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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Canada Inc., Kanata, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/226 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/226 ;
Abstract
A device and algorithm for fairly allocating available bandwidth between contending connections at a contention point in a data network. The allocation is based on global queue size at the contention point and a weighted value assigned to the data traffic. The device and algorithm find particular application in an ATM network which supports the available bit rate (ABR) service category.