International Business Machines Corporation

Soenke V Mannal

Roman Alexander Pletka

Marcel Waldvogel

Clark Debs Jeffries

Andreas Kind

Patrick Droz

Hoyt Edwin Bowen, Jr

Lukas Kencl

A network device and a computer program element are introduced for controlling data packet flows in a network device by manipulating data packets according to an actual manipulation rate. Amongst data packets received by a network device such as a router, data packets are identified that are marked with a pattern according to a congestion notification scheme. A pattern rate of data packets comprising such a pattern is determined, and the actual manipulation rate is determined subject to the pattern rate.

System and program storage device for controlling data packet flows by manipulating data packets according to an actual manipulation rate

A method for controlling data packet flows in a network device by manipulating data packets according to an actual manipulation rate. Amongst data packets received by a network device such as a router, data packets are identified that are marked with a pattern according to a congestion notification scheme. A pattern rate of data packets comprising such a pattern is determined, and the actual manipulation rate is determined subject to the pattern rate.

Controlling data packet flows by manipulating data packets according to an actual manipulation rate

Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling flow rates of a plurality of data packet flows into a queuecorresponding to a resourceof a network device. The flows comprise a setof non-responsive flows, and a setof other flows which may comprise responsive flows and/or flows whose responsiveness is unknown. The flow rates are managed in accordance with a queue management scheme such that adjustments are made to each flow rate in dependence on excess bandwidth in the resource, the amounts of the adjustments being dependent on one or more adjustment parameters for each flow. An error signal is generated based on the deviation from a desired allocation ratio of the ratio of the total flow rates into the queuefor the sets of flows. At least one adjustment parameter for at least one flow is then varied in dependence on the error signal in such a manner as to reduce the aforementioned deviation. A closed-loop control scheme thus operates in conjunction with the underlying queue management scheme to promote fair bandwidth allocation even in the presence of a mix of responsive and non-responsive flows.

Flow control in network devices

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