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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Kent Wendorf, San Jose, CA (US);
Thinh Hau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hariprasad R. Ginjpalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jose C. Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kent Wendorf, San Jose, CA (US);
Thinh Hau, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hariprasad R. Ginjpalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jose C. Shen, San Jose, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for allocating bandwidth in a network node are described. Multiple data units are received along a plurality of virtual connections in a network, each virtual connection having a predetermined unit rate. The data units are subsequently stored. Finally, a data unit of the stored data units having a data unit rate higher than the predetermined unit rate of each virtual connection is transmitted at predetermined time intervals.