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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Sean Miceli, San Jose, CA (US);
Sean Miceli, San Jose, CA (US);
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Apparatus for managing bandwidth for a plurality of connections each having a respective connection token, the apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media, comprises a memory to store the connection tokens, the memory comprising a ready connection queue, a pending increase connection queue, and an increase connection queue; and a controller to move connection tokens in the ready connection queue to the pending increase connection queue when bandwidth for the respective connections should be increased; wherein the controller moves connection tokens in the pending increase connection queue to the increase connection queue, and increases bandwidth for the respective connections, when a number of the connection tokens in the increase connection queue is less than a predetermined maximum number; and wherein the controller moves connection tokens in the increase connection queue to the ready connection queue when bandwidth for the respective connections should be decreased.