includes a …

Systems and methods for queue management in packet-switched networks

CE Jones, GD Troxel - US Patent 8,204,069, 2012 - Google Patents
This disclosure relates to methods and systems for queuing traffic in packet-switched
networks. In one of many possible embodiments, a queue management system includes a …

Random early packet discard (RED)

M Thibodeau, B Du - US Patent 7,636,307, 2009 - Google Patents
At telecommunications switches and routers, RED (random early packet discard) uses the
queue depth to determine whether to keep or discard each packet as it arrives at a queue …

Managing traffic within a data communication network

G Balakrishnan, JP Chalmers, CD Jeffries… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
A flow control method and system including an algorithm for deciding to transmit an arriving
packet into a processing queue or to discard it, or, in the case of instructions or packets that …

STM-1 to STM-64 SDH/SONET framer with data multiplexing from a series of configurable I/O ports

KJ Barker, R Clauberg, JL Calvignac… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a device for combining at least two data signals having an
input data rate into a single data stream having an output data rate being higher than the …

System for fabric packet control

D Mansharamani, E Basturk - US Patent 7,719,963, 2010 - Google Patents
A method for managing data traffic in nodes in a fabric network, each node having internally-
coupled ports, follows the steps of establishing a managed queuing system comprising one …