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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lance Dana Bader, Cary, NC (US);
David Louis Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Vachaspathi Peter Kompella, Cary, NC (US);
Robert Walter Scott, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370229 ;
Abstract
A rate based flow and congestion control mechanism for packet communications whereby the acceleration and deceleration of the sending rate is moderated to be responsive to the traffic encountered. The method of the present invention also reduces oscillation in the transmission rate by being responsive to the characteristics of the network traffic and allowing burst intervals to be borrowed on a periodic basis.