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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael R. Krause, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Patricia A. Thaler, Carmichael, CA (US);
John C. Krause, Georgetown, TX (US);
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
David J. Garcia, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael R. Krause, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Patricia A. Thaler, Carmichael, CA (US);
John C. Krause, Georgetown, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Adaptec, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A distributed computer system includes links and routing devices coupled between the links and routing frames between the links. Each of the routing devices includes a congestion control mechanism for detecting congestion at the routing device and responding to detected congestion by gradually reducing an injection rate of frames routed from the routing device.