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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:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Michael Depelteau, Ottawa, CA;
John Edward Vincent, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Corporation, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
Systems and methods for implementing ABR (available bit rate) flow control in ATM (asynchronous transfer mode switches are provided. A partitioned architecture a featuring standalone ABR processing subsystem advantageously allows components to be changed with little impact on the switch's overal design. Both end-to-end and VS/VD (virtual source/virtual destination) flow control systems are provided as are both configurations for switches which are either standalone or connected to a switching fabric.