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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1997
James Mangin, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jayant Kadambi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shashank C. Merchant, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for more precise controlling of congestion on a network, provides for remote controlling of a remote station on the network by a local station to configure the remote station into a remote loopback configuration. With the remote station thus configured, the local station is then able to determine the link latency of the link, during auto-negotiation, for example. Provided with the link latency, a congestion control algorithm in the local station may be adjusted to account for the link latency to better control the input data streams by controlling when the congestion relieving control signal, such as a PAUSE frame, is transmitted to the remote station to inhibit transmission and relieve congestion.