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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Denis Esteve, Vence, FR;
Patrick Sicsic, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Inventors:
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Denis Esteve, Vence, FR;
Patrick Sicsic, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of bandwidth management over a transmission network comprising a plurality of stations forming a logical ring that circulates a token from station to station. Each station is allowed to transmit data to other stations over the transmission network when it receives the token. The station is allowed to transmit C bytes, where C is a credit. The credit increases in proportion to the time spent since the preceding reception of the token by the station.