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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. 28, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Thomson-CSF, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A method for the control of flows of digital information between a source and a destination linked by a network of intermediate switching entities consists in carrying out a control of flows without the participation of the intermediate switching entities in estimating a state of load of the intermediate switching entities and in estimating a state of congestion of the destination to control a number of cells that may be transmitted by the source to the destination. Application to the control of flows in an ATM switch.