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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zheng Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370415 ; 370218 ; 370437 ; 370463 ;
Abstract
A method for scheduling a connection through a node is disclosed. A resource request message is received from a master. An identity of a trunk where the resource request message is to be issued is determined. It is determined whether the node is issuing a predetermined number of resource request messages previously received. The resource request message is issued if the node is issuing less than the predetermined number of resource request messages previously received on the trunk. A busy message is sent to the master if the node has the predetermined number of resource request messages outstanding on the trunk.