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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander Joffe, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
MMC Networks, Inc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370230 ; 370399 ; 370412 ; 370468 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for the implementation of a fair queuing ATM cell scheduler that can precisely pace virtual channel (VC) traffic by an assigned weight which defines the available bandwidth to be allocated to that VC. The method provides a minimum service rate to each virtual channel on a small, selected time scale, and requires only a small, bounded amount of work per physical connection, independent of the number of VCs.