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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Sandra Tartarelli, Heidelberg, DE;
Albert Banchs, Heidelberg, DE;
Sandra Tartarelli, Heidelberg, DE;
Albert Banchs, Heidelberg, DE;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of transmitting data from customers (C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C) over a computer network, in particular over the Internet, where the data to be sent is split into packets, in particular into IP packets, where each packet is marked by one of at least two states (IN, OUT) and where the states (IN, OUT) determine which packets are dropped first, if packets are dropped during transmission, is, with regard to optimizing the drop rate of the packets, characterized in that the marking of the packet with a state of high drop precedence (OUT) is based on a random probability (p).