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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2007
Rafael Mantilla Montalvo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, Cary, NC (US);
Nathan Allen Mitchell, Siler City, NC (US);
Timothy F. Masterson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen Charles Hilla, Raleigh, NC (US);
Karen A. Szypulski, Cary, NC (US);
Rafael Mantilla Montalvo, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jorge Manuel Gonzalez, Cary, NC (US);
Nathan Allen Mitchell, Siler City, NC (US);
Timothy F. Masterson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen Charles Hilla, Raleigh, NC (US);
Karen A. Szypulski, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Controlling a transmission rate of packet traffic includes receiving packets from a network processor. The packets are stored in a buffer associated with a processor. If an occupancy level of the buffer is greater than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the processor is congested. A message is transmitted to the network processor indicating the processor is congested.