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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Leigh Bailey, Chippenham, GB;
Ching-roung Chou, Naperville, IL (US);
Choon Kwang Goh, Swindon, GB;
Nidal N. Khrais, Flander, NJ (US);
Gopal N. Kumar, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alan C. Paddock, Chippenham, GB;
Anthony E. Putman, Chippenham, GB;
Yalou Wang, Swindon, GB;
Leigh Bailey, Chippenham, GB;
Ching-Roung Chou, Naperville, IL (US);
Choon Kwang Goh, Swindon, GB;
Nidal N. Khrais, Flander, NJ (US);
Gopal N. Kumar, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alan C. Paddock, Chippenham, GB;
Anthony E. Putman, Chippenham, GB;
Yalou Wang, Swindon, GB;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A bandwidth packing rate control technique includes altering bandwidth allocations of existing flows on a link depending on a current utilization of a current bandwidth allocation for a flow. A disclosed example decreases the bandwidth allocation for flows that are utilizing a current bandwidth allocation below a selected target utilization rate. Flows with higher utilization can receive increased bandwidth allocation, which provides increased throughput for such flows. One overall result of a disclosed example is increased utilization and increased throughput using existing bandwidth resources.