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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Jeremy Lawrence, Newtown, AU;
Bruce S. Davie, Belmont, MA (US);
David A. Hughes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jeremy Lawrence, Newtown, AU;
Bruce S. Davie, Belmont, MA (US);
David A. Hughes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for operating a router which combines virtual channels is disclosed, where both forward and reverse directed resource management cells are used to control transmission rate of a source computer. The merging router receives forward directed resource management cells from a plurality of upstream routers, where each forward directed resource management cell represents a virtual channel. The router: (1) replies to each upstream router with a reverse directed resource management cell; and (2) forwards to a downstream router a combined forward directed resource management cell, the combined forward directed resource management cell combining a plurality of virtual channels established between the router and the plurality of upstream routers.