The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J. Divivier, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher D. Bergen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
Abstract
A method for automatic early packet discard mode enabling early packet discard on a cell switching network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of counting every non-end of the frame data cell that arrives on a network connection, comparing the number of non-end of the frame data cell to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether the traffic arriving on the network connection is a frame based traffic and enabling early packet discard if the traffic is frame based.